Skizzer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Erm, I appear to have bought yet another slightly scabby old car. It’s brown with a brown interior - but it’s not Kiltox’s X5 (sorry blud). Collection capers to follow soon, just waiting to hear back from the seller re logistics. LightBulbFun, HMC, HillmanImp and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Based on colour combo presume it’s 70s- any more clues? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 4 hours ago, richardmorris said: .... locally sourced lamb for dinner. Stupidly. Locally sourced in Waitrose Bagshot all the way from New Zealand when the real thing is 100m away. ...but ye'd have to have the 100m version poached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 37 minutes ago, HMC said: Based on colour combo presume it’s 70s- any more clues? 80s actually - it's a 1983 on an A prefix. It will make up a dandy Giant Test trio with my Audi 80 2.0E and Honda Accord Aerodeck; it predates them both by half a model cycle, but they did overlap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodders Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I am guessing it is an executive vehicle made by a mainstream manufacturer. Going with my gut, I would say Vauxhall Carlton, however I cannot help getting visions of something French and brown. Is it a Peugeot 604? Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Bmw e23 7 series Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Slapping the wheels from my old Civic Aerodeck onto the Basket has helped tenfold! Helps they are all the same tyre(Falken ZE914’s if memory serves) and balanced. It’s transformed it handling wise and I’d even say has helped with the scuttle shake. I’d been feeling a bit meh on the car of late but this has restored hope in it. Now a set of lowering springs(nothing silly) and a strut brace are a bit too tempting... The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Had a drive in this earlier, first time the poor thing has seen daylight for about 18 months. Also had the P5 running for the first time in a couple of years. danthecapriman, Brodders, vulgalour and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Love the slightly menacing look of the p5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Not got as much done today as I'd been hoping as it kept bloody raining. I went out in the Y10 this morning and it was playing up like buggery, popping and farting about and refusing to accelerate. The fuel light was on, but I ignored it as I'd stuck £10 in the tank since I repaired the filler and only done a couple of miles. It got worse and worse though and I ended up pulling into a petrol station and sticking another tenner in - that cured it and it went back to being only mildly temperamental as per usual. It's odd though that sticking £10 in was barely enough to touch the sides, especially with such a small tank - I wonder if whoever siphoned the fuel out went below the "usable" bit of the tank somehow? I got home and then jump started the Renault 6 to go to Tesco - it usually needs jump starting if it hasn't been used for a while as the mechanical fuel pump takes ages to drag fuel up from the tank, and the ancient battery (the same one that was on the car when I bought it 11 1/2 years ago, and it was far from new then) can't crank it over for that long. Once it's started it's then fine for the rest of the day. It's running quite happily and the offside front brake doesn't seem to be sticking as badly as it was, but I think I might have an earthing issue on the nearside rear light cluster as the indicators have started playing up if I brake whilst indicating. I didn't get a chance to look at that today, so that's a job for next weekend. Got the CX up on the ramps for a more detailed poke around, which I'd been unable to do up to now because either I've been busy or the weather's been shite. In terms of rot it's not the worst CX I've had - probably no worse than the blue estate was when I bought that - but it has had some slightly shoddy repairs done on the sills in the past. Fortunately they're normally hidden by the sill covers so not the end of the world. It's definitely going to need a bit of patching up under there though. Also the offside CV boot appears to have lost its retaining clip at the hub end, which is odd - the boot is still in place but it's obviously not tight so it's been chucking a bit of grease out. I've got a spare clip somewhere, so next weekend I'll repack the CV joint with grease and then attempt to bodge the clip into place (I bloody hate those CV boot clips, but I don't think there's room for a Jubilee clip). It also has a bit of an LHM leak from somewhere around the accumulator sphere - it is very minor though, it doesn't leave a wet patch on the ground and the LHM level hasn't dropped in the 1200 or so miles I've now done in the car, so I'm going to ignore it for now... paulplom, HMC, Six-cylinder and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 57 minutes ago, wuvvum said: .....Got the CX up on the ramps for a more detailed poke around, which I'd been unable to do up to now because either I've been busy or the weather's been shite. In terms of rot it's not the worst CX I've had - probably no worse than the blue estate was when I bought that - but it has had some slightly shoddy repairs done on the sills in the past. Fortunately they're normally hidden by the sill covers so not the end of the world. It's definitely going to need a bit of patching up under there though. Also the offside CV boot appears to have lost its retaining clip at the hub end, which is odd - the boot is still in place but it's obviously not tight so it's been chucking a bit of grease out. I've got a spare clip somewhere, so next weekend I'll repack the CV joint with grease and then attempt to bodge the clip into place (I bloody hate those CV boot clips, but I don't think there's room for a Jubilee clip). It also has a bit of an LHM leak from somewhere around the accumulator sphere - it is very minor though, it doesn't leave a wet patch on the ground and the LHM level hasn't dropped in the 1200 or so miles I've now done in the car, so I'm going to ignore it for now... No news is good news ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 3 hours ago, wuvvum said: Also the offside CV boot appears to have lost its retaining clip at the hub end, which is odd - the boot is still in place but it's obviously not tight so it's been chucking a bit of grease out. I've got a spare clip somewhere, so next weekend I'll repack the CV joint with grease and then attempt to bodge the clip into place (I bloody hate those CV boot clips, but I don't think there's room for a Jubilee clip). Would a couple of cable ties hold it in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I've never had a lot of luck with cable ties on the "big" end of the boot. They normally suffice for the small end though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Leads and coil changed..adds 5 bhp egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 12 hours ago, wuvvum said: I went out in the Y10 this morning and it was playing up like buggery, popping and farting about and refusing to accelerate. The fuel light was on, but I ignored it as I'd stuck £10 in the tank since I repaired the filler and only done a couple of miles. It got worse and worse though and I ended up pulling into a petrol station and sticking another tenner in - that cured it and it went back to being only mildly temperamental as per usual. It's odd though that sticking £10 in was barely enough to touch the sides, especially with such a small tank - I wonder if whoever siphoned the fuel out went below the "usable" bit of the tank somehow? Fuel pump maybe on its way out? I.e. Fresh fuel is cooler and gets the pump going a bit better again for a while. My experience with fuel pumps is that they tend to start dieing if they have been run dry - especially if the pump is aged and quite old. Even more frustrating is that they can fail intermittently during a drive and start working when they cool back off again. Making it even harder to diagnose. If it keeps having trouble, I'd keep the pump as a potential failure point in mind. wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 15 hours ago, Brodders said: I am guessing it is an executive vehicle made by a mainstream manufacturer. Going with my gut, I would say Vauxhall Carlton, however I cannot help getting visions of something French and brown. Is it a Peugeot 604? Executive and mainstream - yes, more or less. Not nearly as rare or interesting as a 604 I’m afraid, although getting hard to find in this shiter spec/state. 15 hours ago, HMC said: Bmw e23 7 series Good guess but no. Collection is now confirmed for tomorrow early evening. BorniteIdentity, Brodders, skattrd and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 @Skizzer W123/W124? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Beta HPE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 You’re all going to be very disappointed in me. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Giving up but a last guess Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 16 hours ago, Skizzer said: 80s actually - it's a 1983 on an A prefix. ... I'm going to have a go at this: Datsun Bluebird. Family friends in Maidenhead had one, and it was very brown. And it had a brown interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 The Scirocco actually broke down on Friday, just before its previous owner H Imp was to visit barefoot towers. It had been starting up on three for about a week, but I had ignored it. On Friday, I diagnosed and ordered new ignition leads, today they arrived and I managed to fit them successfully! That is the second repair I have managed this year - I is fucking mechanic me! The Moog, Bucketeer, beko1987 and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 hours ago, HMC said: Giving up but a last guess Mmm, very nice. Good guess but no. Plus they were on to the aerodynamic C3 by 1983. 3 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I'm going to have a go at this: Datsun Bluebird. Family friends in Maidenhead had one, and it was very brown. And it had a brown interior. Nope. More executive than that. 1 hour ago, Stevebrookman said: Vauxhall Carlton 1.8 L Nope, not a Carlton. And 1.8 L? How dare you, sir. It has a proper executive cylinder count, i.e. more than four. I decided it’s been too long since I bought a car with a civilised number of pistons. The Moog, RobT and skattrd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Skizzer said: .... More executive than that..... The only other one(s) I can think of that were available in brown were either the BMW E28 520i/525i or a Rover SD1 2300/2600. Those were executive cars to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Think more advertising executive than executive director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Saab 900? Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, Skizzer said: Mmm, very nice. Good guess but no. Plus they were on to the aerodynamic C3 by 1983. Nope. More executive than that. Nope, not a Carlton. And 1.8 L? How dare you, sir. It has a proper executive cylinder count, i.e. more than four. I decided it’s been too long since I bought a car with a civilised number of pistons. What could possibly be more executive than a Datsun Bluebird “1983 on an A”? The mind boggles. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Proof* that the end of the twentieth century was when it all went wrong... Wow, yes please! So poetic! FFS. tonedepear, jumpingjehovahs, Datsuncog and 8 others 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 42 minutes ago, Skizzer said: Think more advertising executive than executive director. Senator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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