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[New POD]

being a very cheeky bro in law and asking for my sis in law to have a ride in a chaps old rag top ..

 

which was not just a run around the park , but a whizz around the countryside good style

 

the owner deserves a medal for being so sporty and really making her day

 

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That's my wife that is.

[New POD]

[New POD]

Parked next to this yesterday

[New POD]

A Triumph TR3A no less. Nice.

The most notable modification was a mobile phone cradle screwed to the gearbox tunnel.

[dave21478]

Uh oh. Heart rate intensifies.

[dollywobbler]

I'm on a train. The first of three today. Unless someone fancies giving me a lift from Acocks Green to Hinckley this evening instead of watching football?

[richardmorris]

Holidays are fun.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Holidays are fun.

 

No Corsendonk?

[dave21478]

Uh oh. Heart rate intensifies.

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ONE, NIL...ONE, NIL...ONE NIL....FOOTBALLS CONTROLE TECHNIQUE IS COMING HOME.

 

or something like that.

 

Anyway, yeah, it passed, which was a pleasant surprise. Took a little skulduggery though, I have to admit. I had been worried about the oil leak, which is if anything getting worse and any drips at all during the test are now a fail thanks to the new rules so when I parked up I squeezed under with a rag and tin of brake cleaner and hosed it off as best I could.

The tester is sound and lets me into the garage and the inspection pit etc during the test. First off is the emissions, then brake tests and shock absorber tests etc, then over the pit for final inspection. As soon as it was over the pit I shot down like a rat down a drainpipe while the guy was prodding his tablet. I had a bit of kitchen roll in my pocket so slyly wiped up the forming drips before he saw them, then every time he turned his back I gave it a quick wipe so it never dripped on the floor.

 

Advisories for corrosion all over the shop, but no holes so scrapes the pass.

 

phew.

[Sloth in a bowl]

I'm on a train. The first of three today. Unless someone fancies giving me a lift from Acocks Green to Hinckley this evening instead of watching football?

Sorry, already booked this evening.

[dollywobbler]

Nae worries. Had planned on the train anyway.

[oldcars]

Good luck to England for the match tonight. Not a football fan at all but hope they win.

[Braddon81]

Took the 406 coupe out of storage today to meet its fellow yellow Puggy Pininfarina

stable mate! All well and good should have it joining it's Cabriolet friend on the road next month for its 20th birthday once I've completed its bodywork!

[iainrcz]

I like a 406 coop.

Should have been the natural progression from a saloon, but I bought a 407 instead!

 

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[egg]

Good luck to England for the match tonight. Not a football fan at all but hope they win.

 

I've no idea which way this one is going to go. 

[iainrcz]

It's coming home lad!

I've no idea which way this one is going to go.

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[Guest Hooli]

Football started in China...

[Richard]

I don't care where football goes, as long as it stays the fuck away from Scotland.

[BavarianRetro]

Ahh fuck it. Come on England!

[beko1987]

I fucking hate football, have been avoiding it so far, fucking hateful sport then our bloody director says we can all go home at 5pm if we are done to 'get home in time to see the game'

 

I feel dirty now, but I bloody well left at 5.

 

Hopefully we loose whenever it is and it can all be over with. I might fuck the local dominoes off by ordering pizza in half an hour

[drum]

Ahh fuck it. Come on England!

Aye, ditto.

[drum]

The world needs more 2stroke diesels.

I had a good chat with the owner of a two stroke, three cylinder Turner engined series one Land Rover at the weekend. 2.1 litre and supercharged.

 

Turner made v4 diesels for Yeoman tractors too. Very interesting stuff.

 

I should have taken a vid. Here's a youchoob one

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9VvDyeGnVWg

[Timewaster]

I might fuck the local dominoes off by ordering pizza in half an hour

I don't think the staff at our local branch would care. They are more likely to be Croatian.

 

Unless that's what you meant.

 

*Note: not racist or ukip rant, simply an observation that they might not care about an In-Geerr-Lund game.

[beko1987]

I don't think the staff at our local branch would care. They are more likely to be Croatian.

 

Unless that's what you meant.

 

*Note: not racist or ukip rant, simply an observation that they might not care about an In-Geerr-Lund game.

I did mean to fuck them off by ruining their game by making them half arsedly make food and then deliver it

[richardmorris]

No Corsendonk?

What’s that?

[SiC]

Very quite outside tonight. Is something going on that I don't know* about?

 

In this peace and quiet I've made a lot of noise while fitting a decent lock on the garage.

[richardmorris]

Very quite outside tonight. Is something going on that I don't know* about?

In this peace and quiet I've made a lot of noise while fitting a decent lock on the garage.

 

 

Does that go on the outside or the inside? I’m thinking of getting something similar for my parent’s up n over garage door.

[SiC]

Outside. Need to mount it into concrete. So I had to dig the big hole around the tarmac and then filled with concrete first. I'll probably fill the top over with tarmac to tidy the job up and stop water pooling in there.

[richardmorris]

Outside. Need to mount it into concrete. So I had to dig the big hole around the tarmac and then filled with concrete first. I'll probably fill the top over with tarmac to tidy the job up and stop water pooling in there.

 

The concrete edge of the garage base is about a foot proud before the tarmac drive starts so that’s doable. Where did you buy from if you don’t mind?

[SiC]

Screwfix but you can get it cheaper from Amazon and other places online. You'll need a 10mm and 16mm drill bit. Possibly an SDS drill if the concrete is particularly hard.

 

These are the destructions.

 

I have read advice online to take the end caps and fill the tube bit with expanding foam. Bit of a weak point as someone can put a long bar in and leaver it off.