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[Broadsword]

This is in the yard at UPullit York and may well have bits on it some here find useful. I took lots of little odds and sods off if. BX lickers let me know what you need. It’s a diesel automatic and is beautiful.

[vulgalour]

On the assumption that's sporting the grey tweed interior it seems to be, I could do with a front seat base that isn't threadbare, either side is fine since they swap.  Apparently they come out easily by unhooking the rubber bands under the  seat?  I've not done it, Dean-numbers has.  I could also do with the central sunvisor clip thing as mine has broken around one of the fixings.  If it's got the Citroen branded floor mats in the front, I'd like those too.

[Broadsword]

On the assumption that's sporting the grey tweed interior it seems to be, I could do with a front seat base that isn't threadbare, either side is fine since they swap. Apparently they come out easily by unhooking the rubber bands under the seat? I've not done it, Dean-numbers has. I could also do with the central sunvisor clip thing as mine has broken around one of the fixings. If it's got the Citroen branded floor mats in the front, I'd like those too.

Noted. I didn't bring any of those things back this time, but will try and get them next time. Yes it's grey tweed (I love it!). Driver's side seat base was threadbare but I think the passenger side is much better. No mats, but but maybe the sun-visor bit is there.

 

Edit: interior shot so you can evaluate the condition somewhat.

[vulgalour]

Thinking about it, since it's the same interior as mine, I should really pull the lot to replace my sun faded stuff.  Trouble is, I'm not sure I can afford that.  Obviously, if it is in budget I wouldn't ask you to strip the whole lot, Mike's offered to ferry me down in the P38 so we can load that up with everything.  Do you know what sort of price they might want for all the seats, the dash, and the door cards?

[HMC]

I reverse bump started an elderly ladies Honda jazz this afternoon that ran out of electricity on a busy street for her, a bit scary! But she got on her way

[vulgalour]

Oof, the interior on that scrap BX has a really good dashboard.  How much of a pain are they to remove I wonder?

[Broadsword]

Oof, the interior on that scrap BX has a really good dashboard.  How much of a pain are they to remove I wonder?

Unfortunately I don’t know my BXs, something I regret, so no idea on the dash. Should probably have one some day. Looks like rust killed this one at UPI.

 

Here is the price list:

 

https://www.u-pull-it.co.uk/pick-part-price-list

 

Items not on the list tend to be cheap. I tend to get good prices for small things (on a good day) because I drive a Jaaaaag. Thing like door seals and door card should be cheap but a full interior for example will incur a set price so you have to box clever.

[Lacquer Peel]

In my experience the price list is advisory.

[catsinthewelder]

According to the pricelist a complete cloth interior is £56 which compares well to £17 for a seat.

[vulgalour]

Ideally I'd grab all the seats, the dash, the binnacle, and the door cards.  Unfortunately I can't budget enough for that so I'll make do with the seat base and the sunvisor clip for now.  It's the Princess' fault anyway, needing an MoT like some sort of modern car.

[dozeydustman]

Took the curtains down in the old place this evening to get them dry cleaned else we'll be charged by the letting agents (bastards).

 

I noticed that the landlord had used the ultimate in shite methods to attach the curtains to the rings.

 

 

For me it's not a grin, nor a grump, but certainly worthy of sharing.

[MarvinsMom]

bloody cars.....

 

replaced the n/s headlamp bulb yesterday.

 

this morning? am greeted by the bulb failure thing lit up on the dashboard. cos the o/s bulb has now blown in sympathy....... SO i've had to get another headlamp bulb. at least the guy at the local motor factos didn't have to look up on his computer what bulb the Rover actually needed. He served my yesterday!

 

been to the local tire emporium cos the back tires were pretty fooked. and ended up buy 4 of them.....

 

cos the front tires weren't that clever either. they were about legal which frankly the rear tires weren't.

 

bastard Rover.

[Split_Pin]

Finally sold some spare interior panels tonight for the Corsa that I'd had for sale for ages. They were fairly rare items and not that cheap and the problem wasn't that thwy were too dear, it's just that there aren't that many people left with early Corsa Bs. Had a good chat with the buyer as I don't really get to talk to anyone else who likes these cars!

[New POD]

Quite a few of us seem to have taken our cars out for spins just for the sake of it today, myself included. After having taken the 75 to Belgium it was only fair that the MV6 got a trip out to to stretch its legs, including a cheeky traffic light GP with a Maserati Ghibli in Ipswich (one of the new ones, not one of the pornographic beasts from the 70s) and back road cruise around mid-Suffolk. The opportunity to get a photograph at a quality dining establishment couldn't be missed either. 

 

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I also got to see a particular favourite of mine in the Asda car park in Stowmarket earlier in the day, in the shape of this 75 V8.

 

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I do prefer the preface lift MV6 and I love the 18 inch wheels. 

[iainrcz]

Won 8gig of Kingston Hyperx fury ram on eBay.

 

Tomorrow's news, new centre section for the noisy exhaust some dozy ginger wanker fitted to my car....

 

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[Brodders]

I do prefer the preface lift MV6 and I love the 18 inch wheels. 

 

The pre face-lift Omegas really do it for me. The facelift ones do look rather up to date, and I do like them a lot, however there is just something about the older ones which appeal to me in a slightly dated 1990s way.

 

The ride quality is also rather good considering the size of the alloys. I was expecting a rather firm ride, but the suspension and velour seats do a very good job of soaking up the bumps on the road (aside from the larger craters which litter some of the quieter roads around here).

[reb]

No idea where to put this really, but I think certainly of interest.

 

I was discussing with my partner in crime my lack of phone signal in my house therefore relying on Skype to call people and companies, which isn't ideal as I don't have an incoming number. I said I was going to buy a cheap corded phone as I'm not a fan of cordless phones for a great number of reasons.

 

This morning was the start of 2 weeks holiday, so I had a lie in. She woke me up, told me she had a present for me and handed me a plain white box. Open it up and:

 

 

She spotted it in a local curiosity shop she frequents on Friday, but the assistant didn't know if it worked so said to come back today and the owner would be there and he could test it for her.

It works brilliantly, could probably do with a bit of a clean up as it's a bit crackly when dialling, but the ringer works as intended and the sound quality is clear if a little bit quiet.

 

Anyone got any idea as to the vintage of it?

 

I showed it to my garage monkey Keith and his response was "That's a bit archaic." But then again he drives a Civic saloon, so what does he know?

 

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[captain_70s]

Looks like a GPO 746 to me, 1970s.

[brownnova]

The phone of my childhood right there...

[reb]

I did a little bit of digging, post 1971, I'm sure I can narrow it down further based on the dial label.

 

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[vulgalour]

Going by the colour, probably late 70s.  The colour of them changed, and the inserts, but not much else.  In the eighties they went beige and peach, with the occasional bathroom blue.  70s ones tended to be yellow-ish, that green, and a darker blue.  Brown ones tended to be around from the 50s right up until the end of production while the black ones seemed to fizzle out in the 60s.

[loserone]

Get yourself a DTMF generator, for the full early noughties insurance company call experience

[reb]

I will need one to use automated call systems, won't I?

 

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[reb]

Going by the colour, probably late 70s. The colour of them changed, and the inserts, but not much else. In the eighties they went beige and peach, with the occasional bathroom blue. 70s ones tended to be yellow-ish, that green, and a darker blue. Brown ones tended to be around from the 50s right up until the end of production while the black ones seemed to fizzle out in the 60s.

Most of the furniture in my house bar the sofas is 1970s, so that's perfect.

 

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[SiC]

bloody cars.....

 

replaced the n/s headlamp bulb yesterday.

 

this morning? am greeted by the bulb failure thing lit up on the dashboard. cos the o/s bulb has now blown in sympathy....... SO i've had to get another headlamp bulb. at least the guy at the local motor factos didn't have to look up on his computer what bulb the Rover actually needed. He served my yesterday!

 

been to the local tire emporium cos the back tires were pretty fooked. and ended up buy 4 of them.....

 

cos the front tires weren't that clever either. they were about legal which frankly the rear tires weren't.

 

bastard Rover.

That is pretty common to be honest with the bulbs. If I have a bulb go and I think its original to the car, I tend to replace the matching one on the other side. Chances are if one is end of life, the other isn't far away!

[Ghosty]

I did a little bit of digging, post 1971, I'm sure I can narrow it down further based on the dial label.

 

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It'll definitely be 70s-early 80s. Dial label doesn't tell you anything except it's pre-1995 as that's when they changed all the regular landline numbers to have leading ones or twos, so 021 (Birmingham) became 0121, etc.

 

I also have one, but it has a non-standard case, it's blue with a black receiver and dial bezel, and the wiring doesn't match any schematics I've seen, so it doesn't ring and I can't make it do so. Works, though.

[LightBulbFun]

Sorta-snap!

 

 

this was my bedside phone while i was over at Zels place, I was well pleased to find it was hooked up and working

 

(wonder what the neon lamp looking thing in the receiver is for, a visual ringer?)

[MorrisItalSLX]

It will be a visual ringer for use in areas where loud ringing would not be suitable, i.e. library, theatre, hospital etc.

Someone once told me they were for deaf people, but what use is a telephone to a deaf person!

 

All this talk of telephones is getting me excited, shame I don’t know anything about UK models.

[New POD]

The phone of my childhood right there...

Ours had a lock on it. Which is a nice way for parents to show they trust their own kids.

[reb]

It will be a visual ringer for use in areas where loud ringing would not be suitable, i.e. library, theatre, hospital etc.

Someone once told me they were for deaf people, but what use is a telephone to a deaf person!

 

All this talk of telephones is getting me excited, shame I don’t know anything about UK models.

I'm sure my dad told me they were for deaf people too.

 

 

Honestly when I opened the box it made me realize that she really does have the measure of me, I should probably keep her around!

I live for things like it, everyday objects that literally everyone has/had that have their own histories that nobody normal cares about the details. I have a lot of information in my head somewhere about GPO phoneboxes, not the phones inside, just the red bit.

 

Maybe why I fit in here, i like to think, easy to find another 23 year old to enthuse about engine swapping a 205 but not many who get being so interested in the mundane. To most it's maybe "retro" but not much more. Found the same when I was into bikes.

 

Bumped into a friend out with his cycling club, one of them was riding a very clean 1980s Colnago with full Dura Ace. He didn't even know or care what frame tubing it had, despite it having three stickers proclaiming it. Our conversation was brief and awkward.

 

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