bunglebus Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Cheezey said: Just liberated these from the dump in Denny. Couldn’t bring myself to take a photo of all the others in the metal recycling. That's criminal, hopefully someone has gone and rescued as many as possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I drove a Maestro 1.3 four speed last week, and while it was quite busy by 55mph, it didn't seem that noisy. Absolutely crying out for another gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Mine's probably a little more... bedded in... than the one you drove. dollywobbler and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I wonder what a 5-speed 1.3 would be like? I was looking at a Ledbury Maestro from a while back with that combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Fumbler said: I wonder what a 5-speed 1.3 would be like? I was looking at a Ledbury Maestro from a while back with that combination. They're very capable with the five-speed. I've had a hatch and a van so-equipped. 8 minutes ago, vulgalour said: Mine's probably a little more... bedded in... than the one you drove. That's very true! This one had 27k miles. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 It's a bit odd they even offered a four speed really, the five speed is just as capable around town so you'd think it would have saved them money and hassle to just fit them all with a five speed rather than penny pinching for base models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Ah, but these were times where mingebag spec had to look and feel it! You really were punished for your austerity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Nobody was bragging down the Cabbage & Stilton about how many blanking plates they'd got, that's for sure. dollywobbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 joking said to future mrs stuboy... im gonna remove the centre exhaust on the v6, she said what would that do, i said make it sound better,,, she replied... do it.............................. god after 6 years im still not used to someone encouraging me.... louiepj, Asimo, chaseracer and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 7 hours ago, Cheezey said: Just liberated these from the dump in Denny. Couldn’t bring myself to take a photo of all the others in the metal recycling. like for these old toy cars getting a new life, sad for the others going in the recycling skip...... eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 18 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Christ on a bike man! Those look far too good to be thrown out, especially the Hillman Hunter. Its normally missing the bits, mine is. Please post this in the Shite in Minature thread!! May I call dibs on them should you wish to move them on? I must confess I spent five mins there checking the prices of them all on eBay. I just wanted to make sure one of them wasn’t a limited run by Faberge or something. I reckon if I’d sold them all individually I’d maybe get £100 with a bit of luck. Edit: there is a Range Rover fire service as well not pictured . @Split_Pin I’m happy to pass them on to you if you’d get enjoyment from them. Send me your address and I’ll drop them off some time. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Barn find DB6 auction info. 1970 Aston Martin DB6 Mk 2 Vantage | Open Roads, April | RM Online Only (rmsothebys.com) meggersdog and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 An elderly gentleman in the next village used to own a silver one. It looked OK from a distance, but close up looked like hammered pewter! Have they dressed that DB6 up to look more 'found' in the photographs? I'm thinking spray on cobwebs & a bucket of lightly toasted rusty bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, barefoot said: An elderly gentleman in the next village used to own a silver one. It looked OK from a distance, but close up looked like hammered pewter! Have they dressed that DB6 up to look more 'found' in the photographs? I'm thinking spray on cobwebs & a bucket of lightly toasted rusty bits. Nothing's been done to it since it arrived here, but I don't know about before. It looks genuinely tatty. Presumably the owener was away shooting tigers for a few years? barefoot, dome and chaseracer 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: Barn find DB6 auction info. 1970 Aston Martin DB6 Mk 2 Vantage | Open Roads, April | RM Online Only (rmsothebys.com) I surmise that the garage it was laid-up in was pretty feckin' damp, so just about everything needs replacing now. Wouldn't mind a read of The Observer, though. I remember reading that on Sundays in the 1980s, as my parents liked the fact that it didn't have many supplements apart from the magazine (which was also worth reading back then and had the Peanuts comic strip in it), so there wasn't much of it left unread. Think my school also had a visit from the Soviet Ambassador or one of his staff in 1988. There was a lot of interest in Gorbachev and we mostly thought the Soviet Union was going to be there long-term; how wrong we turned out to be! I see a mention there on the front page of (Yitzhak) Shamir turning down a meeting with Arafat - this was at a time when the PLO's position was intransigent and the Israelis equally bloody-minded; Hafez Assad was still in charge in Syria, whilst Saddam Hussein had been busy poisoning the Kurds in northern Iraq earlier in the year; he didn't invade Kuwait until much later. Lebanon was a wasteland (it still is) and somewhere in Beirut, Terry Waite was a hostage along with Brian Keenan and John McCarthy. Memories of all the old certainties. Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 hours ago, richardmorris said: Barn find DB6 auction info. 1970 Aston Martin DB6 Mk 2 Vantage | Open Roads, April | RM Online Only (rmsothebys.com) I don’t understand the appeal of these at all. Dated, heavy, wobbly and fragile is how they were spoken of for years. What happened that they are now so desirable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Asimo said: I don’t understand the appeal of these at all. Dated, heavy, wobbly and fragile is how they were spoken of for years. What happened that they are now so desirable? The James Bond / Paul McCartney effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 About 2 years ago my Focus had a full service at a fairly reputable indy that seems to serve the entire town. For reasons that escape me precisely they weren't able to replace the cabin filter, something to do with not being able to undo a bolt or something and "running out of time". Anyway, I completely forgot to get it sorted (whoops!). About a month ago I started to get tell-tale signs that the filter definitely needed replacing now. So, set about having a go at least to replace it. 3 hours, some lost skin, a continuous argument with the fuse box and wiring loom, we managed to relieve the original from it's dusty lair. Fortunately it went back far easier than expected. Grin 2: moved to a new town last July and still exploring bits of it on semi-mandated walks. Found a street that would put a smile on a lot of our faces, house 1 had about 4 bits of 80s-2010s Americana. Two doors down there's a driveway with 3 C3 Pluriels and then 2 doors down from there was a nest of Imps, Stilettos, Huskys and other derivaties. I'd seen 1 of them around town a couple of times, so nice to find their lair. brownnova, somewhatfoolish, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Just taken the MGB into the local MG specialist for a service and good look over. The guy was pretty complementary on it, but that might be because I tend to talk it down in condition when actually it's pretty good really. Will be interesting to see how they get on and if they're any good. Would be useful to have a local MG specialist I can throw it at to fix up any niggling issues. They only really do MGA/MGB/MGC/Midgets/etc which is a shame as I would like someone I can trust on for the Dolomite whenever it's done. There is a local classic Mini specialist nearby though and the chap said he's shit hot on them. Those guys also have a rolling road and will tune up the carbs too. Might have to pay them a visit. Car itself was ok. Had to nip up the banjo bolt again on the fuel pump, brakes were pulsing but that I think is where it's been sitting has left material on the discs and it needs a ruddy good clean. Oh the horn doesn't work and the indicators have gone stiff and sticky. I've got a replacement radiator and water pump from Moss. Not terribly impressed with the radiator quality to be honest. I do think I might get the rad recored. Definitely made me realise that I do like 60/70s BL/BMC chod the most and despite it being a good car, the 520i isn't me. eddyramrod and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Wheel centres for the Berlingo arrived from @ruffgeezer. Thanks, Tim. chaseracer, alcyonecorporation and ruffgeezer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 26/04/2021 at 15:59, Cheezey said: Just liberated these from the dump in Denny. Couldn’t bring myself to take a photo of all the others in the metal recycling. Well done, Sir. My cousin had the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." car; shouldn't it have a periscope thing you press down and the people in the car pop out alternately with their guns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 So much for mad Monday and everyone going back to normal. I've had 1 Job today.. campsite was dead where I picked it up. Pouring with rain so beer gardens are empty. Bring back total lockdown where it was busy! People are odd. SiC and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 One of our neighbours houses is a holiday let. The couple in it have had no fewer than six visiting couples staying at least one night. All in their sixties, all parking in stupid places blocking everyone else (I had to help a neighbour to carry his ladders over the top of a golf to his van yesterday). Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Cheezey said: I must confess I spent five mins there checking the prices of them all on eBay. I just wanted to make sure one of them wasn’t a limited run by Faberge or something. I reckon if I’d sold them all individually I’d maybe get £100 with a bit of luck. Edit: there is a Range Rover fire service as well not pictured . @Split_Pin I’m happy to pass them on to you if you’d get enjoyment from them. Send me your address and I’ll drop them off some time. Cheers chap, happy to give you something for your trouble though, I'll fire you a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 This isn't mine but a family member's. All I can say is WOW. I love it. ✅ Red 3 spokes ✅ Spoiler ✅ Mysterious line stickers ✅ Tin 'no smoking' sign ❌ Decals with the previous owner's name. Sadly removed Supernaut, Stanky, mercedade and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 I fucking love this commute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Cheers chap, happy to give you something for your trouble though, I'll fire you a PM! Och, don’t worry about it. Happy to pass on my luck finding them. mercedade and Split_Pin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Vauxhall Corsa or similar 👌 (our i3 is at the spa - they give you an Enterprise rental when it’s in for recall work. That’ll do. ) Split_Pin and Supernaut 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike D Posted April 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 My hunt for a Mk2 Golf ended on Monday To say i'm happy with it is an understatement, it's in fantastic condition, I know the suspension and wheels won't appeal to a lot on here, but I think it suits them. It seems to be great on fuel, and I've not stopped grinning every time I drive it - it's an absolute weapon with the 1.8 20v Turbo conversion. Power steering model too so it's actually nice to drive around town. Verdict - Well chuffed Leyland Worldmaster, Coprolalia, cort1977 and 51 others 52 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Nicely understated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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