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1 hour ago, binhoker668 said:

Whilst I'm at it actually, on the subject of signatures:  Mine looks pretty stupid I guess, but my thinking on it was that if anyone else bought one of those cars, then I might* have something useful to share, however negligent.  Always wanna help folks if I can. I also like having a record.  Whaddaya reckon.  Ditch it?  

 

My 2 penneth, keep them, but instead of a line and a half break for each one, put them into a single line separated by semicolons. The forum will wrap it onto two lines or so but it will be a lot shorter.

e.g. 1986 Austin Montego (Exec); 1988 Fiat Uno; 1986 Volvo 340 DL; 1991 Ford Escort 1.6;

And so-on. Possibly prefix 'former shite' and 'current shite'.

Up to you though matey

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2 minutes ago, Stanky said:

My 2 penneth, keep them, but instead of a line and a half break for each one, put them into a single line separated by semicolons. The forum will wrap it onto two lines or so but it will be a lot shorter.

e.g. 1986 Austin Montego (Exec); 1988 Fiat Uno; 1986 Volvo 340 DL; 1991 Ford Escort 1.6;

And so-on. Possibly prefix 'former shite' and 'current shite'.

Up to you though matey

Or realise that if I'm viewing via my mobile, I don't see the signature anyway. 

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3 hours ago, binhoker668 said:

12 months MOT.  No advisories.  Such are the updates when one owns AN CAR.  Jesus though, I don't think I have ever had that result - in nearly 30 years of motoring.  Felt the urge to tell someone.  Consider yerself TELT. 

Currently drinking in me keks and listening to loud crusty punk rock to celebrate this thin victory.

Carry on.

 

 

Going by your previous form that's fucking good! You gonna eat some wood or something whilst your lucks in? 

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Bluebird now has new brake lines from the garage, plus a new set of discs and pads. It's only done 33 miles in the last month, hopefully the starter motor is still behaving so I can get some use from it next week.

In other news, MoonlightingJob told me on Tuesday that they were unlikely to need me for a couple of months because they were now overstaffed; not the end of the world, but a significant cutback on money to spend on farting around with cars. Following said conversation on Tuesday, they have rung up each afternoon to ask if I'd do overtime that day... left hand, right hand...

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11 hours ago, paulplom said:

Can anyone think who it was who wanted these metro wheel nuts.

They're brand new, have spinning collars and for alloy wheels iirc.

I promised to post them to someone on here but forgot all about it. I've just found them in the back of a drawer.

 

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not @Six-cylinder was it? I know he has an MG Metro on pepper pot alloys and i recall a discussion about the wheel nuts at some point in regards to it

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15 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Although I intend to try and fix my K11 as it's been brilliantly cheap to run since 2017, been chucking up a few quotes on random cars within reasonable budget for worst case, surprising what is actually insurable now!

 

I couldn't for the life of me get any sort of quote returned when I tried to insure the Bluebird on a classic policy. Turns out that if you value it at £1,501, they suddenly drop all objections!

Now, I wonder if there's any way of getting a 20-year old Mondeo on a classic policy...

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6 hours ago, Spurious said:

I don't with FJ. You also need a "main" policy with them too. 

I have two cars insured with FJ but the daily main car is with aviva. You DO need a daily car insured with someone though it doesn’t have to be a modern car. Witness my “daily” being 26 years old.

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22 minutes ago, ruffgeezer said:

I have Mrs Ruff permission to buy another proper classic but only if it is usable immediately, I have a certain something in mind but haven't found one at the right price yet. 

Anyone selling anything up to £3kish (once the fiat sells) 

I’m sure local Arfur Daley @Six-cylinder will have something suitable.  Good luck, I think I’m giving up my Citroen 11BN search as it’s not a sensible time to be spending £10k on something I have no space for and no time to drive.

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Never really achieved anything with this (apart from getting it running and cleaning it, so it went to a new owner. Collected last night after an utterly useless Shipley bloke had failed to collect a couple of days back.

 

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For many years my GS has lain forlorn and forgotten at my parents but I retrieved it today and shoehorned it into my garage which was my lockdown plan coming to fruition (building new workshop/motorcycle storage shed in the garden freeing up the garage).

Remarkably structurally the GS hasn’t deteriorated much further in the 16 year hibernation and getting it solid shouldn’t be too taxing but the doors and bonnet are going to challenge me!

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31 minutes ago, jonathan_dyane said:

For many years my GS has lain forlorn and forgotten at my parents but I retrieved it today and shoehorned it into my garage which was my lockdown plan coming to fruition (building new workshop/motorcycle storage shed in the garden freeing up the garage).

Remarkably structurally the GS hasn’t deteriorated much further in the 16 year hibernation and getting it solid shouldn’t be too taxing but the doors and bonnet are going to challenge me!

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Ooo , a C-Matic .   Can you still get the fluid for those ?

 

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