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[gordonbennet]

Took the little Peugeot out to Bridgwater today for a classic car meet. Pretty much the usual same old crap so didn't take many pictures.

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The only thing of interest was this old Transcontinental

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Neat bit of roping and sheeting on the Atki (99% sure it is) 8 wheeler,  a fly sheet over would have finished it off nicely.

[doobietoo]

Nearly went to Bridgwater too but raining I did get to the little show at Haselbury mill near illminster though with the PT cruisers lot two cars of interest there amusingly both cars had the same seat style and materials

[Twiggy]

Neat bit of roping and sheeting on the Atki (99% sure it is) 8 wheeler,  a fly sheet over would have finished it off nicely.

 

Something you rarely see these days, a load beautifully sheeted and roped. Lovely to see, takes ages to do, and is a  real skill.  Yes it`s an eight legger. 

 

Is it a Borderer ? Wonder if it`s got a Gardner diesel in it ?

[billyboy406v6]

Why did you pay for next day delivery ? Did you expect it as a xmas pressie ?

 

 

 

 

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[billyboy406v6]

Knew Santa does not really exist, so put faith in couriers that do exist. Now I believe Santa should have got the job !

 

 

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[Pillock]

See? This is what's gets me..

Why have something that does an extra 25mpg if you have to spend the time and cost in doing extra runs at high-sh engine revs to get everything to clean or reset itself?..meh

If you drive them normally, they don't clog.

She's either driving trying to get mega MPG by driving everywhere at 1200rpm (no need, just get up to speed and cruise along) or doing two mile journeys (just walk).

 

When my ma first got a diesel in the 90s, the Renault salesman she first spoke to advised against a diesel as she was a district nurse, and diesels didn't like short journeys. She was doing a mile, maybe less between visits. Admittedly it was for different reasons (they said the battery would die as they need loads of cranking amps and a short journeys wouldn't replenish) but it does show the the art of recommending a car based on need has all but died out.

[gordonbennet]

Something you rarely see these days, a load beautifully sheeted and roped. Lovely to see, takes ages to do, and is a  real skill.  Yes it`s an eight legger. 

 

Is it a Borderer ? Wonder if it`s got a Gardner diesel in it ?

The mere word Gardner brings terrible memories for me, how i bloody hated those things.

 

Had two 180's drop valves, one in particular left me sitting on the M1 in a poxy A series ERF middle of winter in freezing fog from about 1am till around 0600 when the Spanish Dodge wrecker sent out also dropped a valve about a mile before he got to me so we both had to sit there freezing to death till one of our night trunckers got back and came out to pick me and the trailer up some 3 hours later, and the wrecker had to get towed home by another wrecker, that experience taught me how easy it could be to die of hypothermia, i was not in a good way after about 4 hours at -5'.

Another, bloody 300 Gardner much later in timeline, seized on me but after about an hour it frred itself off and was able to carry on.

 

How lovely to finally get a proper Cummins 14 litre after years of those bastard 180 things, and the highly overrated foreign stuff all blown to buggery but with small engines that you had to thrash the bollocks off to make any progress at all, my last Cummins circa 1984 E320 14 litre big cam but re-injectored to probably around 350, would cruise all day long @ 70mph @ 1100rpm and IIRC rated 90% of max torque from as low as 800rpm, i'd give me eye teeth to have a proper lorry engine like that again instead of this gutless foreign junk and their equally garbage automated manual idiot boxes.

 

I used to love roping and sheeting, something you could take a pride in, you had to make a good job of it to get the approval of the old school, and that, as you probably know too well, was very important to a young driver in those days, that nod of approval was an acceptance that you were one of them.

 

different days and i miss them.

[richardmorris]

Went for a walk from Box Hill is morning, when I got back to the car there was a scimitar parked next to me. No photos as battery died. Beige velour interior with lambs wool covers!

[bangernomics]

The mere word Gardner brings terrible memories for me, how i bloody hated those things.

 

Had two 180's drop valves, one in particular left me sitting on the M1 in a poxy A series ERF middle of winter in freezing fog from about 1am till around 0600 when the Spanish Dodge wrecker sent out also dropped a valve about a mile before he got to me so we both had to sit there freezing to death till one of our night trunckers got back and came out to pick me and the trailer up some 3 hours later, and the wrecker had to get towed home by another wrecker, that experience taught me how easy it could be to die of hypothermia, i was not in a good way after about 4 hours at -5'.

Another, bloody 300 Gardner much later in timeline, seized on me but after about an hour it frred itself off and was able to carry on.

 

How lovely to finally get a proper Cummins 14 litre after years of those bastard 180 things, and the highly overrated foreign stuff all blown to buggery but with small engines that you had to thrash the bollocks off to make any progress at all, my last Cummins circa 1984 E320 14 litre big cam but re-injectored to probably around 350, would cruise all day long @ 70mph @ 1100rpm and IIRC rated 90% of max torque from as low as 800rpm, i'd give me eye teeth to have a proper lorry engine like that again instead of this gutless foreign junk and their equally garbage automated manual idiot boxes.

 

I used to love roping and sheeting, something you could take a pride in, you had to make a good job of it to get the approval of the old school, and that, as you probably know too well, was very important to a young driver in those days, that nod of approval was an acceptance that you were one of them.

 

different days and i miss them.

Dad was one of the old school drivers, roping and sheeting was indeed a big deal. However they ran a lot of the old A series painted up in a wood effect for a place called plants. They ran them well beyond anyone else and I think GAE274N was one that my dad had used a lot. Bloody gaelord he used to call it. Lighting newspaper to warm the intake on a cold morning but they ran well and I don't remember many times that they broke but then I would spend the school hols in the cab mostly doing either Sainsbury's old depot or up above Glasgow.

 

Also remember some good dinners at George's dinner in silvertown? And proper washrooms at the elephant and castle loos? Again may be mixing up locations here?

 

Used to love it as long as dad didn't fart too much, but how he pines for a modern lorry.

 

Retired last year after doing a couple of years running tippers as he said the roads were getting awful and people more rude. Happy days and I can still do a good slipknot to secure a load.

[bangernomics]

[panhard65]

With all the lorry love I should of taken more pictures as there were quite a few there. Here is another I snapped for my mate who used to restore lorries before he dropped one in his lap and broke his back. He came round just before Christmas as he is now back on the road with an adapted Iveco 7 1/2 tonner.

[Lacquer Peel]

Taxed the Getz today - £115 a year, not cheap but not too bad for such an ancient engine.  I chucked a bucket of soapy water over it yesterday and fitted a set of crappy trimz I had laying in the back of the red Rover - it looks a bit more respectable now.

 

VM triple?

[worldofceri]

^

Curtainside reefer?

 

Does not compute.

[purplebargeken]

Wuvvum! Need moar Transit pics! ;)

[stuboy]

Collegues finally killed the battery on the sharon.. got it jumped started thennice 25 mile drive, nothing on the key so be ecp on way in tomoa...

[bangernomics]

^

Curtainside reefer?

 

Does not compute.

Gordon plant had boalloy make multiple skinned curtains to keep them cold. The floors all fell out and had to be replaced but those curtains were excellent. Even a 12 year old could do them up and I did.

[stuboy]

Collegues finally killed the battery on the sharon.. got it jumped started thennice 25 mile drive, nothing on the key so be ecp on way in tomoa...

Moved on to next job, had to move 1x4 chest drawer 3x 3 chest drawers, jumped in estate dept movano 340 whiched they parked facing the van facing a skip and inbetween 2 othere vehicles(i not got keys for) and bloody battery dead..grr so had to trolley 3 smaller units and 1 bigger unit by hand and was all up hill..nice not..

[ruffgeezer]

Starting 2017 as I mean to go on, first morning back at work and 2 cars bought.

[RobT]

Good work, keep it up.

 

I've probably missed the thread, but did anyone undertake a collection mission on New Year's Day?  My money is normally on Wuvvum.

[SiC]

This damn thing made me spend 2hrs in A&E last night and this morning in the eye hospital, after I bent down an got an eye full of leaf. Cornea abrasion apparently. Or really blurry vision and sore eyes.

 

Also means I can't drive until it's healed up.

 

Luckily the eye apparently heals very quickly and "should" be back to mostly normal in a few days...

[dean36014]

Now over to a full citroen fleet...well at least when the pug has gone. Really chuffed with the new van and the Bx, good job I'm getting a lodger need to pay for all this lot somehow!

[nigel bickle]

I did.

 

But just another Renner 21.. 2 litre non turbo. Not interesting..

[dean36014]

I had a Renault 21gtx 2 litre years ago. It was an ex taxi that had been clocked. Real mileage was 420k,one of the best cars I've ever had.

[Guest Hooli]

My dad had a 21 1.7GTS for a while. It seemed a nice car until it burst the brake servo/pipes in that area & caught light at 60+ with no braking.

[dollywobbler]

I bought a 21 Monaco from that LankyTim fellow (who even delivered it by A frame behind his Audi 100 1.. Was a lovely ol' thing, but not as interesting as BXs, so I foolishly got rid (by which I mean swapping it and some cash for a shonky CX from some shady bloke on Retro Rides). Those seats though. Wonderful! And it did 35mpg. Easily.

[nigel bickle]

Ok, it's a late 2 litre injected. Been off road a while,allegedly dry stored.

 

 

Initial impressions are that it's ok, everything seems to work, no visible rust, good rubber etc. I'll just whizz it in for a test when I can. It'll make a nice comparison with my old 21 turbo, which feels a very different machine.

[taxi paul]

Took my lad over the snake pass today to collect his eBay peugot 406..gets to the seller's house and no one else home. It's OK said my lad he is at a funeral and will be back for twelve. Anyway five past twelve and he turns up. It turned out he was the church minister doing the funeral. So maybe the most honest car salesman on eBay yet.so drove back home to merseyside and the lovely 3.0 v6 with full cow interior was very nice. Problem is that my lads insurers want £500 extra to insure it.

[tommotech]

Having got the Kallista back from paint in December the doors and windshield were fitted up so I could make it to the booking for hood fitting today. Have a bonus pic,

[320touring]

^^ooft top bombing- looks immaculate!

[Guest Hooli]

WTF IS THAT????

 

Looks like MG Midget door tops, windscreen & dash?