richardmorris Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Stanky, egg, LightBulbFun and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 4 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said: This is why we (Australians) are taught to never camp under Eucalyptus trees. They drop limbs at a moment notice, big limbs. Every post was "you fucking idiot. Don't park near this type of tree." Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Spent a couple of hours cleaning the focus up. It's come up really well, I don't really want to sell it now. dome, Tenmil Socket, blackboilersuit and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 This has moved for the first time since end of October, a few 1/4 mile trips for firewood. Started instantly, brakes still free, bone dry inside, all working perfectly. Moderns are amazing! I now have rear gingercators! Thanks to @vulgalour for suggesting the Tamiya paint. It has worked perfectly. Reversing lights are also orange with LED (Gu10 lamps) driven via diodes in parallel with the indicators for extra visibility. vulgalour, Cavcraft, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 22 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said: A fine scene; 19 hours ago, HMC said: Blimey, I’m pretty sure the high top extension on those LDV 400s is fibreglass. They are indeed. That was the first thing I thought when I saw that. It's holding up well isn't it. In the very old days we (postmen) used to travel in the back of those with no windows or interior trim of any description, just a tip up bench seat running down each side and lots of nice sharp spot welded seams. You really could see how they were made. The top of the fibreglass top was opaque to let a bit of light in, in fact I thing it was all opaque but the rest was painted red. There would be six or seven of us perched on these seats, being dropped out to our deliveries along with the drivers packets on the floor in between us (obviously not as many as we get now, it was more letter based). That was probably over twenty years ago though. I don't know if anybody actually died in the back of them but it is strictly forbidden now unless it has the extra row of forward facing seats with seat belts. So of course I have never* travelled in the back of an unseated van since. LightBulbFun, auntiemaryscanary, Amishtat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 6 hours ago, richardmorris said: I’m very taken with that E430 on the eBay thread. Anyone fancy a w124 coupe? HarmonicCheeseburger and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Hmm, just looked at the mot history. Not particularly loved! Cords exposed on the tyres after several years of advisories, ball joints, floor rusting, brake pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: I’m very taken with that E430 on the eBay thread. Anyone fancy a w124 coupe? @Conan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Took the diesel C2 into Norwich earlier to go to the big Tesco. On the way home I reset the trip computer to see what mpg it'd get on that run (which I'd be doing every day under normal circumstances). That'll do. Cavcraft, Cord Fourteener, Six-cylinder and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 minute ago, wuvvum said: Took the diesel C2 into Norwich earlier to go to the big Tesco. On the way home I reset the trip computer to see what mpg it'd get on that run (which I'd be doing every day under normal circumstances). That'll do. Not bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Yoss said: In the very old days we (postmen) used to travel in the back of those It's still legal to ride in the back of a pickup truck here, sat in the cargo bed- so long as you are sat on the floor and not the wheel arch or side of the bed. It is not a requirement to have a tailgate either when carrying pax in the back, only recommended. Sitting on a flatbed is disallowed, however. Phil Yoss and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 When I had a summer job in North Carolina back in 1999, I was the only one who was allowed to drive the boss's Dodge Ram pickup (because I'd lived in France and was therefore used to driving on the wrong side of the road). On 4th July I drove the whole house (about 12 of us if memory serves) into town to see the fireworks - three in the cab and 9 in the bed - I thought I was bound to get moaned at by the local constabulary but they didn't bat an eyelid. Six-cylinder, PhilA, stonedagain and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Whilst the Fiesta got it's Mot after work on Thursday, I spent a bit of time making this little lady watertight; The elderly owner lived close to the garage and had an 'incident' last year whereby the RH mirror got hit against a passing tractor and as a result smashed the side window. We ordered the parts in but by the time they arrived from Hyundai, she had decided to stop driving. This weekend the boss will be having a look underneath to see if it will pass another mot, and then it will be up for sale/ roffle to find it a new home. vulgalour, BL Bloke, Stevebrookman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 ^^ Okay, I can't quite top that but in an even earlier life I was working at a meat factory in Chandlers Ford. I'd been there a while doing various jobs when I got a transfer to nights which was cleaning out all the machines with a pressure washer. Started at 8pm which was fine as I could get the bus in, Hampshire Bus VR or ex London DMS, but we finished about 2 AM. A fellow night worker had a VW T2 pick up. This was pre VW scene tax or contrived rat look, it was just an old van. He already gave somebody a lift home so the front was full but I was welcome to hop in the back. I was only doing it for a few months before I went back on days but the novelty never wore off. Sitting in the back of a pick up at 2 AM was always fun. The option was an hours walk (it was before I had passed my test) which might have helped. Tickman, beko1987, stonedagain and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 19 hours ago, Asimo said: I now have rear gingercators! Thanks to @vulgalour for suggesting the Tamiya paint. It has worked perfectly. Well done on getting it going, please could you pass on the paint tip as I was at the point of taping Quality Street wrappers to the back of the Sherpa as it's Chinesium LED rear lights have faded to clear on the indicators. LightBulbFun and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 How's the Sherpa coming along Rich? Looking forward to it being back on the road so I can race you round the FOD in the Iveco. Ghosty, LightBulbFun, Cord Fourteener and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, wuvvum said: How's the Sherpa coming along Rich? Looking forward to it being back on the road so I can race you round the FOD in the Iveco. You'd be lapped by the invacar... Twiggy, LightBulbFun, catsinthewelder and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 We'd be lapped by the fugging dumper Sam. Twiggy, Six-cylinder, LightBulbFun and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Took the Royale around the block to warm everything up. Brakes very good now. Will swap the door maybe in the summer! (have had a spare for 5 years) and put the wheel centres on. Only got Opel centers - but can only see if you really look! anonymous user, Supernaut, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, catsinthewelder said: Well done on getting it going, please could you pass on the paint tip as I was at the point of taping Quality Street wrappers to the back of the Sherpa as it's Chinesium LED rear lights have faded to clear on the indicators. This is the stuff, from model shops or eBay. It adheres really well to the polycarbonate lenses. I sprayed the lenses inside and outside until they looked right, about 4 coats in all. Cord Fourteener and catsinthewelder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Saw this Mondeo with gingercators, as we're on the topic. I actually like it. adw1977 and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Tinted the ones on my bx, much prefer it. Cord Fourteener, Split_Pin, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, dean36014 said: Tinted the ones on my bx, much prefer it. The original series 1 BXs had the smaller indicators which were orange. I’ve not seen someone do what you have but it looks good. egg and dean36014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 A couple of attempts at checking too see the gearbox etc of the Wartburg proved fruitless. However, the lad who bought it messaged me before and he’d ‘got the bonnet open’ Minimad5, Six-cylinder, Dirk Diggler and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Good to see he's cracking on. It does look like a solid old thing from that photo I have to say. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 If I’d bought it I’d still be looking blankly at it... and it might have got started in 2023.... RobT and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 7:42 PM, davehedgehog31 said: VID_20210121_133648.mp4 28.95 MB · 0 downloads But does it make yer tea taste better? davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 12 hours ago, wuvvum said: How's the Sherpa coming along Rich? Looking forward to it being back on the road so I can race you round the FOD in the Iveco. Sounds like a race I could bring my 740 to and win... There aren't many of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 9 hours ago, egg said: Saw this Mondeo with gingercators, as we're on the topic. I actually like it. It turns out I either need to do this at the rear of my MK3 or buy new bulbs. MOT man told me. stonedagain and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntiemaryscanary Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Puts waiting for a V5 into perspective. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/23/minister-faces-fury-over-mass-covid-outbreak-at-top-government-agency Cord Fourteener, BL Bloke, stonedagain and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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