stuboy Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I know its a sprayer but anyone can age it? J W Pepper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Stanley Bridges, must be late 50s early 60s. There was a matching compressor, which you attached to your electric drill. Happy days when you could respray your car out on the driveway with one of these. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294795435519?_ stuboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Overpriced junk in the curio shop. Just waiting on a fish supper that cost £400. Can't put a price on happiness though and they ARE happy fish 😁 Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Moved one of the fleet on successfully and had welding Refamiliarization lesson. Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 19 minutes ago, Low Horatio gearbox said: Moved one of the fleet on successfully and had welding Refamiliarization lesson. Doesn't that normally happen when you ADD one to the fleet? Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I'll be visiting this as the only advertising they've done is using car bonnets of various types! Question too - isn't this one an MG? I think it's glass..... Will check tomorrow. Shout if it's interesting to anyone The front corner backs up the MG guess - doesn't it? Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, Back_For_More said: I'll be visiting this as the only advertising they've done is using car bonnets of various types! Question too - isn't this one an MG? I think it's glass..... Will check tomorrow. Shout if it's interesting to anyone The front corner backs up the MG guess - doesn't it? Yes, Midget. It must be glass, because not rusty! Back_For_More 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 hours ago, aldo135 said: Went with the kids to visit the recently voted best beach in Britain only to discover that @Jim Bellhad taken us here 3 years ago when I won his Bini Cooper thanks to @Tickman😊. “Your Uncle Ben bought you an ice cream here” “Nah dad he makes the rice” is a conversation that didn’t happen (only in my head) I think the sun has got to me 🙈😂 Ah man, you should have given me a shout. I could have got the ice creams in! aldo135 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Mr Pastry said: Stanley Bridges, must be late 50s early 60s. There was a matching compressor, which you attached to your electric drill. Happy days when you could respray your car out on the driveway with one of these. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294795435519?_ Or vacuum cleaner in reverse? My dad sprayed stuff (not cars) like that. Inline Hoover, iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 hours ago, HillmanImp said: Doesn't that normally happen when you ADD one to the fleet? Usually yes, the current welding job has been queued for 9 months. As soon the mustang is glued back together consideration will be given to another. The GF has already said positive things about Triumph stags and Mk1 Granadas, so theres a whole world of grief, welding, heartache and financial ruin ever ready. Rustybullethole and HillmanImp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Out car shopping today with the Mrs with quite the selection to hunt down and try for size. She suffers from fibromyalgia and so wants a car with a seat she can just slide into. The ML has proven to be to high,and the torsion bar suspension makes for a wallowy ride. Short list was a Nissan Murano.Seat was to hard and the boot floor was way to high Chevy Captiva.Build quality on par with a biscuit tin. Bmw X3 was in with a shout but then we stumbled upon a VW Touareg with the 5.0 V10 engine. She's now retired to the bedroom to research the feck out of it but it's sounding promising. The only car we want to try but haven’t found local is a Subaru Legacy Outback in 3.0 flavour as she does love her scoobies. So,we shall see what comes along . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 33 minutes ago, andy18s said: 5.0 V10 Fucking do it. AnnoyingPentium, paulplom and louiepj 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I've a small collection of sales brochure, got a new one for the collection the other day... Couldn't resist! This has to be one of my favourite images from it though... A salaut to the brave people who actu bought them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 The trusty ex @BorniteIdentity Avensis SR continues to make its way around Europe in the hands of Miss SL and her BF. Must've done around 3,000 miles now since leaving a fortnight ago. Yesterday's journey took them from Turin to the Ardeche. A relief to know they're just in the nextdoor country now. Bit of a shame they didn't take the scenic route via Briancon and Gap. The 50 Euro fee for using the Frejus Tunnel came as a bit of a shock to them....... They visited the old Lingotto Fiat factory in Turin and a big car museum nearby. They seem to be heeding the instruction to get photos for me, I look forward to seeing the results: They're now camping. Amusingly they've got the same dome tent, cooker, table, plates and even forks that we were using in 1996, so the photos they've sent us look eerily like those we took ourselves 25+ years ago. Indeed, there's a possibility they've ended up at the same campsite alongside the Ardeche that we once stayed in. Back then we were in an Acclaim, so they haven't quite managed that aspect of it, but even with the Avensis it does have a rather period look to the scene. Dyslexic Viking, Tickman, LightBulbFun and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 9 hours ago, Jim Bell said: Ah man, you should have given me a shout. I could have got the ice creams in! Sorry mate I never thought until we were there 🙈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 8 hours ago, andy18s said: VW Touareg with the 5.0 V10 engine It might be VAGSHITE but probably more economical than an H6 legacy and might have a chance of feeling fast Lacquer Peel and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 It seems 320 bhp and 550 lbs/ft make for a very spirited drive if you want it. However the owners I have spoken with with say the sheer amount of torks and a "sensible" autobox can regularly give 25mpg or more. Anything on petrol will be converted to lpg if it isn't already as even though the price has nearly doubled,it still costs around 70 ppl. Most 3.0 Legacies have bi-fuel from the factory as a lot are imported from Switzerland or Italy. And the Hyundai Tucson looks like another contender now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 @sims00 you said you sold the Avensis to Stone Cold Classics - was wondering when this would happen! Twiggy, Pat Earrings and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 27 minutes ago, Ghosty said: There's that word again!!! What does that title even mean?? I really don't understand the overuse of that word where it has no context?? MrGTI6, Lacquer Peel, coachie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Apogies but this may get noticed a bit better. YARD SALE has Ford 6x13 alloys as below 80quid..... Need to know if anyone wants them as they shut up shop on 3 or 4 hrs. EDIT 80 for the 4 of course. I have no clue what Ford fanboys pay. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Côte d’Azur has been reached. it is now slightly less beautiful here due to the addition of my half naked body on the beach. AnnoyingPentium, Split_Pin, RobT and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I start a temp job on Monday working for a client who is in the automotive industry. I hope this one goes well. Back_For_More, Twiggy, Dyslexic Viking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Nice afternoon for it. Wibble, Dyslexic Viking, Rust Collector and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, junkyarddog said: Nice afternoon for it. Splendid looks on those Preludes. Enjoy! junkyarddog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Finally finished off the C5 resto today. bought in June 2020 from a salvage yard having seemingly been stood for 20 or more years it needed a full strip down and rebuild. Got most of it done in first year but it sat in the garage needing the final finishing off. Cord Fourteener, High Jetter, BeEP and 28 others 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 They were terrifying enough in late 1980's traffic, god knows how scary they'd be on the road now! Top marks for saving it, obs. wesacosa and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Saab performing well so far. Whitby yesterday, around Stockton-on-Tees today and home tomorrow. Time to get the Cavalier and 75 back out! dome, GMcD, Dyslexic Viking and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I hate electrics. Trying to install a new starter in the Toledo as I didn't trust the old one. It was always sticking. I've hooked the black cable to the battery connection on the starter as it's the main 12v feed. I've hooked the starter ignition feed (white/red cable) to the starter. If I stick the multimeter on the starter feed and try to start I'm getting 11.2v. I also have another red cable but I've no idea what it does is it a bypass? Old starter wiring New starter (yeah I know the spades are terrible, I will replace them) With only the black cable and white/red hooked up and connected it was spinning at first for 3 quick goes to test and now it isn't. Red cable seems to do nowt as no power going to it with the ignition on / on and trying to start. Unless it's a ballast feed or something? I've tried hooking it up separately to the other cables via crocodile clips and no difference. I can bypass the ignition feed by directly connecting the starters ignition connection to the battery and it will spin again freely. If I then turn the ignition on with the key (to wake up the coil), and pull the choke out the car will start instantly with my bypass. Nae bother. So the new starter is good, my battery is good. So I have a wiring issue. The thing I dislike the most is wiring. I'm assuming 11.2v must be the source off my problems? 11v isn't enough go go juice to power the feed to the starter? Possibly degraded cabling or resistance? Or a relay? Or I'm doing it wrong 😂? Is the red cable a red herring? Fuck knows. Its eleventy million degrees outside. The sun feels like a laser on my back. So I am warm and frustrated. Now about to see if I can trace cables as I have no idea if this thing has a relay somewhere, wiring isn't 100% factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 6 hours ago, junkyarddog said: There's that word again!!! What does that title even mean?? I really don't understand the overuse of that word where it has no context?? I don't know what you mean. While watching the video I was literally electrified and glued to my seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 7 hours ago, junkyarddog said: I literally don't understand the overuse of that word where it has no context?? FIFY Now you're down with da kidz, literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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