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[Asimo]

My dad has finally achieved a lifelong dream of owning his own vintage car,and just put a deposit down on a 1925 Trojan.I'm looking forward to seeing it at Xmas time

The one from the eBay thread? https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1032986

[dozeydustman]

Good man. I stopped cigarettes in March, vaped low nicotine juice for a couple of months, now no pure tobacco or vaping.

Still smoke a bit of the other, with tobacco, but the needless cigarettes have stopped altogether now.

 

 

I can't smoke the other. It makes me fighty. Even the passive smoke from a couple of friends who smoke the other makes me edgy and angry.

 

Weird, as everyone else I know who smokes it mongs out and/or gets giggly.

[plasticvandan]

No it's not the ebay one,he had various arguments with the seller who denied it has been plate raped,some stealth work by me proved it had been last year... Also been hacked about at the back end.this one was found through the Trojan club,and hasn't been advertised out of it,often the best way.I'm very pleased for him,he's got his fleet of british bikes but has wanted a vintage car for years,his dad restored Austin sevens,tens and twelves back in the early 70s (when they weren't worth anything) till the early 90s so he was brought up around it

[phil_lihp]

Sad times. Crafters are big, thirsty beasts, and bits for them are pricey. They are also turning into rusty beasts. I like them though.

 

Boxers are a world of blind spots and French electrics. I don't much like them.

I'm currently thinking Boxer derivative or Master/Movano might be the best option. Nothing is perfect but I very much like the idea of something big enough to stand up in!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Project no-smoking starts today.

 

I'm off to a vape shop.

Best of luck mate. I’ve managed two years. Hard but not impossible and worth it.

[dozeydustman]

Best of luck mate. I’ve managed two years. Hard but not impossible and worth it.

 

 

Cheers grump. I need a stronger liquid ideally, but I've only done 3 rollies today, and they didn't give me the hit I was expecting. I've tried giving up several times in the past, the worst was using patches. The constant dosing, and not as required, was making me brain melt

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Cheers grump. I need a stronger liquid ideally, but I've only done 3 rollies today, and they didn't give me the hit I was expecting. I've tried giving up several times in the past, the worst was using patches. The constant dosing, and not as required, was making me brain melt

A good start. I did it with sheer bloody mindedness and Aldi boiled sweets but that’s definitely not the way most people would! I’m pleased for you mate. One of the hardest things to do is to give up smoking as I’m sure you know so any progress is good progress.

[Jazoli]

Just give it up, it isn't hard really, I was a 10-15 rolly a day man for 20 years, I just stopped, all you need is a bit of will power, not some silly steam generator.

 

Will be 10 years this Xmas, can't stand the smell of fags now and I wish I'd never started at school.

[DodgeRover]

Just took the Hiace over to a local garage for new tyres, they're a good bunch in there although I'd forgotten about them and hadn't been for a couple of years, they seem to do very good pricing on tyres too.  I wish I'd changed the rears ages ago, it rides so much better now, the old ones were rock hard - probably why one of them split open on the tread, hence the sudden need for replacement.

 

Not so good was the phone call while I was walking about: "we've put one new tyre on to replace the burst one but are you sure you want to do the other one?  He's had a look underneath and it's pretty bad."

 

See, I'd asked them to give me their unbiased opinion on its rusty nether regions while they had it, thinking it'd help me plan for what to do with it next year.  I wasn't quite expecting to be shown large amounts of missing metal and holes prodded in scabby but solid-looking suspension components.  It's absolutely shagged and probably should not have passed its MOT back in August.  The garage estimated 10+ hours of welding if he could find anything to weld to and it will still be very rusty everywhere else.  They recommended it was not worth it, especially as it is also going to need some suspension bushes fairly soon and there's a lot of other rotten metal away from the structural bits.  A decade of being coated in mud by the previous owner has not done it any favours.

 

I've got the two new tyres anyway for safety's sake and will run it for a little while yet while I work out what to do next, in one way it's sad as I've had some great trips in it and spent a lot of time and money on it, but on the other hand, a new project beckons.

 

I'm tempted by a MWB Boxer/Relay/Ducato or Renault Master as I'm keen to have a high roof and a little more space and power.  Whilst out earlier I looked at a P-reg Boxer ex-Ambulance sat on a dodgy dealer's forecourt which from a distance looked OK but up close was looking pretty ropey, although the conversion looked moderately well done.  The MOT history site then showed it had failed its last test in July with a very long list of issues, mostly rot-related, and had nearly a quarter of a million miles on it.  At £4000, this did not seem like a good investment opportunity.

 

The mechanic who dealt with my Hiace today suggested that VW Crafters can be OK if they've been looked after, likewise post-2007 Transits which I was surprised at but the rust thing does put me off.  

 

Any other suggestions?  I'm likely not going to have much to spend, £2-3k at most I suspect, so I will need to compromise somewhere.  I could go with another Hiace, maybe a later 2.5TD D4D but there's no high-roof option and I'm quite keen on that particular feature.

 

 

Why not ask Al Bundy about welding it up, given what he can do for largely non existant Dodge 50's a Hi Ace should be a doddle. Better the devil you know etc

[Lord Sterling]

Heads up for those wanting an automotive relates desk calender for next year, home bargains have these for a bargainous 79p

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Yo! If you're grabbing one, would you grab one for me as well please. Let us know how much and I'll hoy some money over.

[vulgalour]

 

Goodbye to Nugget.  Mike's been half-heartedly trying to sell the little trooper that I bought a few years ago from RobT and we finally got a buyer.  Future unknown, it's unlikely it'll appear here again, words like 'donor car' and 'chopping out the good bits' were thrown about.  Still, for the time it spent with us it proved to be a surprisingly reliable, comfortable, and practical car whenever it was called upon.

 

I've been surprisingly sentimental about it finally selling.  I wasn't so attached I wanted to buy it back and keep it (partly because of the absurd insurance), but certainly attached enough that I'm sad it'll likely not be seen again.  No profit or loss on the sale either, managed to break even, well unless you Man Maths the fact we used it quite a few times when our own cars were being less than friendly and a back up was needed short notice for minimal cost/free, in which case we made a profit.

 

I doubt I'd have another Corsa B.  I'm glad I owned this one for a brief time.

 

 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The 320d WBOD is now insured with James the Footman. Cue the usual litany of E46/old BMW rubbishness, a smorgasbord of warning lights, fluid leaks and threats involving the word ‘Copart’. I think it already senses my utter contempt.

[MorrisItalSLX]

What happens when you weld a 1999 Hyundai Sonata passenger seat to some scrap steel and a piece of old office furniture found on the side of the road?

 

 

This happens.

[Guest]

 

Down at lands end visiting our lad, back to thinking the Vito is the best vehicle in the world, I really love this bus. In other news his NSR125rr has lunched it's top end:( he needs a car soon so will be sold broken.didnt even get a shot!

[fordperv]

Yo! If you're grabbing one, would you grab one for me as well please. Let us know how much and I'll hoy some money over.

I've got to pop up in the week to pick another up if there's some there I will pick you one up mo and drop you a pm, i went again yesterday when I was passing to pick the ones up for andy and they only had the 2 that I picked up on the shelf

[phil_lihp]

What happens when you weld a 1999 Hyundai Sonata passenger seat to some scrap steel and a piece of old office furniture found on the side of the road?

 

 

 

This happens.

 

I have a spare Mitsubishi Galant seat from the pair I bought to change the driver's seat in the van and have had much the same thought, combined with a donor chair our office was throwing out.  Alas, still looking for a freebie chair base as the reason it was being chucked is the base is broken, the seat itself is fine!

[phil_lihp]

Why not ask Al Bundy about welding it up, given what he can do for largely non existant Dodge 50's a Hi Ace should be a doddle. Better the devil you know etc

 

I agree in principle, everything is repairable and this certainly is - however I wouldn't wish this welding job on my worst enemy as it is all upside down and there's odd-shaped bends everywhere.  I'd only be satisfied with every last bit of rust gone and realistically that isn't going to happen.  It would still leave me with a van I'm finding a little small for my needs and still needing other bits doing to it so it's definitely time to say goodbye.

 

I very much suspect it'll end up exported like every other tired Hiace but when I'm ready I'll advertise it on here first, if someone is handy with a sparkly stick and needs a basic camper it would be ideal.  

[dozeydustman]

Just give it up, it isn't hard really, I was a 10-15 rolly a day man for 20 years, I just stopped, all you need is a bit of will power, not some silly steam generator.

 

Will be 10 years this Xmas, can't stand the smell of fags now and I wish I'd never started at school.

 

 

To someone that gets highly addicted to things and then struggles with addictions very easily that is more an insult than useful advice. You don't know my past and any addictions I've had previously.

 

I'll do this my own way, if cold turkey worked for you, fair play. It didn't work for me. Tried 5-6 times along with other NRT solutions. I'm giving up, if I need help on the way with a vape then that's what works for me.

[MorrisItalSLX]

I have a spare Mitsubishi Galant seat from the pair I bought to change the driver's seat in the van and have had much the same thought, combined with a donor chair our office was throwing out.  Alas, still looking for a freebie chair base as the reason it was being chucked is the base is broken, the seat itself is fine!

 

If it is the up/down adjust that is at fault then you should be right. Car seats are much thicker than the original seat and with the adapter frame in the mix you need to be at the lowest height to be comfortable at a desk.

 

Office chairs are easy enough to find though, I drive past the local hospital regularly and there is always a skip bin full of them, all structurally sound, just covered in hospital related fluids and grime (you know what I mean!). Ideal for conversion!

[phil_lihp]

I'll find another donor chair no doubt, as you say they are everywhere, the one I was given is a weird design with an odd cantilever adjustment which links the back and base, there's a bit which stops it decanting the occupant onto the floor which has snapped off, so even if you could mount the car seat to it, which looks nigh on impossible as it's all interlinked with the post, it'd still be broken.  It's about as far from suitable as you could wish so it can go on Freecycle and I'll find another one!

[DeeJay]

American Pickers on Dave. S7 e19.

Australian fellah, in America with a couple of Invacars.

YTB768N

[They_all_do_that_sir]

My timing chain has definitely had it, I made a lovely video.

 

Hewn from granite my arse

 

https://youtu.be/BfFItyUi2JM

 

 

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[The Reverend Bluejeans]

My timing chain has definitely had it, I made a lovely video.

 

Hewn from granite my arse

 

 

 

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I've changed one of those on the OMG HFG C200 Kompressor Coupe I had. The front timing cover comes off once you've slackened the sump bolts but be VERY careful taking the upper cover off. The magnetic plungers are so brittle (because Granite) so unscrew the three small Torx and remove each solenoid housing before taking the timing cover off.  They're not too bad. Well, the M271 is a piece of shit - not as appallingly bad as the BMW N43 but really, no engine is.

[DodgeRover]

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Down at lands end visiting our lad, back to thinking the Vito is the best vehicle in the world, I really love this bus. In other news his NSR125rr has lunched it's top end:( he needs a car soon so will be sold broken.didnt even get a shot!

If it hasn't taken the barrel out then fix it first..,,,

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I've changed one of those on the OMG HFG C200 Kompressor Coupe I had. The front timing cover comes off once you've slackened the sump bolts but be VERY careful taking the upper cover off. The magnetic plungers are so brittle (because Granite) so unscrew the three small Torx and remove each solenoid housing before taking the timing cover off. They're not too bad. Well, the M271 is a piece of shit - not as appallingly bad as the BMW N43 but really, no engine is.

I'm just conscious of the fact the car is worth £7-800, the timing kit alone is over £200 and I don't know if I've damaged any valves....

 

Part of me wonders if I should break it....

 

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[richardmorris]

If anyone is in need of an £80 discount voucher for Naked Wines, PM me with your name and email.

[clayts450]

Satan is in the building - Streetwise possessed for 1 mile. It's all okay again now.

 

Am fearful nun/kitten killing spree may have occurred in the interim

 

 

 

[MikeR]

went to Halloween bingo ....

 

in a small club house out in the Yorkshire countryside ...  as in 25 ish seats

 

everyone dressed up ,  lots of food  , and booze , and bingo ..

 

yep bingo and the leccy went off ...  and everyone sat there ......  and then just got the torches out and carried on

 

then the leccy came on .......  and then went off ....... and came on again .....  we all played bingo .. and then went  into the scary forest  ,

 

there was some screaming .....  I think everyone came back  , there was some mutterings about H&S and RAs

 

 

in the morning the bottle/can bin was FULL !

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I'm just conscious of the fact the car is worth £7-800, the timing kit alone is over £200 and I don't know if I've damaged any valves....

 

Part of me wonders if I should break it....

 

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You'll probably only need the chain, guides and plunger. The gears should be okay. I might still have some spare ones.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

You'll probably only need the chain, guides and plunger. The gears should be okay. I might still have some spare ones.

I'll have a look then. To be fair the gears didn't appear to have any broken teeth etc.

 

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