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1 hour ago, holbeck said:

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Roffle Saab collected.  

No petrol station shot as @Minimad5 left it with pretty much a full tank of fuel.  Thanks what an amazing gesture. 

225 miles via mostly A roads so we could have a meet up en route with @83C in Shrewsbury.

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Not bad at all.

Glad the fuel got you to your destination 😎

Did you manage to have a peek at the N/S ? , as that bloody manhole cover made a racket 

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That green ex British Gas Transit 4x4 drove past me in Hawkhurst earlier today. I remember the beginning of the reg as E11 which is how I recognised it from a picture on here. My God it looks sad now, whoever owns it isn't the best at taking care of it.

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4 hours ago, holbeck said:

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Roffle Saab collected.  

No petrol station shot as @Minimad5 left it with pretty much a full tank of fuel.  Thanks what an amazing gesture. 

225 miles via mostly A roads so we could have a meet up en route with @83C in Shrewsbury.

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Not bad at all.

Magnificent! Only a few SIDS pixels missing, bonus. 

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1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

E111SAX. Fuck me, did that fall into the wrong hands. :(

30k on the clock at the last MOT. No trace of MOTs online pre-2017. Last change of keeper in January 2021. 

Does anyone know the story with it? What an amazing example. 

 

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15 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

30k on the clock at the last MOT. No trace of MOTs online pre-2017. Last change of keeper in January 2021. 

Does anyone know the story with it? What an amazing example. 

 

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I believe that it was hacked up into some form of camper... it was NATO green and the interior looked like a D.I.Y sauna. It was also in the Ebay tat thread.

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15 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Does anyone know the story with it? What an amazing example. 

It got sold some time after the last FOTU, where it was on display. Some wankpuffin rollered it matt green and turned the inside into a really, really shit camper conversion then put it on eBay again, I seem to recall it had a stained glass window in there (?!). 
It's fucking ruined now. 

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3 minutes ago, Isopon said:

I believe that it was hacked up into some form of camper... it was NATO green and the interior looked like a D.I.Y sauna. It was also in the Ebay tat thread.

 

3 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

It got sold some time after the last FOTU, where it was on display. Some wankpuffin rollered it matt green and turned the inside into a really, really shit camper conversion then put it on eBay again, I seem to recall it had a stained glass window in there (?!). 
It's fucking ruined now. 

Why the AF would someone do that to such an immaculate survivor? The mind boggles. A quick search suggests the owner who showed it when A1 condition and then sold it, only sold it due to emigrating. Probably just as well by the sound of it; if they still lived local to it in it's current guise, they'd likely want to smash the hipster's beardy face in...

Dare I ask, anyone got the link from when it was sold most recently? 

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11 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

 

Why the AF would someone do that to such an immaculate survivor? The mind boggles. A quick search suggests the owner who showed it when A1 condition and then sold it, only sold it due to emigrating. Probably just as well by the sound of it; if they still lived local to it in it's current guise, they'd likely want to smash the hipster's beardy face in...

Dare I ask, anyone got the link from when it was sold most recently? 

I have fount the link but it doesn't appear to work- I also only have 1 picture of the interior unfortunately (Cavacraft's original post on Ebay tat is on page 5840)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-transit-county-4x4-camper/324451686175?hash=item4b8ad3d71f:g:iBQAAOSwpfxf8LyV

The interior

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8 minutes ago, Isopon said:

I have fount the link but it doesn't appear to work- I also only have 1 picture of the interior unfortunately (Cavacraft's original post on Ebay tat is on page 5840)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-transit-county-4x4-camper/324451686175?hash=item4b8ad3d71f:g:iBQAAOSwpfxf8LyV

The interior

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Oh. So that's the new interior of that minty clean, restored ex BG Transit shown above? I can't comprehend why someone would do that to such a fantastic example which likely cost them a hefty purchase price initially, rather than a rotten £500 shitter which would be more deserving of this fate...

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This could go in the lazy spotters thread but I think it deserves a bit more exposure.  There is an elderly couple on my delivery who have a garage at the back of their drive. Occasionally one of the garage doors would be open and I could just see the corner of this from a distance. I've been on this delivery about five years and never seen more than a glimpse. Today it was out the front and I got to see it in all its glory. 

How fabulous is this. 

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But the sad news is it's going away. The good news is their son is taking it on so it's staying in the family. It is much better than I ever expected. A quick MOT check shows no rust at all. I was chatting to the old boy, saying I used to drive these regularly for Royal Mail and he happily pointed out that that his was a 2 litre petrol, O series I think, and goes quite well. I could use this as an everyday car then. Though it deserves better than that as the rust would soon creep in if I did that. Inside was mint too. 

I shall miss it even though I've never seen it properly until today. It used to make my day just seeing it from a distance occasionally. 

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We have been on holiday this week in the van. An awesome week in a cracking campsite, loads to do, WIFE_CMS got horrifically sunburnt, smol_cms has had an absolute ball. The only issue with the van itself is the fridge has been playing up

Then my attention was drawn. Our van has visitors.

Anyone know how to get rid of a fucking wasps nest in the side of a Fiat Ducato?

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I removed the steering column shroud in the Ypsilon earlier (what a faff that was - all the interior plastics in that car seem to be fitted together like a bloody Chinese puzzle) to investigate whether I could work out which wires related to the (broken) headlight switch, and reroute them via a separate om/off switch.  No such luck - the column stalks are in one unit with a single multiplug for both stalks, which has 8 wires running from it, four of which are green.  So I have no chance of finding which one is which - I bought what seems to be the only workshop manual available for the car and it's bloody useless, so I've got nothing to go on.  New set of stalks required then.  Bloody moderns.

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2 hours ago, cms206 said:

We have been on holiday this week in the van. An awesome week in a cracking campsite, loads to do, WIFE_CMS got horrifically sunburnt, smol_cms has had an absolute ball. The only issue with the van itself is the fridge has been playing up

Then my attention was drawn. Our van has visitors.

Anyone know how to get rid of a fucking wasps nest in the side of a Fiat Ducato?

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Brake cleaner seems to kill them on contact.  Seen on Vice Grip Garage...but in my experience it seems to work far better than actual bug spray these days.  The cans usually have a decent range too which is helpful.

Had issues with them hanging around by the garage door last year and that proved a very effective method of dealing with the ones which got too bothersome which I wasn't able to just leave be.

 

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20 hours ago, Isopon said:

I have fount the link but it doesn't appear to work- I also only have 1 picture of the interior unfortunately (Cavacraft's original post on Ebay tat is on page 5840)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-transit-county-4x4-camper/324451686175?hash=item4b8ad3d71f:g:iBQAAOSwpfxf8LyV

The interior

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Found an archived one. 

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2 hours ago, angle said:

Found an archived one. 

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That's the one!!! The exhaust was mildly blowing when it drove past me a couple days ago. The green paint has gone a bit chalky as well.

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CMS's Talbot now that IS a camper, designed and being used as such and it looks great. Joy.

I don't normally bother about modified vehicles but the ruination of that Transit County is a bit frustrating. This was an iconic and very rare vehicle that looked like it had been sympathetically restored. It would have created a lot of  joy at shows and still been useful as a van. Why do people make shit hipster camper conversions like that??  They almost always go to shit and end up half-arsed and half-finished on ebay or Marketplace.

 

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On 6/2/2021 at 11:57 AM, brownnova said:

There’s a weekly car night at a local motorbike repair shop/alcohol free bar/pizzeria/ coffee  shop/identify crisis haunt  on a Tuesday.

Took the magic wagon today as it was the most easily accessible.

Look what bloody parked next to us! 
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Can’t get away from Deux Chevauxs! 

Much quieter than the last time I was here but a few nice things. 
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That Corvette was immaculate! Utterly wonderful thing! 

Is that a genuine Chevette HS?

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