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[Dick Longbridge]

11 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

I think the MK2 MR2 was a Toyota Paeso 

Red mk2 MR2 is in the third photo, top right near the Spacecruiser.

[bigfella2]

7 minutes ago, fatharris said:

I won at hire car roulette today.

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Ugly as sin, but I bet it shifts!!

[calebaaront]

Took the Trabi for a blast down some country lanes today whilst the Mini was in the garage. Yes I did go through the Ford and we had a bit of seepage. I think I might need new door seals

[fatharris]

Ugly as sin, but I bet it shifts!!

I've just finished a 230 mile journey in it. Not eco driving or owt, but also not ragging it because the roads were horribly waterlogged.

A 370bhp powerhouse has no right to average 38mpg on the way up.

It's witchcraft.

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[GagaStan]

The Fleet this morning. Golf is sold awaiting pickup this weekend, Rio is misfiring and needs a coil, BX is leaking less LHM out but more rainwater in (must finish garage shelves so it can go back under cover) and the Jazz just soldiers on giving 47mpg and being 99% the amount of car we actually need!

[calebaaront]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

I visited the local scrap yard today for a mooch and found they’re having a bit of a clear out. Lots of crunched up cars and piles of engines littering the place. 

Lots of gems there! Where is this? I'm heading up near Sheffield next week so might stop by if this is near 

[Lankytim]

7 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Red mk2 MR2 is in the third photo, top right near the Spacecruiser.

Well spotted! There’s that much shite in that yard it’s easy to not see the wood for the trees, or the chod for the shite. 

7 hours ago, calebaaront said:

Lots of gems there! Where is this? I'm heading up near Sheffield next week so might stop by if this is near 

It’s in Stoke on Trent but it’s only open Tuesdays and Fridays. The owners are pretty friendly and it’s cheap though. 

[dozeydustman]

On 08/05/2023 at 15:04, Split_Pin said:

Whenever the road gets dug up around here it's solely to lay facilities for a new development I.e. there's money in it. All the while potholes remain and increase in size.

They’ve given up patching all the potholes on a road local to me and actually relaying it.

[SiC]

12 hours ago, calebaaront said:

Took the Trabi for a blast down some country lanes today whilst the Mini was in the garage. Yes I did go through the Ford and we had a bit of seepage. I think I might need new door seals

I've always wanted a Trabbi. There used to be a guy who lived near Slough who imported them and sold them on eBay. Usually for around £1500 sort of figure. Never did pluck up the courage to buy one off him. Would probably be different now.

They look great fun and quirky to drive. 

[SiC]

A rather different and spectacular sight to see this morning while I was commuting through Temple Meads Train Station

 

 

[Metal Guru]

17 minutes ago, SiC said:

A rather different and spectacular sight to see this morning while I was commuting through Temple Meads Train Station

 

 

Is that the one from York Railway museum?

[calebaaront]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

I've always wanted a Trabbi. There used to be a guy who lived near Slough who imported them and sold them on eBay. Usually for around £1500 sort of figure. Never did pluck up the courage to buy one off him. Would probably be different now.

They look great fun and quirky to drive. 

I bought mine back in March for £1400, it had been sat for ten years but ran and drove. Booked it in for an MOT to see what it would fail on so I knew what to fix and it passed with only 2 advisories. I just got lucky but you can pick up a project for relatively cheap still 

[calebaaront]

In other news the Mini passed its MOT today, £518 later... 

[wuvvum]

5 hours ago, SiC said:

A rather different and spectacular sight to see this morning while I was commuting through Temple Meads Train Station

 

 

1:56 Didn't realise Ken Livingstone was a trainspotter.

[Ghosty]

7 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Is that the one from York Railway museum?

No, that's the identical Mallard, the world's fastest steam train.

[The Vicar]

Bit of progress being made on the 164:

This was quite nasty. My welder is still quite unimpressed and tells me I really need to stop buying cars sight unseen. 

Here’s what a 50 year old shock looks like:

4 new shocks and springs duly ordered… 

 

[Rust Collector]

In tonight’s episode of ‘it could explode at any moment’, I used the discovery to take the dogs to the woods.

No FTP’s, but I definitely need to pull the valve blocks out of it and have a look at what’s going on as it takes a while to get level.

[dome]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

In tonight’s episode of ‘it could explode at any moment’, I used the discovery to take the dogs to the woods.

No FTP’s, but I definitely need to pull the valve blocks out of it and have a look at what’s going on as it takes a while to get level.

My L322 changed height a lot quicker with new height sensors-the pivots on the old ones has seized. I never worked out why but it definitely rose quicker 🤷‍♂️

[Rust Collector]

8 hours ago, dome said:

My L322 changed height a lot quicker with new height sensors-the pivots on the old ones has seized. I never worked out why but it definitely rose quicker 🤷‍♂️

That’s interesting to know. I have a feeling my rears were changed and not calibrated as it always seems a touch higher on the rear. I’ve got a reoccurring code for the rear cross link valve though so thought I’d do both valve blocks whilst I was at it as they’re prone to sticking. If that doesn’t sort my issues then I’ll have a poke of the linkages and see how they move.

[dome]

7 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

That’s interesting to know. I have a feeling my rears were changed and not calibrated as it always seems a touch higher on the rear. I’ve got a reoccurring code for the rear cross link valve though so thought I’d do both valve blocks whilst I was at it as they’re prone to sticking. If that doesn’t sort my issues then I’ll have a poke of the linkages and see how they move.

I noticed it most when it dropped down at 70mph. Previously I could watch the led flash for 5 seconds or so but after changing the height sensors it was only flashing for a couple before it reached the new height 

[GingerNuttz]

Still needs a final polish when fully cured but it came up no bad with a gentle buff.

Would have been ready yesterday if I hadn't used slow hardener 🤣 

[Burnside]

On 5/10/2023 at 4:03 AM, Lankytim said:

Well spotted! There’s that much shite in that yard it’s easy to not see the wood for the trees, or the chod for the shite. 

It’s in Stoke on Trent but it’s only open Tuesdays and Fridays. The owners are pretty friendly and it’s cheap though. 

@Lankytim I'd be interested to see if they had a Fiat Stilo in for breaking, could I have there name and number? Thanks. 

[junkyarddog]

Found this in my late uncle's garage. 

Think he had in his VW bay window camper.

[hairnet]

On 5/10/2023 at 6:45 PM, The Vicar said:

 

 My welder is still quite unimpressed  

Here’s what a 50 year old shock looks like:

4 new shocks and springs duly ordered… 

 

lough swilly lough sheelin lough salt or the atlantic

[Yoss]

On 5/10/2023 at 5:50 PM, Ghosty said:

No, that's the identical Mallard, the world's fastest steam train.

Allegedly. 

Mallard achieved its 126mph going downhill and broke immediately afterwards. 

The Germans 05 002 achieved 124.5mph on level ground and did many more high speed runs before and after. 

Just saying. 

[Lankytim]

4 hours ago, Burnside said:

@Lankytim I'd be interested to see if they had a Fiat Stilo in for breaking, could I have there name and number? Thanks. 

They did have a Stilo but I think it might've been crushed as I don't remember seeing it the last time I went. I'll have to find the contact details as when I google them it just comes up with the blokes home address and no contact number. If I get chance I'll drop in tomorrow and get the fellas actual number and see if I can find this Stilo. 

[ruffgeezer]

Been using the V50 for the last week or so,  it's actually a really nice drive.  It's in for MOT next week and I'll give it a service once it's through.  I don't think it is a keeper though.

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Found this in my late uncle's garage. 

Think he had in his VW bay window camper.

Doesn't list the bay as a fitment

[SiC]

11 hours ago, Yoss said:

Allegedly. 

Mallard achieved its 126mph going downhill and broke immediately afterwards. 

The Germans 05 002 achieved 124.5mph on level ground and did many more high speed runs before and after. 

Just saying. 

Mallard was running a heavier trainset than the 05 002. They also had to slow down for railworks. Another speed run was scheduled but WW2 broke out before they had a chance and it was cancelled.

Far more Type A4 were produced than the Class 05 and in regular scheduled high speed operations for a long time.  

So just saying.

[Metal Guru]

13 hours ago, Yoss said:

Allegedly. 

Mallard achieved its 126mph going downhill and broke immediately afterwards. 

The Germans 05 002 achieved 124.5mph on level ground and did many more high speed runs before and after. 

Just saying. 

Germans in 1936 wouldn’t have made anything up , would they? I mean I’m sure Hitler would have been quite content with them having the second fastest train and the engineers involved wouldn’t have tweeked the results in case they were rewarded with a stay in a holiday camp near the Polish  border.