anonymous user Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I have collected my curate's egg Land Rover 90, photos will follow, if it ever stops raining. It drives quite well with a 200 TDI, Hopefully I will have time at the weekend to remove some of the unwanted fittings (side steps, winch, cb radio, chequer plate, extra gauges, etc.) It really does need PAS, I can drive it but have got lazy. Sigmund Fraud, Tickman and drum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 £30 eBay 12v impact wrench arrived today, runs off the ciggy lighter. Delivers 300Nm allegedly One of these bad boys https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VonHaus-12V-Impact-Wrench-Driver-Kit-Vehicle-Car-5000rpm-1-2-Square-Drive-Set/272592091753?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Had a practically welded on wheel nut on the PTSD - shifted it within seconds. Job jobbed Will now be able to have rear brake fun* at the weekend DeeJay and Lord Sterling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I've just lobbed some V-max (or whatever it's called) in the Audi then erm, drove it like an Audi driver probably would. Potentially upset some bloke in a van (my fault) and as I was waiting to turn left at some lights I think he shouted PISS OFF at me. Aston Martin, Pillock, Brodders and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 There is an image to maintain, Billy. Well done Lord Sterling, Cavcraft, DeeJay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Live in a 4th floor flat?Fancy brewing your own wine?But you need freshly grown grapes to make wine,Shirley?How will you manage with No garden?Simples.....Just run a hose down to the little ornamental hedge,and let the vine climb all the way back up!!Easy! D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Live in a 4th floor flat?Fancy brewing your own wine?But you need freshly grown grapes to make wine,Shirley?How will you manage with No garden?Simples.....Just run a hose down to the little ornamental hedge,and let the vine climb all the way back up!!Easy! richardmorris, Mrs6C, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 My new job has opened up so many doors for me. However, as a BMW owner/driver who now works in an office, I have also realised and have to accept that at times, I look like this: Once at work, I turn into this guy: I even look a bit like Dilbert, same build and style albeit with darker hair. Still, you gotta look on the bright side At least my car is with its own like: Tamworthbay, catsinthewelder, Lacquer Peel and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Some power has arrived. Seeing as I've mostly broken or sold my cars, or acquired new ones that don't have engines, I blagged this Impreza from my publisher for a bit. It's an absolute hoot, though the rev counter and fuel gauge seem to be linked somehow. It has a very stupid exhaust, which is a bit much, but I did enjoy making the Welsh hills reverberate to the bark of a flat-four Subaru lump once more. HMC, Tickman, catsinthewelder and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Will anyone notice if the running gear makes it's way into a Reliant? dollywobbler, DeeJay, Lacquer Peel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 after our success on saturday, sunday we failed in our quest to get both mini's to murton park. getting within 50-odd yards of the lock-up containing the orange mini, we ground to a halt in th eblack one. no mire drive, though the speedo was still registering speed even though we weren't moving, along with a horrid clunck from the car when the clutch was disengaged. looking under the bonnet, i found that the n/s drive shaft was spinning happily away but not actually moving the wheels..... seems we broke a cv joint, and probably shagged up the drive shaft in the process.....DSCN7590.JPGbugger.....DSCN7591.JPGwell nothing for it but get cocopop, run across to the FiL's and get the "thunderbird" (or is t Blunderbird, maybe Chunderbird, whether or not you care for a metro.)DSCN7592.JPGDSCN7593.JPGa quick turn of the key, and marvin burst (a bit grumpily) in to life. well we have ignored him for an age, or at leat a month or so. poor marvin....DSCN7594.JPGFancy taking on Marvins' angry little brother? MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 The shabby chic* merc is currently sat at my welders having it's rear subframe attached back to the car with actual steel rather than thin air and hope. It's going to cost a bit more than I'd hoped but it was a question of binning it for spares or export or having it fixed. Of course it's still far from perfect but it's going to be safe to use at least. I'm due to collect it tomorrow.A rusty merc, yesterday richardmorris, DeeJay, worldofceri and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 As I had some time to kill today I went for a wander and did some spottagesApart from the vines that Tarzan would be proud of,these caught my eye Edit...no idea why some pics have fallen over,all were taken in the same orientation so go figure.... Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, CGSB, Skizzer and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Is that a mobile sewage works attached to the Land Rover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 See if this works....20180619_133043.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Is that a mobile sewage works attached to the Land Rover?Could be a milking machine tbh.....But yes,Eko Toi are the local portaloo suppliers so it will be their shit-sucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Some power has arrived. Seeing as I've mostly broken or sold my cars, or acquired new ones that don't have engines, I blagged this Impreza from my publisher for a bit. It's an absolute hoot, though the rev counter and fuel gauge seem to be linked somehow. It has a very stupid exhaust, which is a bit much, but I did enjoy making the Welsh hills reverberate to the bark of a flat-four Subaru lump once more. Nice car that Turbo 2000, had they not paid JDM coupe money for it back when values were flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 some modern ferrari. Plus I've just seen over the road a Ferrari F50 - it's done 147km in the las ten years of MOTs, egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 any ideas on the cargo? It's an italian registered renault truck. the grey was a alfa, yellow not made an appearance yet, but helpfully the driver has brought the truck closer. edit. here is the little beauty, whatever it is. catsinthewelder, HMC, drum and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 pagani mercedade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Now that looks mad enough to be a super car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 cute little alfa - race prepped and a montreal lambo miura.These don't seem to be staying as they've closed the truck up. chodweaver, Skizzer and mercedade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I've been in Sweden and Denmark for a few days. The shite pickings were a bit slim, but I did manage a few snaps. I went to see the band Sparks And this was the vehicle that took them away after the gig. Definitely Shite. RobT, dave21478, Ghosty and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 The trip included a bus journey over 'The Bridge'. Denmark offered a few more shite possibilities.2CV parked outside the Tivoli gardens. Even in Denmark Kittens are not safe. And Finally this splendid caravan from the compound of Danish TV There were two other notable spots that I didn't get on camera, a Saab 96 and a Volvo pv544, but you can't win them all. Shep Shepherd, HMC, dave21478 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Replaced The Volvo's top and top and bottom radiator hoses today, as the original top one was starting to leak and they were both looking their age. Old: New: I should have replaced the expansion tank hose as well, but I forgot that it existed. A job for next time, then. egg and danthecapriman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I've been in Sweden and Denmark for a few days.Liked for Ron & Russell doug and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Liked for Ron & Russell I'd love to see Sparks in concert one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwdChina Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Sparks !!!! ..............fugginell................there's a blast from the past, that guy on the keys has looked proper pissed off for nearly 5 decades now. holbeck, clayts450, Shep Shepherd and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 For reasons I can't fully explain, I put a (very) cheeky bid on a 1998 1.25 mk4 Fiesta with a mere 39k miles on it at the weekend, it only had a couple of hours to go and wasn't attracting much interest. I then completely forgot about it until later that day, at which point I got an email saying I'd won it...for considerably less than my limit. Luckily it's only a few miles from home so no epic collection and at the price I paid I can't really lose. It needs a front wing (or a hammer), some welding on the rear sills (which I'm hoping a friend of mine will sort) and a pair of front brake flexis. I'm hoping I can turn it around quickly and maybe make a little bit on it for a change but we'll see. Apparently the interior is a bit grim, collection is due on Saturday. The Moog, djim, RobT and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 We still demand an collection thread. phil_lihp and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 We still demand an collection thread. The notification came through at lunchtime at the field of dreams on Saturday- everyone congratulated him. You can’t really go wrong for £40 can you! RobT, clayts450, chodweaver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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