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[trigger]

That was me. I hasn't closed it probably. All the shut lines are spot on.

[alcyonecorporation]

it all gets a bit more confusing when there's so much money involved. It still looks good value compared to some of the wobbed up escorts and other crap on ebay.

Six grand isn't that much in classic car circles. 

[cort16]

Its a lot in my circle.

[alcyonecorporation]

Its a lot in my circle.

 

Oh, it's a shitload of money to me, too, but AS isn't really average in demographic terms. 

 

According to a lot of scales, we shouldn't exist. 

[captain_70s]

£6k would buy a mint Dolly 1850, a very tidy Sprint, a couple of Humber Sceptres or a mint Vauxhall Magnum.

 

Sod Ford prices. Although having said that £6000 doesn't go very far in nice examples of pre 1980 vehicles these days...

[Partridge]

Seems like a lot, but when you see what 6k will buy in terms of "normal" cars, it's piss-all really.

[egg]

Autoglass changed my Mondy screen on Monday, rear view mirror already fallen off. What's the best DIY option? Tried the famous green/white pads from a local factor which lasted about 2 hours.

[cort16]

I can't imagine the mine fields of buying something 10 x this price.

[RobT]

I reckon if that was an original car in purple with vinyl roof, you'd have been more excited.

 

Personally mintola resto jobs like that do nothing for me.

 

hairnet is right - go GM!

[Partridge]

Autoglass changed my Mondy screen on Monday, rear view mirror already fallen off. What's the best DIY option? Tried the famous green/white pads from a local factor which lasted about 2 hours.

I hope you don't think I'm trying to tell you to suck eggs (no pun intended), but how did you put them on?

 

They need to be pressed HARD for about ten minutes to work properly. Also, did you get the the part of the mirror you were sticking the pad to clean, as in super-duper, clean as the Pope's internet browsing history clean?

 

Otherwise the mirror will just fall off the pad (normally when you're going down the motorway, in the outside lane).

Guess how I know that piece of information.

[twosmoke300]

Green to screen !

[dave21478]

Surely the best way to fix it would be to contact Autoglass and tell them to do their job properly?

[SiC]

Surely the best way to fix it would be to contact Autoglass and tell them to do their job properly?

^^ this. Also the glue they use sticks like shit on a rug.

[MarvinsMom]

i've used superglue in the past to attach rear view mirrors onto a cars windscreen in the past with much success.

[Stanky]

Woodscrew through the glass from the outside.

 

Next?

[twosmoke300]

i've used superglue in the past to attach rear view mirrors onto a cars windscreen in the past with much success.

It can result in a cracked screen as it expands at a different rate to glass when it gets hot

[loserone]

Don't forget to pre-drill!

[Supernaut]

Mount mirror to the roof, on a long stalk, Land Rover style. Sorted.

 

[Matt]

Richard Hammond has had another serious crash and has been airlifted to hospital. Following the jet car crash and a fairly serious bike crash in March I reckon he might well call Top Gear/Grand Tour type shenanigans quits soon.

 

[egg]

Surely the best way to fix it would be to contact Autoglass and tell them to do their job properly?

Yes indeed, you're right, I'd rather fix myself than wait around at home another day for them to turn up, but I've tried and failed (thanks Partridge, I only pressed it for a minute or so :-/). I'll call 'em Monday.

 

Thanks all as normal.

[Supernaut]

Richard Hammond has had another serious crash and has been airlifted to hospital. Following the jet car crash and a fairly serious bike crash in March I reckon he might well call Top Gear/Grand Tour type shenanigans quits soon.

 

Fucking hell. He doesn't have much luck, does he?

 

Hope he pulls through. As much of a twat as he is, he's still a fellow human and petrolhead.

 

EDIT: After reading the article on the BBC site... wow, only a fractured knee, and he climbed out and walked away himself!

[Timewaster]

He. Walked (probably hopped or hobbled actually) away before it caught fire so it looks worse than it was.

 

On mirror pads, warm them up too. Hair dryer or heater vents on full blast for a few minutes.

They stick much better when they are warm.

[Six-cylinder]

I have been to the Citroen DS rally today and the sight of 22 DSs on a tour out must have looked interesting.

 

While on the run spotted this still on the A422 carriageway, what was it once?  

[Stanky]

spaceframe chassis and plastic bodywork? TVR something-or-other is where my money is (or was)

 

***edit***

 

They clearly make the bodywork out of less robust plastic than what they make road cones out of these days.

[Jams]

Autoglass changed my Mondy screen on Monday, rear view mirror already fallen off. What's the best DIY option? Tried the famous green/white pads from a local factor which lasted about 2 hours.

 

Life time warranty chief get them back!!

Always leave my customers with a few spares just in case!!

[Six-cylinder]

spaceframe chassis and plastic bodywork? TVR something-or-other is where my money is (or was)

 

***edit***

 

They clearly make the bodywork out of less robust plastic than what they make road cones out of these days.

 

 

No TVR had rear engine like that. Centre lock wheels make it more interesting.

[Jams]

Also you would/should of revived a text with the lads name and number on when he was en route.

 

Ring the lad he will come back and sort it

[twosmoke300]

Noble ?

[Matt]

That thing seems to have a conventional front end set up in that the inner wings and bulkhead etc look to be made of pressed steel and the rest is tubular space frame. TVR's are fully fibreglass bodies sitting on top of a tubular space frame chassis. As Six-cylinder mentions it's got centre locking wheels too which I've never seen on a TVR.

 

Noble uses regular wheel bolts too I'm sure. I thinking some kind of kit car or something heavily hacked up and customised (or a combo of both).

[Stanky]

How about an Ultima GTR? This rear end looks like it could be a potential candidate?