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30 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I thought it worth a buy given the lack of use all the cars have At the moment. 

 

Your 2cv May have a perished pipe from the tank sender to the plastic pipe that runs from rear to front - then, weirdly has a section of fuel pipe, a metal pipe 15cm long, and another section of fuel pipe to the pump. If the fuel tank sender bit has perished this lets a lot of air up into the line when it’s sat.

 

and no, I’m not volunteering to drop your fuel tank to replace 10cm of fuel pipe!

My GS had a perished petrol pipe at the back that did not leak fuel but drew in air so it would not start.

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Spent the afternoon scouring wiring diagrams to try and work out why the V70 emitted a small amount of magic smoke from the heater vents when I last used it.

The interior stinks of electrical mega-death and Fuse 24 had burst. I replaced that at the time and couldn't find any issues once I'd got it replaced, all very strange.

The wiring diagrams offered little in the way of clues, only that F24 covers the Seat heater module (unlikely culprit as it is under the seats), the DIM (instrument cluster, previously repaired but passed the "sniff" test OK, the CCM (climate module, again smelt OK) and lastly the overnight heater, which I'm not sure mine has.

In the end I pulled the fan motor out and found the resistor pack stinks, so I'm left wondering if it's failure had somehow backfed the CCM and caused the fuse to blow.

 

I've found a local bloke breaking a V70 so I hope I should be able to get it replaced soon.

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1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said:

I never ended up buying that range rover today, I bought something much worse...

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Liked for the fact that you’ve bought a 505, but Jesus wept what have they done to it?

Are you going to be able to detwatify it?

At least the interior looks reasonable, apart from the MASSIVE KNOB (how apt).

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3 hours ago, stuboy said:

Been round to deceased uncles of miss stuboy, and found the keys for the standard 8, so it dan be sold on..

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What an absolute honey!  I used to climb all over one of these as a child, it had been left semi abandoned behind a row of houses. It was so rotten the door skins had fallen off. I can still smell the aroma of perished rubber, petrol and oil now. 

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Finally got my arse into gear and dragged an old Volvo shell off for scrap today. This freed up a space at home for the Visa which had been living on the in-laws drive for the past few months. The body is now pretty much rot free but it still doesn’t run! I think it needs an ignition computer but who knows. 
 

Shiters may remember the towing dolly I was prattling on about a few months ago, well I made good use of it today. It takes 5 mins to load up a car and tows lovely. 

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Just weighing up another little Yamaha 50 I found for sale. Did the on line MOT history checker and...

 

'Mileage75,666 miles'

 

It isn't an error, either.

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7 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Did I tell you about a bloke in my village? He’d seen photos of the Base online but clicked I lived here when one of the pics went viral online. He walked past the other week and introduced himself and we stood - 2m apart - and talked cars for about an hour. Anyway, he told me he was after buying one of these and so went and bought one! 

He came around earlier and let me take it for a spin whilst he waited on. 

My. Fucking. God. What a glorious thing. I would say it sounded nicer than any six cylinder I’d ever driven. A real offbeat, syncopated warble. 

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It’s done 60,000 miles - is better than any car I’ve owned in 15 years - and I want it very much. 

They’re much more comfortable than you’d anticipate and it’s a little flying machine.  Very, very jealous. 

You don't need to tell me!

Although I have only driven a couple of C3's, I had five C2's, the four cylinder 100L was nice, the 100CD five pot was great, but the turbocharged 200T was in another league. The wuffle from the engine was like something from a different planet. Mine were three speed autos which did a very definate 60/90/120 in the gears and although I never took it above 100mph - because licence, the acceleration at any speed above about 30mph was absolutely mind bending & made my subsequent 944S feel like a fucking slug. 

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2 hours ago, Skizzer said:

Liked for the fact that you’ve bought a 505, but Jesus wept what have they done to it?

Are you going to be able to detwatify it?

At least the interior looks reasonable, apart from the MASSIVE KNOB (how apt).

Blame Slater on Retro Rides for its appearance, it did actually look a lot fucking worse believe it or not...

 

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Thankfully most of the bits to put it back to standard are with it apart from it's original wheels and suspension.

 

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I'm not sure I'll get it to look like this again but I will bloody well try.

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22 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said:

Blame Slater on Retro Rides for its appearance, it did actually look a lot fucking worse believe it or not...

 

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Thankfully most of the bits to put it back to standard are with it apart from it's original wheels and suspension.

 

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I'm not sure I'll get it to look like this again but I will bloody well try.

Wow, not seen that car for years. Must have been a good decade ago it was on RR? Where's it been in the meantime? I assumed it was long dead, but the top half looks pretty solid at a glance.

Edit- I see I commented on the blue in 2019 that I'd spotted it on ebay. Also noted that the OP bought it in 2007... time flies. 

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33 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Just weighing up another little Yamaha 50 I found for sale. Did the on line MOT history checker and...

 

'Mileage75,666 miles'

 

It isn't an error, either.

At 30mph, that is flat out for 15 weeks. 

 

I don't know why I bothered working that out. God I'm bored. 

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2 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

At 30mph, that is flat out for 15 weeks. 

 

I don't know why I bothered working that out. God I'm bored. 

In restricted Yamaha 50 terms that was probably a trip to the local Co-op and back.

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33 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said:

Blame Slater on Retro Rides for its appearance, it did actually look a lot fucking worse believe it or not...

 

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Thankfully most of the bits to put it back to standard are with it apart from it's original wheels and suspension.

 

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I'm not sure I'll get it to look like this again but I will bloody well try.

That is the full fucking Carlos Fandango look, isn't it?!

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1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

Finally got my arse into gear and dragged an old Volvo shell off for scrap today. This freed up a space at home for the Visa which had been living on the in-laws drive for the past few months. The body is now pretty much rot free but it still doesn’t run! I think it needs an ignition computer but who knows. 
 

Shiters may remember the towing dolly I was prattling on about a few months ago and I made good use of it today. It takes 5 mins to load up a car and tows lovely. 

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We used to use a narrower one, was ok if the car could be driven up.

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41 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

At 30mph, that is flat out for 15 weeks. 

 

I don't know why I bothered working that out. God I'm bored. 

I had a DT50 when I was 16, did 25 miles a day on it, most of them in a 60 zone with my head down on the tank, after a number of tweaks it would top out a 42 (mate had one that would do 48) mine needed the head rebuilding every couple of thousand miles.. (but a weeks worth of riding for £1.70 - Happy days

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Nice purchase with the 505. They must have severely limited What was originally generous wheel travel on these  otherwise those arch extensions would soon have been ripped off. Your ride your way etc but kudos for aiming to get it nearer to standard 

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9 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Did I tell you about a bloke in my village? He’d seen photos of the Base online but clicked I lived here when one of the pics went viral online. He walked past the other week and introduced himself and we stood - 2m apart - and talked cars for about an hour. Anyway, he told me he was after buying one of these and so went and bought one! 

He came around earlier and let me take it for a spin whilst he waited on. 

My. Fucking. God. What a glorious thing. I would say it sounded nicer than any six cylinder I’d ever driven. A real offbeat, syncopated warble. 

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It’s done 60,000 miles - is better than any car I’ve owned in 15 years - and I want it very much. 

They’re much more comfortable than you’d anticipate and it’s a little flying machine.  Very, very jealous. 

Five cylinders are the best. Here's my 100, very similar to that on a bit of a ahem "spirited" drive. 

 

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Like I said in Facebook, I'm not a massive RR fan but I did always like the look of the Pug. It just kind of worked, like a triple fried egg with chilli sauce and chutney sandwich. 

All the ingredients are wrong. 

The wheels 

The arches 

The paint job

But put them together and it works. 

This 505 is you Lister, its you. 

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9 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Did I tell you about a bloke in my village? He’d seen photos of the Base online but clicked I lived here when one of the pics went viral online. He walked past the other week and introduced himself and we stood - 2m apart - and talked cars for about an hour. Anyway, he told me he was after buying one of these and so went and bought one! 

He came around earlier and let me take it for a spin whilst he waited on. 

My. Fucking. God. What a glorious thing. I would say it sounded nicer than any six cylinder I’d ever driven. A real offbeat, syncopated warble. 

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It’s done 60,000 miles - is better than any car I’ve owned in 15 years - and I want it very much. 

They’re much more comfortable than you’d anticipate and it’s a little flying machine.  Very, very jealous. 

I've had a couple of C3s - a 2-litre saloon and a 2.2 Quattro Avant - and they do sound amazing.  Quite different to the Volvo or Fiat inline 5s - more of an offbeat snarl than a mellow warble.  The Quattro went like f*ck too - I'd definitely have another of those.

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6 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I've had a couple of C3s - a 2-litre saloon and a 2.2 Quattro Avant - and they do sound amazing.  Quite different to the Volvo or Fiat inline 5s - more of an offbeat snarl than a mellow warble.  The Quattro went like f*ck too - I'd definitely have another of those.

A bit like yellow cars, it's the pity there's not more 5 cylinder engines around of any manufacturer. For a family car you can have pretty unique sound like no big standard 4 pot. 

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1 hour ago, Spurious said:

A bit like yellow cars, it's the pity there's not more 5 cylinder engines around of any manufacturer. For a family car you can have pretty unique sound like no big standard 4 pot. 

I've had three, four and six cylinder, I definitely want to live with a five before long!

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11 hours ago, DodgyBastard said:

Blame Slater on Retro Rides for its appearance, it did actually look a lot fucking worse believe it or not...

 

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Thankfully most of the bits to put it back to standard are with it apart from it's original wheels and suspension.

 

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I'm not sure I'll get it to look like this again but I will bloody well try.

Well rescued and good luck getting it back to standard. Some people shouldn't be allowed nice things🙁

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13 hours ago, DodgyBastard said:

Blame Slater on Retro Rides for its appearance, it did actually look a lot fucking worse believe it or not...

 

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Thankfully most of the bits to put it back to standard are with it apart from it's original wheels and suspension.

 

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I'm not sure I'll get it to look like this again but I will bloody well try.

Given these are worth a reasonable amount now, the closer to stock it is, the wider the potential market there is for it. Thus more potential for higher value and thus profit. 

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