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[fordperv]

Fantastic pics WilsonWilson

[Kiltox]

Just picked this up from Wakefield this afternoon, not had time to properly look at it as back to work again. First proper impressions are very positive, drives lovely and seems to sip fuel compared to the knackered insignia it replaces.

 

Time will tell if it lives up to its Renault roots or not, but I'm suitably impressed.

 

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Welcome to being one of life’s winners.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Splurged on a new trolley jack to replace the one that got its chassis twisted under a LWB W108 a few years ago. The handle's got a weird kink in it and I can't decide if it's supposed to be there or not. Whatever, what's the first job I can do with it? 

 

Mini Manifold Madness by Conrad Conelrad, on Flickr

 

Of course, of course, of course. Sodding downpipe join worked great for months until I drove off a non-dropped kerb. 

[dollywobbler]

Ah, the famous 'bastard clamp.' The memories! The painful, painful memories.

[MarvinsMom]

been fiddling with the mini again today.

 

solved the non-functioning side lights, it was down to the bullet connectors, which fasten the lighting loom into the main loom were crusty as hell, cleaned them up, a smeer of vasiline to keep future crusty-ness at bay and all seems well.

 

got the grill back on.

 

i've put the column shroud and newly painted steering wheel back on, and even fitted a new brake pipe running from the union on one side to the other, with the flexi-pipes attached.

 

missing one more union under the master cylinder, and the pipe to connect that into the other 2 unions, cos they were in the back of the car at home, BUT feel definate progress has been made, and that the car will soon be ready fot its final MOT.

 

doubtless we will hit some other unexpected snag between now and then, but even so, we have made progess.

[dean36014]

300 mile parts collection trip to do today. Sensible head says take the van, loads of room and more reliable, heart wants to take the Shonky the bx as I've not really used him since the xmas Paris trip. Guess I'll find out in 30 minutes which one i'll take.

[MarvinsMom]

so the collection trip has started under BX power?

[anonymous user]

Today I saw this

But it's one of these

 

Pretty much one of my dream cars, it was broken down, but under control, the owner's friend (who also owns an A35 pick up) had just arrived with a spare distributor cap, etc.

[SRi05]

The panda finally has tyres that fit, no more rubbing, hooray! It's also developed a really annoying fault, the rear wiper stopped working ages ago, now though every time I start the car the motor is trying to engage and I get an extremely loud RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR noise. Which is lovely*

[Christine]

Any updates on the Liverpool carpark fire ?  I can't find the old thread . Last i saw , was  started by a Lawn Rover converted to an alternative fuel .. Is the building demolished yet?

[tooSavvy]

The main thing to remember about stereotypes is they exist for a reason...

 

[/fakedironiceyebrowraise]

 

... kinda 

 

TS

[Skizzer]

It’s true though, they do exist for a reason. Ignorance is the main reason.

[dean36014]

Collection trip completed in the.......BX! Other than some blocked washer jets it never missed a beat, 270 miles completed. Only problem is I like the car that much I only have a 100 miles left of the limited mileage policy and a trip to France at the end of the month. Wonder if I'd get away with saying I lent to a mate that knocked up a 1000 miles!

Big thanks to Bramz and Castros_bro for the parts, nice to meet you Mark and Sam i wish I'd bought your 205 after seeing it today. Oh and yes the Tipo does stink slightly of dog

[dollywobbler]

Just put the mileage up. Put the Honda up from 6k to 10k and it didn't even cost any extra.

[dean36014]

Just put the mileage up. Put the Honda up from 6k to 10k and it didn't even cost any extra.

Wasn't aware you could do that, its insured with Adrian flux. Policy runs out in 4 weeks though just after i get back from france. Might be easier to just reinsure it early, I need to sort insurance out anyway as i have 3 old citroens and want them on one group policy if possible.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

In a bASe hire van rented and driven by Lady Grumpius...

[beko1987]

In a bASe hire van rented and driven by Lady Grumpius...

Careful, BourneIdentity will be after that in 17 years time!

[Angrydicky]

Today I saw this

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But it's one of these

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Pretty much one of my dream cars, it was broken down, but under control, the owner's friend (who also owns an A35 pick up) had just arrived with a spare distributor cap, etc.

Kieran Tyrell. Really nice chap. He restored it himself, and it now has 1275 Midget running gear.

[taxi paul]

Well seems the primera has repayed its new battery and mot by killing its head gasket. Lots of white smoke and bubbling in the radiator.. bought some k seal and threw it in. Let it run for an hour and no improvement. It started off ok hoses got warm , heater got warm then after45 mins heater cold. Let it cool down and it needed about 3/4 litre of water back in the radiator. So I appear to have a large paperweight.

[meshking]

Time to remove some cars from my life. First to go is the ex- Junkman p38.

 

What's the protocol for moving it onwards?

 

 

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[Ghosty]

A for sale thread on here would be good, else do as you will.

[Asimo]

Time to remove some cars from my life. First to go is the ex- Junkman p38.

What's the protocol for moving it onwards?

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Deliver to Dave numbers, he is looking for one?

[georgeinabz]

And back where we were 48 years ago , definitely future autoshite

 

 

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[meshking]

 

 

Deliver to Dave numbers, he is looking for one?

Just missed with Dave numbers, pm have been sent too and forth.

 

Tbh it came in a raffle, it should leave in a raffle. I hate selling cars...which is kinda the problem that got me into the situation I'm in now.

 

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[NorfolkNWeigh]

Met a man today who would be a perfect after dinner speaker , for when we have the first Autoshite Black Tie Dinner.

He's a UK based electronic engineer working for a Japanese company, he was telling me how he's just finished soldering the valve plate thing out of his Merc B Class auto box. He's flying out tonight to China where he's helping an electric motorbike company with some power supply issues. Apparentlly they're close to putting two million of these things in Paris ,Frankfurt and other cities as Boris bike type rentals.

Did I mention he was Romanian ? Or did his apprenticeship at the Citroen factory ? Yes , he made Olcit things, including, according to him some CXes, which I never knew were made there. He left in 89 before Daewoo took over.

He's very much a mad Proffessor type and his English , whilst eleventy million per cent better than my Romanian, is a little broken so the the CX and indeed the LNA parts of the conversation , I might have misunderstood.

I'll interrogate him more closely when I pick him up , on his return in three weeks.

[Jim Bell]

Sounds like a man to listen to. Renting electromotorbikes sounds like the future. Pls brind some over here pls.

[SiC]

FFS. Traffic in front stopped. I stopped so I didn't block a yellow hatch box. Car behind didn't stop.

 

I guess I can't say too much more until insurance has sorted it all.

 

Neck hurts already.

[Jim Bell]

Fucks sake. Hope youre not too messed up man.

[Noel Tidybeard]

dibbs on those wheels! lol

 

from that shot nothing looks like ist moved much- maybe need a new bumper beam

[SiC]

Mrs SiC went off in the back of an ambulance as a precaution. Now discharged.

 

Suspect it's going to be tomorrow when it really kicks in. I really, really don't want it too. Especially as I wanted to start cycling into work again next week. :/