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[xtriple]

Shee-ite! I want the number plate from the Puch, it's my sons initials and I do like a Puch   My first 'Legal' bike was a Puch Grand Prix 50. Sadly I wasn't riding that when I parked a Kawasaki 350 triple in the back door of a MK1 Transit...

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

25 minutes ago, xtriple said:

Shee-ite! I want the number plate from the Puch, it's my sons initials and I do like a Puch   ...

 

I know where the owner is, so if ye're serious about making an offer.

The only reason I took a photo of the numberplate is because I thought the dealer's name could be amended to "GIFFER".....

[reb]

This happened today

That's just shy of 4k in my ownership.

That's quite enough for me thank you very much.

This has been an interesting foray into modern ownership, all in all I'm really quite impressed with what £340 can get you. Except for these fucking seats! Thanks to the efforts of fatherREB/Richard I should be back in MavisNotMavis next week. Thank god for that.

[320touring]

Young Split_Pin and I are at a Tartan Tarmac breakfast meet this morning.

Loads of American classics/Maclarens/Ferraris etc.

Only 1 GSA and Audi cab though

Only other pic I have taken is a Jimini 2

[JohnK]

So, 12 days ago in a thread about 205's, I made the post below. 

I then faltered on the comment I made completely. 

My mate who owns the BMW referred too offered me it 2 weeks ago after getting pulled for drink driving. He received a 40 month ban on Friday, so after a bit of negotiation a deal was made. 

07 320d M Sport, 135k, decent service history, has been fairly well looked after overall, drives well. At less than £1500 I think this was a good buy. 

Just need to get his private plate off it now as, unsurprisingly, I was pulled and breathalysed yesterday evening ?

Think the A8 and 205 will be going as this will do the job to replace both as economical commuter but big enough for daily family duties. 

[xtriple]

16 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I know where the owner is, so if ye're serious about making an offer.

The only reason I took a photo of the numberplate is because I thought the dealer's name could be amended to "GIFFER".....

Yes indeed, just don't mention I want the plate, I JUST WANT THE PUCH, okay?  

[Amishtat]

Just got back from a splendid day out at Little Clacton. Loads of lovely stuff and the weather couldn't have been better. 

 

[Ghosty]

Couple of people might know already, but I went out to look at a car at the other end of the country today, was keeping it quiet because of Chumley, but I haven't bought it so I'll be attending that in the Volvo. Five and a half hours into a six hour journey I'm told there's bad news.

It wouldn't start without Easy Start and cut out without throttle, though this may have been the fuel pump switch (this may suggest what it is to those knowledgeable) and the windscreen's recently cracked. General consensus is 'run like fuck' (as was with an overpriced MK2 Granada 2.8i Ghia last week), and I may well. That's two cars I've viewed and failed to buy, and an E28 528i got pulled from under me as I couldn't view it soon enough.

 

If anyone sees any nice pre-1990 executive tat for sale...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Spottedlaurel]

3 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Just got back from a splendid day out at Little Clacton. Loads of lovely stuff and the weather couldn't have been better.

Looks good. I did have that as a back-up plan in case the custom and hot rod show at Stonham Barns wasn't any good, but it was OK so that was as far as I went.

[Amishtat]

There was a lot on this weekend, got any pictures? There was one at Brightlingsea today too I think, that's usually worth a trip. Haven't done many shows this year but Clacton is usually a good selection of stuff I haven't seen before. 

[schonker]

Ghosty,did you sell the MX5?

[KitKat]

Workshop session on the Falcon, then got too hot and bothered and decided a drive to Lidl in Dorchester in my 100e would cool me down and cheer me up. 

Scooby snacks - as seems the Lidl/Aldi way - were not forthcoming, so a hastened ham sandwich assembly and suspiciously titled “Kong Strong” accompaniment was required  to curb late lunch pangs. 

Turned out to be a nice west Dorset drive  ?

So rock and roll. Fucking love bank holidays....

[Spottedlaurel]

12 hours ago, Amishtat said:

There was a lot on this weekend, got any pictures? There was one at Brightlingsea today too I think, that's usually worth a trip. Haven't done many shows this year but Clacton is usually a good selection of stuff I haven't seen before. 

Lots of photos! I'll try and get a selection on here tonight. There were a few late '60s/early '70s full-size hardtop saloon/coupe land yachts which I found particularly appealing.

[mark1986]

Looks like plenty have been out enjoying the sunshine, some nice stuff on the roads this weekend but I've either been driving or without camera so no snaps unfortunately.  Really really need to get some motivation to get on with something of my own in the next couple of weeks. 

Started dismantling on the Clio to replace the clutch the other day, but started to feel a bit out of my depth as it's a bigger job than I've taken on in a very long time. Pondering whether to go ahead and order the clutch kit which might give me some renewed enthusiasm, or whether that'll be a waste of money as I might not get it to a state where I can fit it. 

 

[reb]

I've got my first proper job interview in kicking on 5 years in an hour and a half. Last two I've had have been for jobs that really I already had an offer in the bag for. Here's hoping!

[Ghosty]

15 hours ago, schonker said:

Ghosty,did you sell the MX5?

Yep, couple of weeks ago.

[brownnova]

When we got the keys to the house we bought a few weeks ago we were surprised to find rather a lot of junk in the garage. Coupled with our own junk and the 2CV the garage has been rather full and required mountain goat skills to access much let alone all the movement in order to access the pit! 

So bank holiday job for me today is...

And it’s empty. We’ve been painting in sections and the plan was to paint the floor too, but we need to put all the stuff back in the garage so that might be a section by section job too. 

However not quite done, need to sort through the mystery crap in the ceiling space next... 

[captain_70s]

The Acclaim is going to the Bo'ness revival car show on Sunday.

I busted out the T Cut and set about turd polishing...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

46 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

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I like the way the crease on the fuel filler flap doesn't quite line up with the crease on the body panel....

[mitsisigma01]

12 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I like the way the crease on the fuel filler flap doesn't quite line up with the crease on the body panel....

The cap crease line is correct, it's the rest of the crock that's out! 

[vulgalour]

Trying to do the welding on the Princess door today was a bust.  Was sweating just standing still in the unit and that was before I'd even got the welding gear on.  It's been the kind of hot where it's quiet, which is nice.  Not many people out and about, everyone seems to stay indoors, apart from a few young, fit, topless sorts which is a pleasant distraction while driving about.

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, brownnova said:

When we got the keys to the house we bought a few weeks ago we were surprised to find rather a lot of junk in the garage. Coupled with our own junk and the 2CV the garage has been rather full and required mountain goat skills to access much let alone all the movement in order to access the pit! 

So bank holiday job for me today is...

And it’s empty. We’ve been painting in sections and the plan was to paint the floor too, but we need to put all the stuff back in the garage so that might be a section by section job too. 

However not quite done, need to sort through the mystery crap in the ceiling space next... 

extra like for what I think are vintage Philips Streamlite/Crompton Crompacks complete with T12 tubes still 

(yes they badge engineered light fittings LOL)

 

[reb]

3 hours ago, reb said:

I've got my first proper job interview in kicking on 5 years in an hour and a half. Last two I've had have been for jobs that really I already had an offer in the bag for. Here's hoping!

Very fast response!

Alas it was a no.

Bastard.

[Tamworthbay]

Air con seems to have failed in the V70, I am sure it was working a couple of weeks back. So is it worth a re gas? Or is such a quick death a sign of a more critical issue? 

[captain_70s]

3 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I like the way the crease on the fuel filler flap doesn't quite line up with the crease on the body panel....

If you like that I'll have to get some shots of the Dolly's panel gaps...

[sutty2006]

2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Not many people out and about, everyone seems to stay indoors, apart from a few young, fit, topless sorts which is a pleasant distraction while driving about.

I noticed that this morning around 10:30 on my way out in the manta, was expecting every man and his Citroen out on the roads with it being a bank holiday and really good weather. I think everyone went to bed last night expecting rain today and didn’t bother getting up. 

[320touring]

My GSA features early on in this video - between a Lotus Cortina and an Escort Cosworth #illustriouscompany

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

19 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

...expecting every man and his Citroen out on the roads with it being a bank holiday and really good weather....

Mad I may be, but I'm not suicidal.

[xtriple]

Try living in Torquay on a Bank Holiday weekend, 'tis fookin' purgatory! All the places I usually go are filled with dickheads with deckchairs and tents burning the grass with disposable BBQs (none of which is allowed on the grass) and cuntish children screaming so loudly it makes your ears bleed. I have I mentioned I hate kids?

Then there's parking... or rather the simple fact you can't.

So BH starts for locals tomorrow.   

[HMC]

Been a reflective day here. Pottering about in a polo not too dissimilar to the first car I drove after passing my test- a then new 1.6glx auto that was my mums. It had one of those Sony stereos that would annoyingly bleep at you if you didn’t remove the face off radio cassette. It was also the first car I drove (on a private test road) at over 100 which gave me palpitations for the rest of the day pretty much.