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[mercrocker]

First MOT of the year done today.   190E all good for another 12.95 months.   Couple of advisories (one a cracked headlight I have already replaced once, grrrr) and a bit of a bollocking from the tester.   Apparently I have only treated two of the four areas needing paintwork underneath and I should not leave it for another year.....   

 

As penance I had to spend 15 minutes under the ramp while he work-lamped the areas of concern.   "Next year you won't get it back until we have waxoyled the whole car and charge you £0000s!" he warned.  

 

He's right of course, been a bit lax plus Mrs Rocker never stops using the bloody thing longer than it takes for me to fill it up again.   They are great lads, all Merc-schooled and fight over any W201 that comes in because "so much easier to work on than all this other stuff...."    

 

So, I have now subbed the Minor out for brake repairs so I can get on and do the necessary - only have one set of stands, one carport, one pair of hands and a very tiny piece of willpower....

[mrbenn]

Who rescues worms for Gods sake?

 

I moved one on the drive the other day after I convinced myself he was heading for the drain.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Now here is a barn find you don't find every day:

 

https://carbuzz.com/news/original-bullitt-mustang-rediscovered-after-more-than-40-years

 

 

Some arsehole will restore it....

 

Should really leave the thing as it is - that patina is just right and that car has some stories to tell.

[SiC]

Who rescues worms for Gods sake?

 

I've rescued some from the road outside too. Even if they did make it to the otherside, there is no soil for them to go back underground again.

[dollywobbler]

Two days ago, I set off for a business trip to Cornwall.

 

Some hours and many mucky miles later, I was in Devon to visit my sister.

 

Then I went to my parents' in Bideford and watched quality* telly.

 

Yesterday, I was in Cornwall, at Twosmoke's gaff. This parcel had been sent by Mrs DW, because it contained a part that had landed at our house half an hour after I let (Parcelfarce's pitiful 'tracking' system reckoned it was still in Shrewsbury).

 

Twosmoke extracted a knackered cam cover stud from the Honda, and fitted the new one. Must remember to pay him...

 

Then FPB7 reckoned I should seek out a bloke with some sheds. This turned out to be an excellent tip-off.

 

That's part of the Moseley Museum, which is basically a few sheds full of model railway, old stuff and a narrow gauge railway, which operates in his garden in warmer months.

 

Then my Sat Nav decided this was a road.

 

A short time later, having found tarmac again, I found this happy scene.

 

Part of the same collection.

 

Garage owner died, family seem in no rush to do anything at all.

 

Today, I drove home, but this is about as exciting as things got. Crusty Setra dot com.

 

Now back home, after nearly 600 miles in three days. Honda was absolutely fine, unsurprisingly.

[RobT]

Looks a good trip DW. 

 

The A-team is also being shown on telly again, and bears up well.  Knight Rider on the other hand is a bit shit IMO, which is a shame as I loved it as an 8 year old.

[DodgeRover]

Then went to the vets to get Phoebes pills and rescued a worm from the floor by the door (a proper worm the kind that lives in the garden and does good stuff for drainage etc, not the kind that drops out of dogs bums, which could be forgiven for thinking as I was in the vets surgery afterall) and everyone now thinks I am even wierder than before. Who rescues worms

You never know if you might be reincarnated as a worm, better to rescue it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

You never know if you might be reincarnated as a worm, better to rescue it.

I think you can get ointment for that.

[Skizzer]

Then my Sat Nav decided this was a road.

If you were anywhere west of Crediton, that IS a road.

[sierraman]

Wow the XJS has been off the road since 1983. Laid up at 5 years old, it must have been a right nail. Bring some rubble sacks and a broom it ought to say in the ad when it appears on EBay.

[phil_lihp]

Wow, I have been driving past that abandoned garage for years and nothing ever seems to move.  I think those Transits have been there since the day they came off service, they'd probably break in half if moved.  It's something I'd love to have a poke around.  Depending on which route you took, did you spot the abandoned Renault dealer a bit down the road?  Been closed for a good couple of decades now but still looks the same as the day it closed.  

[dollywobbler]

No, can't say I recall seeing that. I'll have to go back for another nose.

[SierraMikeHotel]

That coach looks oddly familiar. Is it Dorset, south of Bristol somewhere?

 

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[Ghosty]

New tyre, valve etc on the Volvo now, and it's back on all four wheels. One of the wheelnuts is different to the other 4 I noted, wasn't as stiff to do up. No idea what was going on there.

 

If I can get the wheels refurbed, and the headlining and sunroof sorted out, I'll have a bloody nice car. Probably going to redo the headlining in a light grey then paint the sunroof crank shroud and light surround in grey primer, the factory one is beige for some reason and it doesn't quite look right in there, considering the rest of the interior is black and dark green. Even with the acres of glass it's quite a dark place to be so a light headlining and being able to open the sunroof should help no end.

[Ghosty]

The tyre/MOT place has this 1937 Buick sitting outside:

 

 

 

It's down as 316cc on the DVLA computer 

[nacho man]

 

You can shove your I phone up your arse

 

 

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[dollywobbler]

That coach looks oddly familiar. Is it Dorset, south of Bristol somewhere?

 

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No. It's roadside in Cwmdu in south Wales.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Hey ho. So much for my memory!

 

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[phil_lihp]

No, can't say I recall seeing that. I'll have to go back for another nose.

 

I was talking nonsense as it turns out.  It's not on that road at all, it's on the A386 to Plymouth.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7653784,-4.0219952,3a,75y,264.52h,84.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swtqTeoI9pawcxBfi__IlSQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

Looks pretty sorry for itself now, the 2008 shot is more how I remember it when I used to drive that road more often.  The Laguna and 156 has been parked behind it for years but disappeared a while back.  Doesn't look like there's much to see there now anyway.

[nacho man]

Corsas ecu has given up the ghost so being sent of for repair.

 

And it looks like it’s been taped the outside of u571 for the last 10 years.

 

 

I also did a few hundred miles in the cockpit of a 2017 2.0 diesel mondeo. And it was most pleasant. A real nice gear shift. Mega quiet and handled ace like they all do.

 

 

Is actually a lot more refined at speed than the x6 I have been using since sun as I thought the disco was going to be off the road longer than it was.

 

 

Photo taken on my headcam on my own private driveway which looks a little bit like the a50 but isn’t alright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tadhg Tiogar]

....

 

 

Photo taken on my headcam on my own private driveway which looks a little bit like the a50 but isn’t alright

 

LOL

[iainrcz]

 

 

If you were anywhere west of Crediton, that IS a road.

We went on holiday to Tenby a while ago. The sat nav in my RCZ sent us down roads narrower than that. If I'd have put another coat of wax on it before we'd left we'd have struggled.

 

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[Skizzer]

Tenby is definitely west of Crediton, so I rest my case.

 

(As is my house, in case anyone thinks I’m being all metropolitan and sniffy about things. I like small roads. Also, they are fine for sensible sized cars designed before Hilda left Corrie.)

[Eddie Honda]

I like small roads. Also, they are fine for sensible sized cars designed before Fred Gee left Corrie.

FTFY

[tommotech]

I had a collection caper today, fetching a Volvo 265 Estate from Leeds.

 

It has no engine, needs four doors replacing and the axle needs to be swapped out and returned to the previous owner. Needs a ton of mig wire using on it and repaint.

 

It was, however, free and I really want to do it justice. My initial thoughts on engine choice are ES9J4 V6, as you would find in a Renault / PSA vehicle, a modern take on the previous incumbent of the engine bay. Views and recommendations welcome though.

 

Here is a photo;

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What!!!! You're going to fix it up???

[Cavcraft]

Best way to do that justice is advertise it on Gumtree for £5.57 and a packet of Fruit Pastilles and wait for theshadow to turn up.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I had a collection caper today, fetching a Volvo 265 Estate from Leeds.

 

It has no engine, needs four doors replacing and the axle needs to be swapped out and returned to the previous owner. Needs a ton of mig wire using on it and repaint.

 

It was, however, free and I really want to do it justice. My initial thoughts on engine choice are ES9J4 V6, as you would find in a Renault / PSA vehicle, a modern take on the previous incumbent of the engine bay. Views and recommendations welcome though.

 

Here is a photo;

 

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I'm sure it'll be fine..... 

[Coprolalia]

Strong work that man, will watch with interest.

[tommotech]

What!!!! You're going to fix it up???

What can possibly go wrong.........?