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[bigfella2]

After trying unsuccessfully to find a first car for my step daughter, and missing out on Billy's 107, I have bought another Frenchie.

As per usual it's broken, but not to the same extent as my other purchases, this one has an engine that works!! I have had 2 c2's so might as well try a c3.

Needs an MOT, cambelt is currently playing roulette, and a few little jobs here and there. One issue I never spotted was the broken front spring, obvious when you look at the picture!

[Floatylight]

After trying unsuccessfully to find a first car for my step daughter, and missing out on Billy's 107, I have bought another Frenchie.

As per usual it's broken, but not to the same extent as my other purchases, this one has an engine that works!! I have had 2 c2's so might as well try a c3.IMG_20181007_151857467_HDR.jpg

Needs an MOT, cambelt is currently playing roulette, and a few little jobs here and there. One issue I never spotted was the broken front spring, obvious when you look at the picture!

We've had our C3 for 10yrs, great motor but front springs are made of cheese, had at least 2 sets in that time..

 

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[xtriple]

I have a kitchen filled with bits of broken Jaguar. Granted, it is a very small kitchen and the bits are not very broken, but... One door panel now with new speaker fitted (properly) and one set of switches for the electric mirrors which I have prised apart (oo-er!) and cleaned internally, cleaned with a combination of contact cleaner, WD40 and Chesters ears.

 

Well, he's a nosey sod and always in the bloody way!

 

I started off with one switch that worked perfectly and one that didn't work at all, what's the betting I now have two switches that don't work? Also got a battery on charge and a huge box (with compartments, plastic, fancy thing about 3 feet square) that is filled with stainless steel bolts, screws, nuts, washers etc all in different sizes (I used to ask for bags of stainless fixings for my birthday/Christmas etc)  so I can have neat matching heads on stuff and they won't go rusty

[Arthur Foxhake]

Just.....wow. Deserves its own thread surely! What its story and what do you plan to do with it?

 

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I'll make a thread for it when I start working on it.

My mate has had it nearly 20 years and lived almost all that time in it after buying it blind from an old traveller for £300,flying to Portugal where it had been sat for 6 years and driving it back to Blighty.

Plans are to tidy it up, re fit the inside and use it.

Edit. It does have a thread, I forgot about that! Ill update it after work if I can dredge it up.

[Jim Bell]

That's epic. Can't wait to see more of it!

[lesapandre]

Not sure if this is the correct place but here is something out of the London Evening Standard. Reliant vans to rise in price again (probably)? At least they got the right van. And Peckham for those who don't know it is pretty nice and a bit hip these days...so Peckham jokes are not what they were...so Peckham to the West End is not so much of a jump these days. Plenty of £1M upwards homes in leafy Peckham. But plenty of Rodneys still about bless erm all in our saaf londin.

[egg]

We've had our C3 for 10yrs, great motor but front springs are made of cheese, had at least 2 sets in that time..

 

Interesting, as Ford Fusions are also renowned for that too, almost as though it is something inherent in the design of these mini-MPVs....

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Not sure if this is the correct place but here is something out of the London Evening Standard. Reliant vans to rise in price again (probably)? At least they got the right van. And Peckham for those who don't know it is pretty nice and a bit hip these days...so Peckham jokes are not what they were...so Peckham to the West End is not so much of a jump these days. Plenty of £1M upwards homes in leafy Peckham. But plenty of Rodneys still about bless erm all in our saaf londin.

 

 

Munchkin was recently educated in the art of funny a little bit - the pilot of Only Fools - with the chandeliers....... he pee'd himself laughing.

He then moved onto Laurel and Hardy (Way out West and others) and I've got to go get Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin etc... after I told hime about them. 

I know he's surrounded by CGI massive effects etc... with the Marvel and DC world - but sometimes basic is just better...... 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Its not really shite related but I was given a £60 voucher for naked wines with my latest new mobile phone......is it worth bothering with? my naturally cynical nature tells me to bin it, but I like wine.....

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Not sure if this is the correct place but here is something out of the London Evening Standard. Reliant vans to rise in price again (probably)? At least they got the right van. And Peckham for those who don't know it is pretty nice and a bit hip these days...so Peckham jokes are not what they were...so Peckham to the West End is not so much of a jump these days. Plenty of £1M upwards homes in leafy Peckham. But plenty of Rodneys still about bless erm all in our saaf londin.

I wonder if this new film is going to go the same way as "Dad's Army"?

[lesapandre]

It's on the stage. Gearing up for Christmas.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

It's on the stage. Gearing up for Christmas.

God Almighty.

[lesapandre]

I assume they will have the van on stage. Think Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ...more Reliant Regal Bang Bang

[w00dy]

According to the excellent Gov.uk site, the Probe now has a fresh ticket on it. I await the call to tell me how much I've spent, but I'm happy.

[BorniteIdentity]

There’s something quite reassuring when you see unpopular and unfashionable cars being used as just that. No subscription to the marque owners club, no membership of the relevant Facebook group - just using the thing and enjoying it.

 

Anyway, I was at the doctors yesterday having my bollocks felt by an attractive lady in rubber gloves - all the time I was concerned about rocking a semi, as this low spec 75 was within my gaze.

 

 

(Photo taken when fully dressed)

[richardmorris]

Its not really shite related but I was given a £60 voucher for naked wines with my latest new mobile phone......is it worth bothering with? my naturally cynical nature tells me to bin it, but I like wine.....

 

I "invest" with naked wines. They're all very nice but not the cheapest. After your first purchase it turns into a sort of subscription fund - eg £20 a month goes into your naked account and you can spend it as you like. They have decent offers on pre-bottled orders from time to time in their marketplace deals.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I "invest" with naked wines. They're all very nice but not the cheapest. After your first purchase it turns into a sort of subscription fund - eg £20 a month goes into your naked account and you can spend it as you like. They have decent offers on pre-bottled orders from time to time in their marketplace deals.

I used to have a quarterly box of six different wines sent in by Laithwaites. After a while I was drinking rather more, and spending a whole lot more, than I should have done.

 

My former riding partner, now in retirement in Wales, probably still shares a Laithwaites subscription with her husband. Wine merchants and pubs used to do good business out of us every weekend when we were on the horses.

[oldcars]

There’s something quite reassuring when you see unpopular and unfashionable cars being used as just that. No subscription to the marque owners club, no membership of the relevant Facebook group - just using the thing and enjoying it.

 

Anyway, I was at the doctors yesterday having my bollocks felt by an attractive lady in rubber gloves - all the time I was concerned about rocking a semi, as this low spec 75 was within my gaze.

 

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(Photo taken when fully dressed)

Totally agree. Those soft top 500's are very unfashionable. 

[BorniteIdentity]

Totally agree. Those soft top 500's are very unfashionable.

Twinair for bonus shite points (!)

[xtriple]

Today I have managed to swap over speakers in the front doors. what a faff! door cards off and while the driver's door went back on easily enough, the passenger side put up a proper fight! While I was doing the passengers side, I popped the fuse for the interior lights when reconnecting the door open 'telltale' - big red light at the bottom of the door. No biggy, change the fuse... Off I went in search of the relevant fuse in the fuse box under the drivers side crash pad, no fuse listed for interior lights. What? So I pulled each fuse out and checked them individually in case it was another of those cases where the fuse was not listed. Of course, all the fuses were fine. Into the boot in search of fuses, under the bonnet in search of fuses and when all else had failed, I read the owners handbook. Another fuse box under the passenger's side and there was a nicely popped fuse

So expecting instant success, I changed the fuse and it didn't work! Really dodgy contact in the fuse box so the lights would only work if lateral pressure was applied to the fuse, not really ideal if working interior lights are wanted unless you want to hang in the passenger's side footwell pressing fuses while opening doors and getting out. Eventually, a fiddle/bodge was dreamed up which worked so interior lights now working. Of course, it took longer to do the lights than it did to do the speakers! It seems to be the way with the car: one job leads into another which was totally unplanned.

While I was in the door, I took apart and cleaned the mirror switches on top of the door, one now works but the other is dead (but if you swap switches then the fault changes to the other mirror so definitely the switch) - partial success is better than none?

As I had used a fuse, I wanted to get some more to keep the fuse box full, it seems no one sells them anymore. Factor, accessory shops nothing, finally, Halfords came to the rescue at the grand sum of £1.14 after application of trade card... I did buy a load of other stuff, even I am not 'cheap' enough to use the trade card on a £1.99 purchase Also Waxoyled the underfloor areas where the radious arms bolt on - a notorious rust spot - both sides are solid and rust free but the drivers side has been done, quite well to be fair and nicely painted etc. A decent blast of Wax everywhere couldn't hurt though, so I blasted the stuff everywhere - road now slippery when wet

[wuvvum]

It seems to be the way with the car: one job leads into another which was totally unplanned.

That has tended to be my experience when working on old Jags.

[anonymous user]

That has tended to be my experience when working on old Jags.

Or Land Rovers

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Sunday 3pm: WOW IVE GOT 2 FREE HOURS TO DO HORSEBOX STUFF! FANTASTIC! I'LL JUST POP THAT HEADLIGHT BULB IN THE STILO FIRST.

 

Sunday 4.30pm: FFS MAN

[wuvvum]

I had to change the offside headlight / foglight bulbs in the Stilo when I first bought it.  I didn't find it too bad of a job, mind you it didn't have a wheelarch liner at the time which probably helped...

[stuboy]

Lent out my towing bar... mate returned it to my missus house before i visit after work... wonder why he was avoiding me...lol

[clayts450]

Cruiser now sorted for another year - decisions, decisions....

 

Total pig to drive in town, changing gear is like waving a finger in the air in the Royal Albert Hall, cumbersome, very clattery, clumsy, face only a mother could love etc etc

 

-vs-

 

But then....sunroof open today, turbo POW-AH (it does have a good old kick low down the rev range - GR9 for TLGP) , great loadspace for ultimate tip trips, good on dizzle, smoothest ride out of the three in my fleet and great fun to thrash on an A-road.

[Ghosty]

Sell it! You know you want an R8

[meggersdog]

Mr Tomkins has just collected my Mercedes.Practical Classics are doing a feature on large coupes and my car is going on a photo shoot. I was invited along but work commitments meant Matt has taken it.There were hints there could be a cover photo too.

The Mercedes has been background fodder before but never actually featured.

Much excite.

[davehedgehog31]

Not been very active of late, cars all running swimmingly. 

 

The C1 went through it's MOT yesterday no problem. So confident was I in it's sortedness that I went for the cheapest fast fit tyre place MOT I could find.

 

Currently debating whether to take the 405 off the road over winter or not - have the offer of secure(ish) outdoor storage at my parents.

[clayts450]

You know I want to swap your Cruiser for my R8

 

FTFY