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24 minutes ago, greengartside said:

ALL BX OWNERS TO THE BEIGE COURTESY PHONE, PLEASE....

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This has just landed in my local scrappers. Sat in a garage since 2003, apparently it fired up first try and drove onto the truck!

David Yarham Salvage, near Norwich. 01508 482612.

 

13 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Got to be worth saving that, looks quite minty, surely @wuvvumis looking for his next project and is local..

 

5 minutes ago, egg said:

@SmokinWaffle another BX to raid chap! If only for the Sally ferries sticker...

Man that looks good condition....

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Newly charged battery fitted to Galaxy, short drive to fuel station tenner's worth of Shell's finest added. Took it up the road for a bloody good shoeing and the bastarding thing has gone back into limp mode :(

 

Had to take the Combo on the panned (40 mile) round trip instead, that threw the EML light on (was told about it by previous owner) but it made no difference at all to the performance. Obvs. like you have to stick to the speed limits for legal and safety reasons, but if you didn't have to stick to the speed limits (or were on a private test track) I think it might* do three figure speeds with more to go.

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2 hours ago, greengartside said:

Certificate of Destruction already issued, sadly.

reversible if you want to put the effort in :) https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=207228

its just a tick box on the DVLA computer LOL (and from what I have seen getting it reversed boils down to a V62 a covering letter and a whole bunch of photos LOL)

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16 hours ago, egg said:

I've just remembered my parents had a flexi disc 7 inch for the launch of the Renault 21, which had 'I feel free' by Cream....I better check if they still have it!

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Supernaut alerted me to this. 
I got a copy of this flexidisc the other month off eBay. Found out about flexidiscs then looked on eBay, cheapest one to come up! (Cheaper than a bottle of coke) it works too. 
 

I’ll see about uploading a video later in the day of it working, its pure AS gold! 😎

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What's that boy? You're getting bored of being on the train.

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Would you be happier in a car?

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New mobile kennel acquired. 9-5 Vector Sport 1.9 TDI auto. 114k, one owner from new, FSH and 12 months MOT.

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Seems a pretty solid and comfortable place to be. In fair order mechanically but a few giffer scrapes to the bodywork.

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Unfortunately not all the wheels are round.

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First time I've ever owned a saloon or an auto.  Hoping it'll be a reliable winter beater while the BX comes off the road.

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1 hour ago, puddlethumper said:

I shall be off north tomorrow to see the @Saabnut of Jockshire to see to his Roller. Looking forward to it.

A little bit nervous as I've never done this kind of thing but reasonably confident.  I shall take pictures.

Yay! Good news is I have bought more beer. Bad news is I have already started on them.....

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On 9/22/2020 at 7:08 PM, chancer said:

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time to deploy the persil tin...20200922_170256.thumb.jpg.e82966990aebb14eb47de7b9162ddbd1.jpg

Tidy.....20200922_170310.thumb.jpg.59eb6b2d4ac19b9046e0d2cb658ab7cf.jpg

fibreglass and filler later....

Verdict.....Fucked 

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Leave to dry, sand back, apply more filler, sand back, repeat til happy and hope for the best. I havent done this before, and didnt enjoy it one bit

Remember this? Well this is it now. Defo looks good from about 40 foot 👌20200926_190129.thumb.jpg.c57a8011e957a8fb82f07fc818378410.jpg

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4 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

What's that boy? You're getting bored of being on the train.

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Would you be happier in a car?

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New mobile kennel acquired. 9-5 Vector Sport 1.9 TDI auto. 114k, one owner from new, FSH and 12 months MOT.

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Seems a pretty solid and comfortable place to be. In fair order mechanically but a few giffer scrapes to the bodywork.

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Unfortunately not all the wheels are round.

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First time I've ever owned a saloon or an auto.  Hoping it'll be a reliable winter beater while the BX comes off the road.

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We’re slowly forming the Welsh Saab Massive! We’ll rival the SVM before too long... 

Cracking looking purchase that. I’m getting more and more inclined towards a 9-5. 

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Well made it 15 miles and broke down. Looks like it's bit the bullet. Was cruising lovely at 55mph, yes honestly, then suddenly started emitting clouds of blue smoke out both pipes. No overheating, no coolant loss, oil in water or vice versa. No obvious bubbles in coolant. It would appear to be crankcase breather or something. Awaiting recovery.

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Spent about a day and a bit cleaning the van. Yesterday used some TFR, then washed it, clay barred, and cleaned it again. Today T-cut, buffer using heavier grade compound, buffer using medium compound, buffer using lightest compound, followed by polish, paint protector and then wax. Sills had a little surface rust, so sprayed them up then got the heat gun and back-to-black on the plastics.

Hard to get a decent photograph, but for a 13 odd year old high mileage van, it's surprisingly decent.

 

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