GingerNuttz Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 37 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Are those self tappers structural? I've taken about 20 self tappers out of it 😂 I don't even know if Gary has had it long but whoever had it tarted it up and made an arse of it. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 19 minutes ago, artdjones said: No, it was the Rover L Series, based on the original Perkins Prima. You're right about it being a good car, though. It was! Never ever put a foot wrong that car. Got used every day for years and years and just kept on going. Never wanted for anything other than servicing really. No idea what happened to it but it had hundreds of thousands of miles on the clock when he sold it. It was a lovely dark grey metallic colour with lovely soft (velour?) seats. He used to wash it regularly too so it didn’t even rust! The best K series car I remember working on was a special edition Metro (GTA?) with a 1.4 K series in it. Did the HGF and took it out to road test… man that thing flew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Picanto's oil doneded. Minging. Probably never changed, the oil filter certainly hadn't been - it was rusty! AnnoyingPentium and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 29 minutes ago, danthecapriman said: It was! Never ever put a foot wrong that car. Got used every day for years and years and just kept on going. Never wanted for anything other than servicing really. No idea what happened to it but it had hundreds of thousands of miles on the clock when he sold it. It was a lovely dark grey metallic colour with lovely soft (velour?) seats. He used to wash it regularly too so it didn’t even rust! The best K series car I remember working on was a special edition Metro (GTA?) with a 1.4 K series in it. Did the HGF and took it out to road test… man that thing flew! Yes I did 50k miles in my 620SDi. It did blow 2 turbo hoses (same one each time), but great seats. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 4 hours ago, mat777 said: I did a thing! And apparently I now own a 109 year old car. Have I bitten off more than I can chew? Almost certainly! But who cares, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.... Model T? Alfa? Pug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 missus stuboy is moaning that she has too put more diesel than she does in here car... 1.6 seat leon tdi 1280kg 74 mpg vs a 1.9 tdi ford galaxy 1666kg 45 mpg .. not my fault she lent her dad her car whilst his discovery gets fixed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Tonight I have been watching a youtube channel "Itchy Boots" about a Dutch lady traveling through Morocco on a Motorcycle. Sometimes she lets her video camera show us the road ahead, I nearly fell off my chair when a Citroen ami electric came into view, I wasn't expecting that! Split_Pin, DeeJay and andyberg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Tonight I have been watching a youtube channel "Itchy Boots" about a Dutch lady traveling through Morocco on a Motorcycle. Sometimes she lets her video camera show us the road ahead, I nearly fell off my chair when a Citroen ami electric came into view, I wasn't expecting that! I have been watching her since the beginning. She's got some balls. I have been noticing the chod that appears in her videos too. The south America season had some delightful* cars and bikes. Jerzy Woking and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, andyberg said: I have been watching her since the beginning. She's got some balls. I have been noticing the chod that appears in her videos too. The south America season had some delightful* cars and bikes. I started watching the full last series to Alaska. I totally agree when she was in South/Central America just the road scenes in towns were great. andyberg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 7 hours ago, mat777 said: I did a thing! And apparently I now own a 109 year old car. Have I bitten off more than I can chew? Almost certainly! But who cares, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.... We need a pez station shot when you pick it up. mat777, LightBulbFun, HarmonicCheeseburger and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 1 minute ago, wuvvum said: We need a pez station shot when you pick it up. "You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires - posthaste!" mat777, JMotor and HarmonicCheeseburger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat777 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 5 hours ago, High Jetter said: Model T? Alfa? Pug? 3 hours ago, wuvvum said: We need a pez station shot when you pick it up. Neither of you are too far wrong, however it's a big Cadillac! Plan is (once a few other projects are out the way) to get it running and driving, get it road registered and then race it with the VSCC Edwardian section! Won't quite keep up with the big Darracq and the Fiat S76, but 50hp in just over a tonne ought to be more than sufficient to be exciting for that level of roadholding and brakes ... HarmonicCheeseburger, Supernaut, dome and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 11 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: Tonight I have been watching a youtube channel "Itchy Boots" about a Dutch lady traveling through Morocco on a Motorcycle. Sometimes she lets her video camera show us the road ahead, I nearly fell off my chair when a Citroen ami electric came into view, I wasn't expecting that! Morocco really isn't as backwards as most might think although driving an electric car there definitely is a choice. The street scenes outside of the bigger cities are much more interesting though. Split_Pin, Rust Collector, JMotor and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 19 hours ago, Lankytim said: I still don’t understand why car designers are allowed to design cars where it’s impossible to change things like light bulbs. Guys on Facebook said this was a 5 min job, nope. Bumper off time! I thought I’d been smart and just pulled back the driver’s side of the bumper to pull the headlight out. Replacing the bumper was impossible at this angle so the whole lot had to be removed. What a pain! I think my neighbours heard me swearing and peeped around the net curtains to see my waving my fist at the sky too. Embarrassing. Makes you laugh fume when it's compulsory to have a full set of spare bulbs onboard so you can do it at the roadside, great safety feature 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: Makes you laugh fume when it's compulsory to have a full set of spare bulbs onboard so you can do it at the roadside, great safety feature 😕 Laugh even more when you luckily* find that a previous owner just cut a chunk out the wheel liner to swap the bulbs and never covered it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Split_Pin, Saabnut, Coprolalia and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 26 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said: Is that still the same Saab you'd hoped to get finished by yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Is that still the same Saab you'd hoped to get finished by yesterday? It's leaving Sunday 🤣 I've only got a couple of little bits to weld now, that back bit is done as of 3pm and the front bits is ready just to seam. By the time I finish tonight I'll have near 46 hours in this and I've still the front drivers arch to have a poke at, 12 holes on passenger side and 3 on the drivers so far. Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf. JMotor and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said: It's leaving Sunday 🤣 I've only got a couple of little bits to weld now, that back bit is done as of 3pm and the front bits is ready just to seam. By the time I finish tonight I'll have near 46 hours in this and I've still the front drivers arch to have a poke at, 12 holes on passenger side and 3 on the drivers so far. Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf. They don't* make them like they used to, although I guess this one must have about 20 years on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: They don't* make them like they used to, although I guess this one must have about 20 years on mine. Tack welds and filling over holes has led to it being as bad as it is, I've had to make a whole bottom for the front of the wing yesterday since they just filled holes. Yours is clean underneath for its age, both are from what I can remember. This is what a garage told Gary it needed done Must have been looked over by Stevie Wonder 🤣 Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 They probably handed that note over and ran away very fast. GingerNuttz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Have you poked the bottom of the driveshaft tunnels to find they're made entirely of underseal yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I seem to recall @bunglebus was welding a friends 900 as well a wee while ago. I think he had a great time 🙈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 The driveshaft tunnels have been welded but I think they cut bits from another car then threw some pigeon shit at em . Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 It still needs a door skin and that but it's not coming back in till I clear my feet with the Manta and Rover, I just had some bills I had to pay and I'm not working atm so I couldn't turn it away. Seen some shit this old boat. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I guess it's long overdue due some love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 2 hours ago, GingerNuttz said: Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf. They all say that, M8. BorniteIdentity and GingerNuttz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Spent the morning with ford being shown how to change door mirrors, headlights, rear lights, bulbs and other possible serviceable part for the new fleet.. Tickman, Split_Pin and goosey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 3 hours ago, GingerNuttz said: Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf. Want another Dolomite to work on next? Thought not 🤣 Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 16 minutes ago, SiC said: Want another Dolomite to work on next? Thought not 🤣 PicantoJon, Split_Pin, Fumbler and 12 others 3 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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