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[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.

[reb]

25 minutes ago, HMC said:

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.

My 1.9D polo did an indicated 105 on a similar private test road in Shetland, with quite a lot of clag spewing out of it.

[vulgalour]

Unusual alloys too, haven't seen many of those sets out in the wild.

[Pillock]

Saturday and Sunday we went on road trips, covered about 600 miles. We were home Saturday night though to save booking a hotel last minute but as usual we really enjoyed the drive and found it a shame to have to head back. 

Then the previous conversation with brownnova about campers came up. Think we're gonna do it over the winter and have one ready for camping early next year. So much so I passed a Vivaro for sale at the side of the road, turned round and went back. Sadly it was £10k and more than that, a young lad on a bike came over and told me it was his dad's, and gave me a different phone number to the advert. Dodgy as. 

So, now have ebay searches saved for campers and will see how it goes! 

[gm]

2 hours ago, 320touring said:

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

 

 

Larkhall circuit ? Never heard of it - is it karting ? Looks nice and tight, a bit like teeside - do they do car track days ? 

[320touring]

2 minutes ago, gm said:

Larkhall circuit ? Never heard of it - is it karting ? Looks nice and tight, a bit like teeside - do they do car track days ? 

It's a karting track, aye. Too small for cars I reckon

[gm]

shame, I just googled it and the track is long in karting terms at 1100m but even in the mazda, that is a bit short 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

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

Same here. I decided to ignore traffic and go out on my mountain bike rather than take the fiat out and go for a walk in the Surrey hills. Gridlock round here yesterday after a crash on the m3.

[egg]

1 hour ago, xtriple said:

So BH starts for locals tomorrow.   

As a coastal town resident myself, albeit one a bit less genteel, I love September when the weather is good but everyone has gone

[brownnova]

Every man and his Citroen may not have been out and about, but This man and his Citroen was out on the roads... but no more than 4 miles from my house. 

Today I tackled the garage and having emptied it I put the stuff I actually wanted back in. 

And promptly put the Mazda in, in order to diagnose the oil leak and change the oil and filter. 

Which was fine until I realised that the filter I thought was for the Mazda was in fact for the camper. Balls! Whereupon I went out to the motor factors in the Citroen... only to find they didn’t have it in stock. 

So I looked at the random stuff I have found in the garage. 

Random alternator... off what? Who knows! 

A thing... maybe a mulcher? Not a clue, but it’s heavy. 

Sewing machine... this is staying. I might try and tart it up a bit. 

Ancient heater... very cool

VW Beetle back windows. Anyone wants these just shout! 

[Dannyk]

Today i Spent  some time trying to figure out why my polo sounds like when i was 18 and i had a nova with a cherry bomb. Whilst under there i thought id take some pics as it's mintier than danthecaprimans capri.