wuvvum Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, JohnK said: Some line up is this. Glad to have the E23 back out and about. The white Golf is the one which has inspired my engine build for the B plate. It is some car! Is the Stanza yours as well? I don't think I recall that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 No the Stanza belongs to my mate Chris (Geordie on RetroRides) He also has a brown Stanza hatch and the ex-FOAD Stanza saloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Wow. He must have a penchant for lift-off oversteer... JohnK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Have some more. It's cleaning up really well. Amishtat, RobT, jumpingjehovahs and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Wow. He must have a penchant for lift-off oversteer... I'm sure he wont mind me posting this here... Lacquer Peel, Brodders, djim and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Not a 960, by the way! The Moog, scdan4, djim and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Chocolate Teapot Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Ford petrol fuel rail cleaning my way. Yes it is my car. At euro 0.35 for 1.5 ltrs what could possibly go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 2cv now ready for the Citroen rally next week. Mrs6C, LightBulbFun, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, richardmorris said: 2cv now ready for the Citroen rally next week. Ooooh see you there! Look out for the yellow and white one! Be good to meet you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 11 hours ago, 3VOM said: I think you are correct but do check. IIRC the gearboxes are very fussy about which ATF they use. You should be able to get away with Dexron III, which is supposed to be improved Dex II. I use it in the rebuilt CX gearbox, and previously in the 635CSi's 4-speed auto. Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Walked about 13 miles in all today. Arrived at Bakewell to the sound of many V8s. Looked like some kind of TVR get together. My legs are frickin knackered now! Mrs6C, richardmorris, mrdelmonti and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 32 minutes ago, brownnova said: Ooooh see you there! Look out for the yellow and white one! Be good to meet you! I’m going up Friday morning unless work lets up and I can get away Thursday. The Thames tortoises camp will be me and a green Mahari ( el CID copy). We have a flag and Citroen bunting. And much, much, alcohol, Bucketeer and brownnova 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I’m going up Friday morning unless work lets up and I can get away Thursday. The Thames tortoises camp will be me and a green Mahari ( el CID copy). We have a flag and Citroen bunting. And much, much, alcohol, Also heading down Friday morning. Might be some other Cheshire Dragons I’m not sure. But we’ll find a nice spot and pitch up I’m sure! See you there! richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 i have spent a good part of yesterday pulling the house apart looking for the keys of the black mini, and a good part of today putting he house back straight looking for said keys. came to the conclusion that they are not in the house at all. even called the hotel we were in last weekend to see if we had left them their, despite been pretty sure that i didn't have them there, the one thing i was sure of was that Kerry had the keys last, thus making it her fault that they were not where they are supposed to be. Kerry vehemently denied this, of course..... well the keys have turned up, much to my relief. and where were they? in the pocket of Kerry's motorbike jacket....... thanks alot. and the orange mini's mot? a fail. brake balance across the back wheels. so a seized wheel cylinder me thinks, cos it when through the hand brake test ok. and them Wankin' budget death rings we got last year are already very, very worn. the set of continentals which they replaced lasted 10 years and 30,000 miles. these have managed a tenth of that, i think. but Sportspack Coopers use what is now an odd size, so its Wankin' tires or Yoko Ono ones. which cost twice as much, but if they last 3 times as long them i'm winning. i'll be trying the Yoko Ono tires next. and i've got sick of tasting diesel fumes in the Rover and got the blowing exhaust replaced. it was blowing from all over, though mainly the flexi-pipe and the back muffler which had gone like porus on top, so it was blowing soot into the back of the back bumper. even the guy at the tire place said he'd not seen an exhaust do that! sadly the one on the car had only managed 18 years and 180,000 miles, which is a poor show! why are modern things all amge from cheese?? RayMK and CGSB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 31 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I’m going up Friday morning unless work lets up and I can get away Thursday. The Thames tortoises camp will be me and a green Mahari ( el CID copy). We have a flag and Citroen bunting. And much, much, alcohol, Might see you on the Saturday if the CX wiring has been sorted out for now (Monsieur Dubois thinks Tuesday will be enough for him to get his parallel wiring in). I've got a friend of mine to help share the driving; this will be her first time piloting a CX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 1 hour ago, sims00 said: So I'm currently enjoying the 3 series touring I nabbed off here. Treated it to some new centre caps for the alloys, new wing indicators as they were yellow, new wipers and bonnet badge, along with fresh number plates. The windscreen cowling is awful; broken up and split TADTS. I've ordered a genuine from BMW via eBay for not a great deal, so once that arrives the car will look a lot fresher. I've also ordered some Gtechniq C4 trim restorer, and will give the rest bumper trim and mirror/door handles a go, and it will look a treat then. The car really has been totally cared for so these little touches I think will set it apart. Will pop a few pictures up in the coming days when they're sorted. So it'll be for sale next week then? r.welfare, JohnK, CGSB and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Well my collection mission was a success, although I got there later than I'd hoped as the bus got stuck in traffic. Seller was a lovely chap and was nearly in tears as I drove off - sadly he lived in the upcoming ULEZ zone so it wasn't practical for him to keep it. I even managed not to get lost, unless you count missing my exit on a roundabout and having to go round again. I did however manage to drive down a road which was closed, and had to reverse all the way back up again. And I still hate driving in London. Loads of interesting stuff on the roads today - possibly the most Autoshite spots on the way down were Fiats Uno and 126 and NATO green Merc T2 on the A11 and a Lada Niva on the M11, but there were lots of Triumphs (including a slightly scruffy Spitfire towing a trailer tent) and various hot rods and old Yanks, plus a tidy Minor and an early '30s Alvis. On the way back I overtook an immaculate cream Bedford J-type and a bright orange Y-suffix Merc T1 camper, a battered early Mk2 Astra in metallic bronze went past in the other direction, and approaching the Norwich southern bypass I passed four youngish lads in a lowered Honda Shuttle. Beat Drive It Day into a cocked hat. The Moog, jumpingjehovahs, clayts450 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: ....I still hate driving in London.... I live in feckin' London, and even I don't try to drive into the central bit of it. Not worth the bother when there are plenty of other places you could sit in traffic..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboilersuit Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Friday was sump swap day for the disAstra as it was marking its territory a little too much. Just as well I wasn't just intending to do just an oil change as the pan was so rotten that when i tried to undo the sump plug the pan just ripped open like a wet envelope. While there is not much to love about a 15 year old base spec diesel Astra the price of parts is fantastic. Sump, gasket goo, oil filter and a gallon of oil all came to less than £60 which was most welcome. mrbenn, CGSB, Sigmund Fraud and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 13 hours ago, brownnova said: Also heading down Friday morning. Might be some other Cheshire Dragons I’m not sure. But we’ll find a nice spot and pitch up I’m sure! See you there! Probably Friday afternoon here. Too much magazine stuff to do! brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 I doubt there's a happier person in the UK than me right now. I've just bought back my old AX which is comfortably the best car I've ever owned. Many many thanks have to go to Sickboy of this parish for taking care of it and for waiting for me to be able to cobble enough money together to pay for it. If anyone wants me for the next few hours I'll be hooning along every B road in the south west. jumpingjehovahs, Tadhg Tiogar, mercedade and 45 others 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdelmonti Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 So does that mean the 205 will soon be returning north? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 A GT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanciamatt Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 The maserati went all italian on me this morning, put ignition on and absolutely nothing happened. Opened bonnet was just about to start moving relays and it came to life, went for a run to gfs grandads to sort his battery out, sorted that, ignition came on but it wouldn't start, checked basics, fuel pump was priming and eventually it started, drove home OK, I'll check all the earth first job, then go from there Six-cylinder, somewhatfoolish, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, lanciamatt said: The maserati went all italian on me this morning, put ignition on and absolutely nothing happened. Opened bonnet was just about to start moving relays and it came to life, went for a run to gfs grandads to sort his battery out, sorted that, ignition came on but it wouldn't start, checked basics, fuel pump was priming and eventually it started, drove home OK, I'll check all the earth first job, then go from there I want to get my 425 Biturbo back on the road and don't think there is much wrong with it, the question is it to cruel to take it to my favorite garage for service and MOT when they already have my Lancia Gamma and had to take the cylinder heads off it! Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanciamatt Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Get it sorted, end of day it's just nuts and bolts, mechanics don't always think that though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Bucketeer said: I doubt there's a happier person in the UK than me right now. I've just bought back my old AX which is comfortably the best car I've ever owned. Many many thanks have to go to Sickboy of this parish for taking care of it and for waiting for me to be able to cobble enough money together to pay for it. If anyone wants me for the next few hours I'll be hooning along every B road in the south west. Best AX I've owned! Great to see it again. HarmonicCheeseburger and Bucketeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 8 minutes ago, bramz7 said: Best AX I've owned! Great to see it again. Best AX I have owned too! Bucketeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, mrdelmonti said: So does that mean the 205 will soon be returning north? Yup. Maybe with the cherry bomb, maybe without. 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: A GT? It's a Forte 1.1i, definitely the best non-GT AX. You get the body kit (to hide rust from the MOT tester), better suspension, 5 gears, electric windows, and a huge grin. I love this car more than it's healthy or appropriate to love a car. mercedade, richardmorris and Shirley Knott 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 A few from a local show today (Chappel Railway Museum) JeeExEll, Sigmund Fraud, Skizzer and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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