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[vulgalour]

Moderate success!  The veneer has glued on 99% of the dashboard with just one fiddly corner and one really skinny bit needing to be reglued, which it is doing now.  Annoyingly, in one spot the veneer took great but the plywood the dashboard panel is made of delaminated, so I'm having to reglue that too.

 

Now to see whether or not it withstands my efforts to sand all the edges tidily once these minor touch-ups are dry.

[Six-cylinder]

This photo appeared in the one photo per post thread, my era I though I would get the car on its side in one, but need help from some body cleverer than me?

[MorrisItalSLX]

MK1 Cavalier?

[HMC]

Good call, identification not easy because rubber necking pedestrian and looking at the front wing it’s had a knock to thefront as well

[HMC]

Hope it’s wasnt on a test drive from the dealers behind!

[vulgalour]

I agree with Morris, the telltales with the windows, C pillar vent, bumper style and even the colour are all correct for a Mk1.  Front end looks a bit off because of the bump and it looks like that popped the glass off the headlight in the process.  What I can't figure out is how they've tipped over there, perhaps they were given a helping nudge by a passing motorist.

[MorrisItalSLX]

The rear end damage suggest a shunt up the back.

[Six-cylinder]

 it looks like that popped the glass off the headlight in the process.  

I think this is what though me off the scent. 

[MorrisItalSLX]

Didn’t some have recessed headlights?

 

(Or am I thinking of the chevette?)

[Richard]

Didn’t some have recessed headlights?

 

(Or am I thinking of the chevette?)

 

You're thinking of the Chevette. UK Cavaliers had the flush headlights from the start.

[vulgalour]

It may be from the dealership too.  The Allegro being on an S puts it '75/6 and the Cavalier came out in '75 so it could well be someone was having a very bad day there.

[louiepj]

I keep walking past past this house (with my dog) with the roof ornament on. I am sure I have seen it on this forum before but I'm on holiday up here staying with family and am not allowed to spend all day trawling the forums, and it's driving me mad now....

[DeeJay]

I thought it was a Volvo.

[stuboy]

No tickets for me, thanks 

non roffling

[stuboy]

That's appalling and horrendous.

 

And I love it.

she luvs it

[xtriple]

'Tis pissing down and has been since yesterday, also blowing hard enough to keep a dockyard tart in business for a decade. So, lots of slippery roads, leaves and mud. I was looking forward to some sideways action (as I am a BIG child and as miserable as fuck and mega grumpy with it at the moment) and discovered this rotten Mercedes has traction control that kills ALL the fun! I can't seem to find a button to turn it off either, which is a pain. Just starts to spin and then big triangle comes on the dash and all fun ends.

 

P'ah!

[vulgalour]

ah, the DIV symbol.

[iainrcz]

Food news.

I've just had 2 pints of Sharpe's Doombar and a plate of chips with melted cheese and smoked bacon.

I feel no shame whatsoever when I say they were fucking delicious and I want more.

 

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[dollywobbler]

Today, I took the Rover to a rather different car event. Some folk might recognise the location...

 

Yes, the Reliant Kitten Register had a meet-up at a certain motor museum. I headed up and handed the Fox's engine over to a bloke I've never met, who is taking to a bloke I have met slightly who is going to sort it out with a new head and a makeover. It rained a lot. Nice folk though, and it was nice to nose about under the bonnet of a Fox, taking photos and trying to work out how mine should all go back together again.

[wrenchvolt]

Being a former Rialto owner, I have a deep affection for most things reliant. Fibreglass body and galvanised chassis is a magnificent combo IMO.

[MarvinsMom]

today we have been to the car show at Ripon Racecourse.

 

it wasn't quiet what we had hoped for....

 

not even mini-marvin is convinced

 

still, we are here now, let see whats about

 

at this point, even after tea and cake, we were pissin' wet through. so time for home.

 

a shame the weather was so poor, as usually this is a cracking show, but the wether, wind and constant rain maent that none of the autojumbleres had come, and that maybe a quarter of the cars that would usually come to show, had come to the show.

 

still, we got wet, and while we came away home early, the time that we had there was fun.

[320touring]

Behold the B series bimble!

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

What's the female version of "Barried"? "Bernadetted"?

Beyoncéd.

[wrenchvolt]

Behold the B series bimble!

 

 Seemed a bit lumpy to me.

[320touring]

Seemed a bit lumpy to me.

I'd wager it's blawin it oot it's arse;)

 

Had been running for about 2 mins, and was fully off choke..

[Asimo]

Two weddings in a week, Hastings and Edinburgh, 1259 miles without a hiccup.

 

 

The M6 can fuck off however.

[vulgalour]

Hooray, we fixed the problem with the Princess fuel gauge.

 

It was not in the dashboard.  Full report soon.

[spike60]

'Tis pissing down and has been since yesterday, also blowing hard enough to keep a dockyard tart in business for a decade. So, lots of slippery roads, leaves and mud. I was looking forward to some sideways action (as I am a BIG child and as miserable as fuck and mega grumpy with it at the moment) and discovered this rotten Mercedes has traction control that kills ALL the fun! I can't seem to find a button to turn it off either, which is a pain. Just starts to spin and then big triangle comes on the dash and all fun ends.

 

P'ah!

Is this the CLK?  I had a 2000 320 CLK Avantgarde and it was on the centre console. Marked ASR or something.

[fordperv]

Today, I took the Rover to a rather different car event. Some folk might recognise the location...

 

Yes, the Reliant Kitten Register had a meet-up at a certain motor museum. I headed up and handed the Fox's engine over to a bloke I've never met, who is taking to a bloke I have met slightly who is going to sort it out with a new head and a makeover. It rained a lot. Nice folk though, and it was nice to nose about under the bonnet of a Fox, taking photos and trying to work out how mine should all go back together again.

Is the kitten register classed as a litter then?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Is the kitten register classed as a litter then?

I hope you don't mean kitty litter.