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[Bradders59]

Speaking as an ex 190 owner - if its been stood on his drive for 10 years, its more than likely that the only thing holding the rust together will be the paint.

I would still love another one though. Lovely old cars. 

[omegod]

8 minutes ago, Bradders59 said:

Speaking as an ex 190 owner - if its been stood on his drive for 10 years, its more than likely that the only thing holding the rust together will be the paint.

I would still love another one though. Lovely old cars. 

Yeah had one myself and they do like to corrode ,it'd need everything likely but i'd do it just for the cosworth style checked interior

[Bradders59]

My 190D also had that interior, although it was badly worn. Also had the AMG alloys. I got complacent with filtering my WVO and fucked the fuel pump.

Sold the car as a non runner, three years ago for £375 !

Yes, Im a fuckin eejit. 

[Cavcraft]

Let's see if this loads....

Eureka! 

It's running on 3 and has some mad exhausts, so does sound a bit rough. Weather/time/CBA-ness/not fixing broken mopeds permitting, might try and actually drive it later, just for the LOLs.

[Essex V6]

On 9/9/2022 at 2:57 PM, trigger said:

I spent a few hours on Wednesday attacking the bodywork of the Crapi to wash the 19 years of spider shit off it, I'll let the photos do the talking. 

And after... 

Quite a change, unfortunately I forgot to get a engine bay photo but that's cleaned up well although there's still a shit load to do under there as yet, once the parts start turning up. 

Wow - what a transformation 👍

[Essex V6]

On 9/9/2022 at 7:22 PM, andyberg said:

Cracking car there. Definitely deserves a lot of love. Must be time to start its own thread, unless of course I can't find it?

I second this!

[PhilA]

Tonight and the next few days through to Wednesday are unusual for this time of year.

We're down to 22°C overnight and I'll tell you this, it feels quite chilly outside right now.

[reb]

3 hours ago, PhilA said:

Tonight and the next few days through to Wednesday are unusual for this time of year.

We're down to 22°C overnight and I'll tell you this, it feels quite chilly outside right now.

The heat is long gone here, it's 18° today and that actually feels quite warm, it's been down around 13° over the past week. Also been pissing it down with rain.

[Lankytim]

Went to a car show in Biddulph yesterday,  I didn’t manage to snap everything but I did take pics of a few…

The Mk2 Golf was found in the local Sainsburies!

[Cavcraft]

That JPS Capri is utterly amazing.

[LabRat]

After all the fuck about with our landlord selling the house out from under us, we've finally been accepted on another house, subject to appropriate references. (That won't be a problem!)

The relief is almost bloody palpable! 

In car news, the 500x is going back to Fiat on Thursday for a new key coding in under warranty (had to wait a month for the key to be shipped from Italy). The Ignis is still being boringly reliable in the way small Suzuki's are.

 

[Split_Pin]

Excellent  news.

[Lacquer Peel]

The Lancia's control arms were so fucked. How did this pass an MOT in late May?

https://youtu.be/I3XMNJMgeNM

[Ged]

Hit a fairly small pothole in the 305 recently disintegrating a 35 year old bushing on the offside causing the arm to clatter against the subframe making all kinds of horrible noises.

The pothole didnt do this but I paid someone to press in new bushings at the other end and they must have supported it by the aluminium shattering it. Got a replacement off DodgyBastard's parts 305 thankfully.

[PhilA]

3 hours ago, reb said:

The heat is long gone here, it's 18° today and that actually feels quite warm, it's been down around 13° over the past week. Also been pissing it down with rain.

Won't be as low as that until about December here.

 

Still, the drier air we had was pleasant. Once the days cool off a touch I'll finish up demolition of the garage. It's still too warm in the sunshine to do it.

[Split_Pin]

I repaired the corrosion on the black 93s OSR arch today. It was actually a bit worse than I thought, it had gone through in a few places however it was all on the lip rather than up top so I just ground it down, applied Vactan, pylon paint and top coat. It'll obviously come back but better than doing nothing. Welding it wouldn't make sense at this stage.

2 top coats applied:

You definitely* can't tell.

But as with all my fleet, the ten foot test is a pass:

Later on I gave it a coat of wax:

The subsequent rain let me take a gratuitous beading shot:

[richardmorris]

Dad has said the insurance renewal for the x1/9 came yesterday. No change in details but £40 cheaper. £9000 agreed value the same.

[Jazoli]

37 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I repaired the corrosion on the black 93s OSR arch today. It was actually a bit worse than I thought, it had gone through in a few places however it was all on the lip rather than up top so I just ground it down, applied Vactan, pylon paint and top coat. It'll obviously come back but better than doing nothing. Welding it wouldn't make sense at this stage.

2 top coats applied:

You definitely* can't tell.

But as with all my fleet, the ten foot test is a pass:

Later on I gave it a coat of wax:

The subsequent rain let me take a gratuitous beading shot:

Nice to see it still getting some love, I've missed having a floppytop this year.

[Split_Pin]

Its been a great car for us. My wife absolutely loves it, well worth investing time in.  She's had a fair few nice comments on it when it's parked at the Pharmacy she works at. One of the pharmacists has a lime yellow one too!

[brownnova]

Local motoring venue had a classic tractor run departing from it today, so with my 2 year old loving tractors currently we couldn’t not go! Some great stuff there to be fair… 

One of the Marshalls had this to follow the run in… 

Which was epic!

Have a video of some of them leaving, longer video available at some point. 

Also spent some time washing and polishing the Saab! 

The paint looks nice on the photos, and from 10 feet… but close up its 210,000 miles are starting to show. The bonnet needs a re spray really, and there are a couple of deep scratches on the roof. 
The boot leaked in heavy rain yesterday and I think I’ve found one of the culprit places…

Shite… very rusty but under the boot lock, drains right into the spare wheel well. How does a bit like that even get rusty! Anyway, there are a couple more bits which are a little crusty too, it’s far from perfect, thankfully nothing structural. But… still the 9000 is the best all round car I’ve ever owned.

And… thanks to a tip off on the Hubnut fans group on Facebook (don’t judge me) I scored this piece of Citroen memorabilia for £2 from a local junk shop! 

Bargain! 

[hairnet]

enuff about the saab ffs

moar yank

[stuboy]

Whilst collecting a ottoman bed with this missus today and see this beauty hiding in the car park..

 

I'd love this beasty..

[Crackers]

Been thinking about selling both the MX5 and P6 recently to fund a nice luxury estate and release some spare cash. I'd probably take a loss on both, quite a big one on the P6 looking at where their values have gone lately. 

If anyone wants either of them...

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

 

But as with all my fleet, the ten foot test is a pass:

The ten foot test is all you want in a car you're using regularly. Good enough to look good but not too good that you're scared to use it. You're fleet all look good, on here at least. 

[richardmorris]

Good tractor display this morning at royal deeside as the hearse and cortège passed by

[Yoss]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Good tractor display this morning at royal deeside as the hearse and cortège passed by

That's a nice touch. Beats a bunch of flowers. Wouldn't surprise me if Liz had driven a few of those, she seems to have driven most things. 

[richardmorris]

for anyone hoping to go to the kempton steam engine museum and car show on the 18th I’ve just heard that it is off as the Museum will be closed for mourning.

[SiC]

36 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Been thinking about selling both the MX5 and P6 recently to fund a nice luxury estate and release some spare cash. I'd probably take a loss on both, quite a big one on the P6 looking at where their values have gone lately. 

If anyone wants either of them...

What are P6 values like at the moment?

I've been keenly watching Frogeye Sprite values and they've taken a right beating. So much so, those that bought a few years ago are getting a bit shocked in disbelief on what they actually sold for. I suspect many told that they were "great investment pieces" and bought top price examples will get a battering. There are still many expensively priced examples but they just don't sell. 

E.g. 3 to 5 years ago a top notch Frogeye Sprite was £25k price point. Now you're looking at 15-18k absolute tops. With slightly scruffy cars going for under £10k at the big auctions. 

Looking at BGT prices, I suspect if I sold mine now, I'd get around what I paid 5 years ago for mine. 

[Cavcraft]

10 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

the Museum will be closed for mourning.

 

Go in the afternoon instead?

[stuboy]

4 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

 

Go in the afternoon instead?