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[vulgalour]

Ran out of welding gas.  How annoying.

[fordperv]

Popped to Blackpool ford day today, what a decent turn out, shame about the drizzle which made alot of cars leave

 

Got a picture of my saph before it rained though

[beko1987]

No beading porn shots? Shame...

[fordperv]

I did have to take pictures of it when it was raining, because you asked here they are

 

 

[vulgalour]

Forgot to mention that shiter AndyW201 popped round to the unit today to drop off some BL branded centre caps, the sort that push in from the back, for free and nothing.  Which was nice of him . Weirdly, while they did fit his Allegro steels they don't fit the Princess steels.  That's not too much bother since they look super in the Lotus alloys which seem to have a marginally larger centre bore than the Princess steels, though only just not big enough.  I'm going to try warming up the centre caps (plasti-chrome, got to be careful!) to see if I can get them to wiggle in, the difference in size has got to be a fraction of a millimetre, they're such a frustratingly close not-fit at the moment.

 

AndyW201 was just as personable as I've come to expect of people on this forum too, even if he was wearing a tee shirt with a VW Golf on it and driving a grey Ford Something-or-other.  One of these days I'll meet someone off this forum and they'll be a right front-bottom, I've never known so many residents of a forum be so decent to each other in the real world.

[Pillock]

 

 

One of these days I'll meet someone off this forum and they'll be a right front-bottom,

I'm a bit busy in the week but I can probably pop over at the weekend, let me know what suits.

[xtriple]

I'm a bit busy in the week but I can probably pop over at the weekend, let me know what suits.

If not, I'm available most days....

[Cheggers]

Popped to Blackpool ford day today, what a decent turn out, shame about the drizzle which made alot of cars leave

 

Got a picture of my saph before it rained though

Is the big lad behind the Saph taking a dump?

[stuboy]

Bums... car rear brakes making twanging noise... balls working 7-7 all week... so just have to stick it in garage as needs mot'ing too

[fordperv]

Is the big lad behind the Saph taking a dump?

Haha that's my mate nath, he is sat in a very amusing pose

[wuvvum]

Had to go to Norwich this afternoon, and as it was a nice day I took the Hyosung.  I'm liking this bike more and more the more I ride it.  It's still a bit "all mouth and no trousers" with its big-bike looks and sound, but now I have more of a handle on what it can and can't do I frequently find myself banging it down into 4th and overtaking slower traffic that I previously would have sat behind.  It handles really nicely too - it's heavy but very stable, and I actually feel more confident slinging it into a fast bumpy corner than I did on the Cagiva, which had a tendency to hop about a bit on bad surfaces.  Sadly I'm now very much a fair weather biker so it probably won't get used much more now until the spring, but it's definitely a keeper.

 

I've now got a week off work - I'm going to try and get away for a couple of days at the end of the week, but that still gives me a few days for fettling shite.  I got the fuel gauge working on the Subaru van yesterday (bad contact on the top of the sender, which is quite exposed), and also discovered that it has grease nipples on the steering pivots which I hadn't previously noticed.  One of them accepted grease readily enough, but the other three are completely fecked, so I've ordered some new ones off eBay - hopefully that'll make the steering a bit less stiff.

 

Been doing a bit of tidying on the Yank van - I'm going to run it up to my welding mate on Tuesday and see what he's going to charge me to do the awkward bits of weldage that it needs.  Then I can hopefully get it MOT'd, although having just forked out for a holiday and 200 quid to MOT the blue Mondeo my bank account is rather empty at the moment.  The Carina is booked in for a test on Weds as well - hopefully that won't need too much.

 

One of the jobs I really need to pull my finger out and get done is sorting the passenger door on the Innocenti.  I need to find a way of welding the door skin back on to the frame at the bottom where it's come away, which will probably entail making up some sort of brackets to join one to t'other.  Fortunately this will a. involve only spot welding and b. be hidden inside the door, so hopefully within my limited abilities to sort.

 

The Volvo is continuing to deteriorate, and I'm really not sure what to do about it.  A chunk of front valance fell out today - it looked like it had been held on by the paint for some time.  The main chassis is still sound, and three of the four jacking points are still solid enough to take the car's weight without looking like they're about to crumble into cornflakes, but there's an awful lot of frilly bits round the edges, including quite a bit of bubbling round the screen, which is rather worrying.  Once again I've stretched myself so thin this summer that I really haven't got round to doing anything useful to the car (apart from fitting a new front caliper and breaking the indicator stalk), and I shudder to think what another winter is going to do to it.  I'm worried that by the time I do eventually get round to it it's going to be beyond economical repair. 

[fred]

Bet a good friend I could eat a Phall Indian curry - I took it all in, sweated like bugger,and was quite the most painful thing I have ever ate.... and now suffering big time, everything is on fire,

God help my rectum on the 'Morrow or later this morning! All for a fucking fiver .....Gonna rather die now .....

[LC Torana]

Bet a good friend I could eat a Phall Indian curry - I took it all in, sweated like bugger,and was quite the most painful thing I have ever ate.... and now suffering big time, everything is on fire,

God help my rectum on the 'Morrow or later this morning! All for a fucking fiver .....Gonna rather die now .....

[fordperv]

Phall is a beautiful curry I am a big fan of spicy food, we were at a curry house and I was having my Phall, a mate of mine asked how hot it was so I let him have a nice big spoon full, he ate the spoon full and his face went bright red and he downed his drink, at least you ate a plate of it

[Tetleysmooth]

Is the big lad behind the Saph taking a dump?

 

Nah, he's not reading a newspaper.

[Eddie Honda]

Bet a good friend I could eat a Phall Indian curry - I took it all in, sweated like bugger,and was quite the most painful thing I have ever ate....

Only a fiver? About 20 years ago I'd at least want an Ayrton to do that. I done it, but CUNTING HELL!! What's going on? My cock's on fire. Was the firiest post-curry piss I ever had, never mind the next day stingin' in the ring. #oohyabass

[Junkman]

For quite a while now, the possessed Rover felt like having maybe half its horses left and returned 16-18 OMGMPG on a run.

So clearly not all was well.

Typically for it, it refused to respond to any attempts to improve it by setting carbs, adjusting mixtures, etc.

Also, when I stomped the pedal fully carpetward, it opened the throttles maybe 2/3 of full travel.

 

So finally, I decided to give up and leave it at a reknown P6 sanatorium for a week.

What I got back, doesn't feel like my car at all. It never drove like this. It's everything I ever expected a P6 V8 to be and it is

what must have been a true supercar in 1970. For the first time, I understand, why it has four disc brakes.

 

And best of all, I can now bully other cars with it.

[Negative Creep]

Taken the 406 in to have the crash damage fixed, been given an Avensis estate as a loan car. Comfy enough but you can certainly tell it's a diesel and the gearchange is pretty unpleasant

[vulgalour]

I decided to start using Fuelly again to find out just how much fuel the Rover is using.  It's going to take a while, that's for sure, it barely seems to use any fuel at all.

[Skizzer]

So finally, I decided to give up and leave it at a reknown P6 sanatorium for a week.

 

 

Hope you've signed up Max von Sydow for the movie version? 

[purplebargeken]

Phall in Hindi means 'lets kill the stupid white fuckers by exploding their arses for a laugh'.

[vulgalour]

Was getting frustated with insurance quotes both online and when calling direct that it was coming out at £680-1200 for the Rover.  That's absurd.  Chompy mashed buttons seemingly at random on the comparison sites and Admiral admitted defeat first, offering me a policy for about £540.  That's actually LESS than I paid for the last year which is quite an achievement in and of itself.  Very happy now.

[Bobthebeard]

Phall in Hindi means 'lets kill the stupid white fuckers by exploding their arses for a laugh'.

Whilst I love Malaysian/Thai spicy food I just don't get on with Indian stuff. Smells and looks fantastic, but not worth the disaster that ensues in the downstairs department the day after. (IMHO) Only the British would pay actual money for something that turns them into a liquid assed helpless, squealing, sore bottied and boxer short accident mess for a day. Then claim that they really enjoyed it!

Rule Britannia!

[dugong]

Delivery service

[Bobthebeard]

Delivery service

Eh?

Is that based on the old takeaway food joke?

Do you deliver?

No mate. Only do chicken and beef, no liver.

[The Moog]

One of the jobs I really need to pull my finger out and get done is sorting the passenger door on the Innocenti.  I need to find a way of welding the door skin back on to the frame at the bottom where it's come away, which will probably entail making up some sort of brackets to join one to t'other.  Fortunately this will a. involve only spot welding and b. be hidden inside the door, so hopefully within my limited abilities to sort.

 

 

I dont know whether it will work or not but would the new bonding glue they use on some cars work? Would avoid the need to weld. 

[Angrydicky]

I got back from Manchester about an hour ago, absolutely knackered after 630 miles in the Somerset, but it behaved very well indeed. I hit the inevitable traffic on the M6 southbound near Brum and it was so slow I ended up coming off the motorway and went across Brum to make a pilgrimage to the old Longbridge plant, as I'd never been before. 

 

The only problem I had was that the wipers stopped working about a mile away from my digs here in Canterbury. Having them on for pretty much the entire day must have finished off the wiper motor. I'm just fortunate it waited until that point to stop working, as the rain was extremely heavy on the motorway, and if it had gone then, it would have been very awkward indeed!

[Mike D]

I passed my bike test today! Just need all the rain to sod off so I can take this for a good blast

 

 

 

[stripped fred]

Took my Astra for its retest today and am now the proud owner of a 12 month ticket! Needed some welding and the number plate and brake lights fixing and has some advisories of corrosion underneath and the brake pipes which I'll sort soon. Very pleased though as it's a lovely car to drive and fits my needs perfectly. Looks like the honeymoon period has now turned into a full blown relationship!

[wuvvum]

The only problem I had was that the wipers stopped working about a mile away from my digs here in Canterbury. Having them on for pretty much the entire day must have finished off the wiper motor. I'm just fortunate it waited until that point to stop working, as the rain was extremely heavy on the motorway, and if it had gone then, it would have been very awkward indeed!

I drove a 1962 Hillman Minx from Melksham back to Norwich in pissing rain with no wipers.  It actually gets better after a while - the screen gets so wet that the individual drops merge into one and it just becomes like looking through slightly wonky glass.  Wouldn't want to do it at night though mind.