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10 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

This is a car I have owned for about 11 years and has done repeated runs from NE Scotland to Lemans. It has always been garaged (well stuck in the corner of my shed) during my ownership.  I never suspected bodgery and the only reason it went to @GingerNuttz was I was going to sell it and the passenger front door had dropped a little and there was a small hole on the drivers inner wing and the drivers door stay had pulled out. The latter two were like it when I bought it, so decided for the little work it needed it might as well get done before sale. If I had known how bad it was, it would have been broken for parts. Still, someone is going to get a very well sorted P5B now.

That's how the story always starts! At least for me!

Dolomite I prodded the front wheel arch with my finger and it went through. Then prodded the jacking point and that also went through.

Midget I took off the front wing to repair the a post. Removed the a-post panel with a screwdriver as the weld penetration is so bad it wasn't holding. Then everything else started coming apart with the same screwdriver...

Spitfire I have photos of it during restoration. I know where filler has been put on and I know to never poke those bits. 🤣🫣

That said, the chassis is solid and that's just as important on a body on chassis. 

Where as my P4 was rust pitted but no filler was on those areas. Unlike the others where it bubbled under the paint and thus filler. 

It puts me off ever spending £10k+ on a filler. 

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3 minutes ago, SiC said:

Ah I bet there is only a tiny hole under here that needs patching.

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Hmm. 

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Let's clean it up with a grinder as I'm already in deep

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Sigh

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I'll never forget slamming the back door on the Acclaim and the sill fell off,  I was fucking rolling on the floor laughing for about 10 minutes then it hit me I had to weld it 🤣

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1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

This is a car I have owned for about 11 years and has done repeated runs from NE Scotland to Lemans. It has always been garaged (well stuck in the corner of my shed) during my ownership.  I never suspected bodgery and the only reason it went to @GingerNuttz was I was going to sell it and the passenger front door had dropped a little and there was a small hole on the drivers inner wing and the drivers door stay had pulled out. The latter two were like it when I bought it, so decided for the little work it needed it might as well get done before sale. If I had known how bad it was, it would have been broken for parts. Still, someone is going to get a very well sorted P5B now.

At least you have photos of what's been done, so you can prove it's a good one and price accordingly. And they are a lovely car.

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So on Monday night I did a bit of filler and painting on the Dolomite in preparation for it to go into storage for a bit. Not a great job but sufficient to stop it rusting over on these freshly replaced bits.
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Then yesterday was the big day of movement.

Firstly I cleared the drive.
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The Spitfire made it clear it's views on the German Junk it was wedged between.
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I did a lot of heave hoeing to get it to this point. Darn hard work.
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Then I realised there was it's bumper underneath and it was getting stuck on it. 🤦‍♂️

After I moved that it was relatively straightforward to push it out. I bolted the front seats so they didn't move about and get damaged.

With that done, @worldofceri arrived to transport it across. Also a special guest turned up to help load it.
None other than @PhilA!
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Then it was off to storage. This is why I employ a professional for this sort of thing. I won't deny, I mostly stood back as I don't know what I'm doing with moving cars.
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Then into its new home for a bit.
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I came back later and the Dolomite made it clear it was unhappy about being squirrelled away.
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With the toy cupboard cleared, I already started filling it again.
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With that out of the way, this came along
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And went in here! Safe and sound.
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Then the other two to complete the drive.
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I think I'm at the perfect (personally and realistically achievable) fleet now. Quite happy with what I've got.

Maybe a few tweaks in the future like a GT6/Frogeye Sprite/Mini to replace/supplement the others but they're quite a bit of cash to put into classics. At some point I can see myself having another ADO16 shaped object too. Ideally a 2dr 1300 powered vehicle.

Also did some Spitfire re-wiring, which I'll update my Spitty thread in due course.

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30 minutes ago, stuboy said:

depends on the area

It's not a bad area, not posh but not rough either. But since alloys became standard on everything but the base models I didn't think there was a market for pinching them. 

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13 minutes ago, Yoss said:

It's not a bad area, not posh but not rough either. But since alloys became standard on everything but the base models I didn't think there was a market for pinching them. 

There’s always  a market for decent second hand tyres, particularly with the price of some of the massive diameter low profile stuff commonly fitted these days.

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1 hour ago, SiC said:

 At some point I can see myself having another ADO16 shaped object too. Ideally a 2dr 1300 powered vehicle.

This looks like it might be a reasonable buy (ignoring bizarre mirrors which aren't there in all photos); current owner for a number of years but does need a bit of attention to outer sills.

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1586882

1972 Austin 1300 (picture 1 of 14)

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30 minutes ago, BeEP said:

This looks like it might be a reasonable buy (ignoring bizarre mirrors which aren't there in all photos); current owner for a number of years but does need a bit of attention to outer sills.

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1586882

1972 Austin 1300 (picture 1 of 14)

That does look pretty nice for the money. Not sure the interior goes with the body colour though. I also would prefer a strip speedo or povo spec Mini Speedo. 

I've spent a bit far too much on cars recently and I'm definitely all out of room right now. 

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8 hours ago, SiC said:

Not sure the interior goes with the body colour though

 

Definitely a bit strange, but BL liked that combination for some reason. The deputy head at my school had a Vanden Plas 1300 with Teal Blue body, and the leather interior was a very similar colour to that green.

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2 hours ago, goosey said:

Going to be in Chester-le-street this morning, so if anyone wants an autograph or anything signed hit me up 🤙 

what on earth would bring you to chester le street ? there’s not exactly much to do here :) 

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7 hours ago, goosey said:

Going to be in Chester-le-street this morning, so if anyone wants an autograph or anything signed hit me up 🤙 

 

4 hours ago, gm said:

what on earth would bring you to chester le street ? there’s not exactly much to do here :) 

Of course there is, myself and @gm  will be around this afternoon.

What brings you to the vast metropolis that is CH-LE-ST?

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Did an oil change on my lawnmower. Instead of a sump plug it's got a little valve thing that you push in and turn a quarter turn to open to let the old oil out. It's the bit with the yellow cap on the end. Fast to open but the oil does seem to take a while to dribble out, not sure if it's because it's on the side of the engine or if it's just too small a diameter.

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Anyone ever gambled on a 'special' hire car?

I'm over in Germany in the summer and looking at hiring a car, I can get a 'mini' for £180 for 5 days (which will be a hyundai i10, because thats what they always give me) or for £215 I can get a 'Special dealers choice - or similar special car' which sounds like a way to live a bit dangerously! 

Do they have some sort of 80s gameshow wheel of fortune that they wheel out, maybe some dry ice, a glamorous and scantily dressed lady? Or does the work experience kid just grab the keys for whatever was returned last in the out-of-hours key dropbox and you get a Hyundai i10 anyway, but just pay over the odds for it?

I mean my life is tediously dull at the best of times so I'm going to go for it anyway, but wondered if anyone else has ever lived life to the max* with such jeopardy?

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1 hour ago, goosey said:

I’m in Ch-le-st for work just for today, unfortunately the job has turned into a PITA so may book myself a hotel then go home tomorrow morning or very very later tonight 

The churchmouse isn't to bad.

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2 hours ago, Stanky said:

Anyone ever gambled on a 'special' hire car?

I'm over in Germany in the summer and looking at hiring a car, I can get a 'mini' for £180 for 5 days (which will be a hyundai i10, because thats what they always give me) or for £215 I can get a 'Special dealers choice - or similar special car' which sounds like a way to live a bit dangerously! 

Do they have some sort of 80s gameshow wheel of fortune that they wheel out, maybe some dry ice, a glamorous and scantily dressed lady? Or does the work experience kid just grab the keys for whatever was returned last in the out-of-hours key dropbox and you get a Hyundai i10 anyway, but just pay over the odds for it?

I mean my life is tediously dull at the best of times so I'm going to go for it anyway, but wondered if anyone else has ever lived life to the max* with such jeopardy?

They just give you a Fiesta instead. If that's your idea of excitement, go nuts 😁

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I've been doing some fiddling with the 205 since returning from France.

The accelerator pump diaphragm was leaking, so every time the throttle was opened petrol dripped out of here :-IMG_20230522_183601.thumb.jpg.f5f93b402545171e75390e7183f1a2d4.jpg

And of course there would be a big flat.

When we arrived home the new diaphragm was in the postbox.

So on Monday night the swap was done.IMG_20230522_184720.thumb.jpg.e987cd05edc50e40bbf11280687b2ddc.jpg

The old one wasn't looking great, and the pump chamber was full of deposits. After that there was still a running issue, but today I unplugged the HT leads and plugged them back in and it's now running smoothly and revving up properly when the accelerator is depressed.

Then I reinstated a missing piece of pipe in the screen washer, so that's working.

The wiper arms looked very scruffy. So I whipped them of and derusted them.IMG_20230525_182811.thumb.jpg.8480411e83b3704716a4e825586c3404.jpgIMG_20230525_182702.thumb.jpg.fb5fed30b6dba0c06b8ee20a75e6d0e3.jpg

Primed the bare patches.

 

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Then a nice coat of satin black.

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