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binhoker668 Rank: Citroen Ami

binhoker668

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So, obviously collectioneering happened on Friday - and still no thread.  I'm not sure I can be arsed if I'm honest!  It was fairly uneventful really.  In short, it's a really sweet car and very low mileage at 92,259.  I've put nearly 500 miles on it since picking it up in Norwich (Nottingham - Leeds - Haworth - Malham Tarn then back),  and it's been just great.  BUT.  The clutch is defo slipping.  And it's doing my head in - BIG BUCKS to have changed and I have just wazzed the last of my cash on this high-bottomed piece of French history...  And kind words involving the sentence "it's alright mate - probably just needs adjusting" will be gratefully received.

That crushing blow aside, it's a great drive - solid as a rock on the motorway, and surprisingly hard to keep down to 70mph.  The guy I bought it off was an 83 yr old retired forces engineer, so you can imagine how meticulously clean it was inside.  4 brand new Avons and Citroen heavy duty mats too.

I hope to hang on to this one for sure - so belongings are gonna have to be sold for OMGCLUTCHGATE.  It might even have to be cymbals this time.  Yikes!

 

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Been a fair bit of French bothering on here of late - certainly a decent variety too.  Hopefully get to a few meets this year....

So, there ye go!

Nice innit?

 

Chris

 

DodgeRover Rank: Talbot Tagora

DodgeRover

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Nakamachi (or something like that stereo, are they any good/? Sounds nice as I have just put a CD in (Pink Floyd - Division Bell) and it sounds really good, bass/treble/midrange adjustments and they actually DO change the sound! Amazing. Just cleaned a few bits insid, steering wheel is really ground in muck which doesn't seem to want to relinquish its death grip but the armrest and door cards cleaned easily and well. Alarm has gone off twice while it was parked outside, so now unlocked and all the windows down so anyone can nick it - security conscious me!! :)

Yes those used to be top end stereos, they've been bought out now though so the new ones aren't.

dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

dollywobbler

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Can you not get Dollywobbler to pick it up for you on his way home from Bulgaria? It's practically on his way back.

Not sure I'm going home before Shitefest...

bramz7 Rank: Lancia Gamma

bramz7

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So dunno if anyone remembers this one, but this very 504 was at the FOTU a few years back and the elderly owner was happy to talk to anyone about it, he'd taken it all round the globe and I believe was the only owner it had ever had.

 

Somehow it's now for sale on Facebook for £600. Out of MOT.

Anyone want to go halves/thirds/quarters?

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1673072032808736

binhoker668 Rank: Citroen Ami

binhoker668

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HA HA.  Just went out to the car.  It's shat it's LHM out the back corner.  Amazing.  The misery.

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Angrydicky Rank: Lancia Gamma

Angrydicky

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Spent a whole day grovelling around under the Rover Saturday, making new brake pipes, flaring them and then joining them to the originals with new male and female connectors. Bled the brakes yesterday, in for retest today and the woman from the ministry say:post-3865-0-68155300-1527594396_thumb.jpg

 

Now, does anyone want a mechanically sound, but cosmetically challenged Rover 600 auto with no rust and a year's ticket? Start forming an orderly queue!

egg Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

egg

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Crazy weather means some flooded roads in Herne Bay today. Too much climate improvement?

beko1987 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

beko1987

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Crazy weather means some flooded roads in Herne Bay today. Too much climate improvement?

No its climate cleaning, it's flushing through the drains and rinsing the roads off...

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vulgalour Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

vulgalour

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You can do the clutch on a Xantia yourself to save money.  It's absolutely not worth it.  -10/10, would make someone else do it.

SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

SiC

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Just had a phone call from the wife. The gift that keeps on giving (Audi TT) has made itself known again. Apparently makes a strong electrical burning smell when the interior fans are on... Google doesn't show any likely candidates for that fault either.

 

I've only just cleared my Credit Card bill too! :(

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sierraman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

sierraman

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So, obviously collectioneering happened on Friday - and still no thread. I'm not sure I can be arsed if I'm honest! It was fairly uneventful really. In short, it's a really sweet car and very low mileage at 92,259. I've put nearly 500 miles on it since picking it up in Norwich (Nottingham - Leeds - Haworth - Malham Tarn then back), and it's been just great. BUT. The clutch is defo slipping. And it's doing my head in - BIG BUCKS to have changed and I have just wazzed the last of my cash on this high-bottomed piece of French history... And kind words involving the sentence "it's alright mate - probably just needs adjusting" will be gratefully received.

That crushing blow aside, it's a great drive - solid as a rock on the motorway, and surprisingly hard to keep down to 70mph. The guy I bought it off was an 83 yr old retired forces engineer, so you can imagine how meticulously clean it was inside. 4 brand new Avons and Citroen heavy duty mats too.

I hope to hang on to this one for sure - so belongings are gonna have to be sold for OMGCLUTCHGATE. It might even have to be cymbals this time. Yikes!

 

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Been a fair bit of French bothering on here of late - certainly a decent variety too. Hopefully get to a few meets this year....

So, there ye go!

Nice innit?

 

Chris

If you nurse it and don't give it much stick the clutch *could last a fair while.

sierraman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

sierraman

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So dunno if anyone remembers this one, but this very 504 was at the FOTU a few years back and the elderly owner was happy to talk to anyone about it, he'd taken it all round the globe and I believe was the only owner it had ever had.

 

Somehow it's now for sale on Facebook for £600. Out of MOT.

Anyone want to go halves/thirds/quarters?

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1673072032808736

Buy it then stick it on eBay straightaway for £1200. Easy £600 there.

Kiltox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Kiltox

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Just had a phone call from the wife. The gift that keeps on giving (Audi TT) has made itself known again. Apparently makes a strong electrical burning smell when the interior fans are on... Google doesn't show any likely candidates for that fault either.

 

I've only just cleared my Credit Card bill too! :(

GET IT FUCKED OFF

 

www.webuyanycar.com

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beko1987 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

beko1987

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If you nurse it and don't give it much stick the clutch *could last a fair while.

If it 'clicks' when you depress the clutch that's a sign the clip hasn't got much to give... There's some adjustment on the clutch cable I think but I don't know how it works...

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davehedgehog31 Rank: Renault 16

davehedgehog31

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Just had a phone call from the wife. The gift that keeps on giving (Audi TT) has made itself known again. Apparently makes a strong electrical burning smell when the interior fans are on... Google doesn't show any likely candidates for that fault either.

 

I've only just cleared my Credit Card bill too! :(

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EDIT - Just realised top pic is in fact an Audi R8, not in any way related to it's far more desirable Rover namesake.  

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SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

SiC

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You joke, but I was having a chat with my Boss and I was talking about the projects I have plus my love for 70s BL. He joked to me "I bet you'll be looking an Austin Princess or a VP Allegro next". Of which I came back and started looking at them. So yes, there is a fair chance its something that could happen...

 

(Also that first picture I think is an R8, not a TT. But I'll let you off as they share exactly the same climate control system and this is the number one suspect right now... ;) )

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mercrocker Rank: Isuzu Florian

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EDIT - Just realised top pic is in fact an Audi R8, not in any way related to it's far more desirable Renault namesake.  

 

EFA

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Pat Earrings Rank: Renault 16

Pat Earrings

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Prelude speakers are shite/non existent. The front 2 don't work, and only one rear one works, although given the enclosed nature of the cabin, I didn't realise until I shifted the balance around. Ordered some Pioneer co-axials that should be a direct fit for the rears. Will sort front's after, think they're a bit more of a faff.

GrumpiusMaximus Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

GrumpiusMaximus

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So, obviously collectioneering happened on Friday - and still no thread.  I'm not sure I can be arsed if I'm honest!  It was fairly uneventful really.  In short, it's a really sweet car and very low mileage at 92,259.  I've put nearly 500 miles on it since picking it up in Norwich (Nottingham - Leeds - Haworth - Malham Tarn then back),  and it's been just great.  BUT.  The clutch is defo slipping.  And it's doing my head in - BIG BUCKS to have changed and I have just wazzed the last of my cash on this high-bottomed piece of French history...  And kind words involving the sentence "it's alright mate - probably just needs adjusting" will be gratefully received.

That crushing blow aside, it's a great drive - solid as a rock on the motorway, and surprisingly hard to keep down to 70mph.  The guy I bought it off was an 83 yr old retired forces engineer, so you can imagine how meticulously clean it was inside.  4 brand new Avons and Citroen heavy duty mats too.

I hope to hang on to this one for sure - so belongings are gonna have to be sold for OMGCLUTCHGATE.  It might even have to be cymbals this time.  Yikes!

 

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Been a fair bit of French bothering on here of late - certainly a decent variety too.  Hopefully get to a few meets this year....

So, there ye go!

Nice innit?

 

Chris

 

 

I could never sell my cymbals.  The fact that they're a bit weird (mainly Istanbul/Diril) means that nobody else would want them...

 

So don't sell your cymbals!

Ghosty Rank: Talbot Tagora

Ghosty

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Prelude speakers are shite/non existent. The front 2 don't work, and only one rear one works, although given the enclosed nature of the cabin, I didn't realise until I shifted the balance around. Ordered some Pioneer co-axials that should be a direct fit for the rears. Will sort front's after, think they're a bit more of a faff.

Ah, right. I'm a little surprised by that actually as I'd been listening to CDs on the way down!

Drivers one worked for me but passenger never did, and as it looked like door card off for access I just left it be. The rears had been replaced with cheap ones at some point, by a monkey at some point that barely understood electricals, the wires were held in place with little more than hope and electrical tape. They also worked for me, though one of them buzzed a bit sometimes. I think it was the grille.

GrumpyCat Rank: BL Wedge

GrumpyCat

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Any interest here in a 2007 '57' plate Honda Jazz, light blue colour, circa. 54k miles in fair condition? My brother will be selling soon I think, has replaced it with a Focus ST on one of those dreadful PCP schemes.

 

 

Any more info on the Jazz?

Pat Earrings Rank: Renault 16

Pat Earrings

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Ah, right. I'm a little surprised by that actually as I'd been listening to CDs on the way down!

Drivers one worked for me but passenger never did, and as it looked like door card off for access I just left it be. The rears had been replaced with cheap ones at some point, by a monkey at some point that barely understood electricals, the wires were held in place with little more than hope and electrical tape. They also worked for me, though one of them buzzed a bit sometimes. I think it was the grille.

I popped the grilles off for the fronts and they are aftermarkets (vibe) so I don't know why they're not working. The rears are cheap tat so I may just pay an audio shop to fit the new ones and investigate why the fronts don't work. Electricals isn't my strong point!

Ghosty Rank: Talbot Tagora

Ghosty

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I imagine the wiring on the fronts is as bad as the rears then!

I popped the grilles off for the fronts and they are aftermarkets (vibe) so I don't know why they're not working. The rears are cheap tat so I may just pay an audio shop to fit the new ones and investigate why the fronts don't work. Electricals isn't my strong point!

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