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[SRi05]

2 hours ago, Broadsword said:

A quick heads up for anyone considering buying a mk. 2 Mazda MX-5 very soon. I will have a W-reg MX-5 with long MOT for sale some time next week. It's dark green, drives really well, has a stack of receipts for important work done and most importantly has had all the important bits welded. All arches and outer sills solid, front chassis rails also done so it's a good one. I'm no MX-5 aficionado but I did about 35 miles in it today and it was the most enjoyable drive I've had in a smaller sized vehicle in a long long time. Anyway this is sort of a preamble. A full for sale ad will appear one some of the crud has been cleaned off the thing, and there is enough sunlight for a half decent photo.

 

[Tam]

Old news from Friday! Small collection as I'm a shit shiter and not into public transport in any way. Agreed to buy an ex. raffle car a week or so go and had been procrastinating about the journey to get it. Mate was heading up to me on Friday to collect a car trailer then down to Glagow to drop me off. After that he was heading to Wigan overnight, next morning to Salisbury then across to Kent to pick up a non running Morris Minor, back to Wigan overnight and back to Glasgow (Better Shiter!)

Any way thanks to Andy CMS206 and Jamie Bangernomics for patience and general helpfulness. Great to meet Andy as he is proper Shiter and part of the Scottish contingent I hadn't met yet. 

First stop at an actual airport to pick up trailer.  

 

Bloody Ford invading!

Boot Full

Let it in eventually.

 

Still a handsome motor the Mk2 in my opinion. I owned an 1800 back in 2001 and always liked them. Only fault is it tramlines a bit with the low profile tyres on it. Also the windscreen scooshers were bereft of any scoosh on the front but I found a clue to that and likely just a pipe or something

 

[Split_Pin]

Keeping my old 75s company! 

Looks a nice motor this Mondeo. Quite fancied it myself but had no need for it (read: Management said no!)

[xtriple]

Nice selection you have there  

I have just become a 'druggy' bought CBD things to see if they can help Phoebe. Her legs are sooooo bad after two days out she cannot walk at all without help from me - another cripple. Also she has not kicked off at all at the fact that for the last twwo days I have taken Chester to the park without her, this I find worrying.  I don't mind if she doesn't want to go out anymore but I'd rather she has the choice.

[Eyersey1234]

Two days taster on National Express going well so far, had a night in Manchester last night. Start Nat Ex training tomorrow. 

[egg]

14 hours ago, Tam said:

Also the windscreen scooshers were bereft of any scoosh on the front but I found a clue to that and likely just a pipe or something

Assuming it is the same as a MK1, yes there are too little rubber pipes (for front and rear) that run off the screen pump that deteriorate over time and can pop off - quite exposed to the elements down there.

[Tam]

29 minutes ago, egg said:

Assuming it is the same as a MK1, yes there are too little rubber pipes (for front and rear) that run off the screen pump that deteriorate over time and can pop off - quite exposed to the elements down there.

Hopefully that means they are quite accessible then. I'm usually pretty ham fisted with wheel arch liners ?

[Tenmil Socket]

20 hours ago, brownnova said:

Second MX5 meet of the weekend!! Off to bunch of fives today.

 It’sa static’s meet in a services where there’s a Costa and a Maccies!

Brownnova the younger (the 11 year old not the foetus) took some photos... 

Bring a mk1 person my favourite was this tastefully upgraded one... 

There was also this nice clean and almost standard UK car one too... 

 

Another nice topless drive home in it too... 

I need to pop along to one of these MX5 meets as I'm only over the water...

[egg]

@Tam Yes, no need to touch the liner, it's right behind the front bumper from memory.

[brownnova]

32 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I need to pop along to one of these MX5 meets as I'm only over the water...

You’d be very welcome! To be fair both are nice groups. I slightly prefer the Bunch of Fives meet as it’s a bit easier being in a car park but everyone’s friendly, most of them are proper petrol heads who like all sorts of cars not just MX5s! I met a guy who races 2CVs yesterday at the meet! 

[Tenmil Socket]

1 minute ago, brownnova said:

You’d be very welcome! To be fair both are nice groups. I slightly prefer the Bunch of Fives meet as it’s a bit easier being in a car park but everyone’s friendly, most of them are proper petrol heads who like all sorts of cars not just MX5s! I met a guy who races 2CVs yesterday at the meet! 

I always see the pictures on the Facebook group and say to myself that I'll go to the next one but it never happens. My MX5 needs a good run out as at the minute it only gets used for an hour each week...

[Parky]

On 1/4/2020 at 12:07 PM, Parky said:

Another oil change done on the daily - 106600 miles on it and having had a sumpful of decent synth every 6000 miles the engine should be reasonably decent inside.  Used the Pela as per usual and I know it might miss some but a 90% change should avoid a lot of sludge issues considering it’s done so regularly and I only use decent stuff.  

This time around I decided to use up a few odds and sods I have lying about so it has a litre of Total 5w30, a litre of Unipart 5w40, and two litres of new Quantum 5w40 so I now have a sumpful of 5w37 by my reckoning.  3 litres of Quantum left over so I will get another litre lined up so I have enough for a future change

Mrs P also complained that her Mini’s headlights are a bit shite so bought a couple of Halfords 50% brighter ones to try out when she gets home later.  They are poor but I reckon they are either shite bulbs or could be the originals.  I found my Leon’s lights were fine until one blew and the replacement standard bulb was about twice as bright.  Will report back on how that goes

Fuck it.

I can confirm that Halfords 50% brighter bulbs are, in fact, 50% brighter. Or at least they are on the drivers side of Mrs P’s Mini....

The passenger side has appeared to be misaligned and vibrates over bumps, unlike the drivers side so I thought the bulb was loose and moving around.  I was right, in fact the reason the bulb was moving was the entire inner light fitting was broken and held roughly together with cable ties. See this pic? All three adjuster lugs are kaput so a secondhand light is winging its way to me as we speak.  Or at least I hope it is as whilst the description was accurate (I think) the image was a library pic so fingers crossed whatever arrives is alright.  That said I have learned how to strip them with a hot air gun so I could still retain my own lens according to this lunatic - 

 

 

[Broadsword]

21 hours ago, SRi05 said:

 

 

[Amishtat]

On 1/4/2020 at 10:38 PM, HMC said:

Passed what I think is/ was the legendary  tytes yard on the way from Weymouth to Weston today in the new sprinter. Would have stopped as I could see a load of old lorries and a stash of AS worthy cars but was wary of being a trespasser/ tourist (which of course we would have been)

 

 

No idea whether it's still a going concern but I stopped there with a mate in 2003 purely because we were in the area and had heard about it. The old boy (who must be long gone now, he was well past eighty then) couldn't have been any more welcoming once he learned we liked old cars. Fuck, it was wonderful.. Got some lovely photographs that day. 

[HMC]

Pics please! @Amishtat

[reb]

Today is the only time I have to renew the struts and such on the Volvo.

This should be fun.

[reb]

It's pretty grim under here.

I think the technical term is "munted":

Shiny:

[egg]

email from Hagerty...

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I am delighted to announce details of the seventh Festival of the Unexceptional.

This year the event will be held on Saturday July 25th at Grimsthorpe Castle Lincolnshire.

Concours de l'Ordinaire applications open 14th February and this will be via www.carfestivalbooking.com/ 

 

[LightBulbFun]

16 minutes ago, egg said:

email from Hagerty...

 

Ohhh, last couple of FoTU's there was just 1 Model 70 that could make it

as @Zelandeth mentioned a good while back we could have up to 4 suddenly show up this year  

(assuming REV TPA and Dolly are back on the road by then!)

do you think you can get there in the Mk12?

[brownnova]

39 minutes ago, egg said:

email from Hagerty...

 

More north.. hooray... 

Oh wait... that’s rather east... 

Still over 3 hours away then!!

If I manage it in time it’ll be the furthest the Yugo has ever traveled in 30 years!! 

[reb]

After much fannying about with spring compressors, I arrived at:

Then a fair amount of swearing got me here:

 

Only now that I have a direct side to side comparison do I realise precisely how fucked the old ones were!

Quick break to recover from an hour of being bad at using spring compressors then onto the other side!

[Heidel_Kakao]

Literally just been a car crash outside my house! They were being chased by the cops and legged it but I think they got one of them, luckily the Lexus escaped unharmed. Welcome to Brierley Hill I guess.

[brownnova]

Bloody Audi drivers...

[Christine]

I saw some tyres on eBay  cheap and local . I could see where they were so I called in to ask if I could  have a look at them ... As new  dot  44 18  so I bought them. It was like that scrapyard Foad goes  to . Kinda private scrapyard....old cars...there was a Sherpa MK1 pick up looking pretty straight buried in brambles ..  I enquired if it was for sale .. Anyone want one? He's asking his father how much would  it be and getting back to me..

[Bren]

Scrotes like audi and Vw because of the low number of letters in the name

[egg]

3 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

do you think you can get there in the Mk12?

In bits on a trailer!

I don't think I'll be doing FoTU at that venue - I'll be focusing on ShitefestUK and hopefully a FoD visit...

[BorniteIdentity]

6 hours ago, egg said:

email from Hagerty...

 

Last year’s event was the highlight of my year re: Motor Cars. I’ll be going - it’s only an hour or so from me again so I’m pleased. 

I hope another large AS contingent can make it - it was a great turn out last time. I’m happy to organise a convoy again! 

[Lord Sterling]

5 hours ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

Literally just been a car crash outside my house! They were being chased by the cops and legged it but I think they got one of them, luckily the Lexus escaped unharmed. Welcome to Brierley Hill I guess.

There was a crash this morning on the A38:

Then onbthe way home I saw the aftermath of a T-bone crash, wasn't as dramatic as above.

[High Jetter]

7 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

There was a crash this morning on the A38:

Were you in a hole in the ground when you took that!

[Lord Sterling]

3 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Were you in a hole in the ground when you took that!

....I am a mole and I live in a hole..... 

? No, it was from a road I was walking through;