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[richardmorris]

26 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Yes.  Here's what's underneath the covers the coachbuilder put on the seats in my T1.

My eyes, my eyes

 

 

 

in all fairness, that is quite similar to this.

[TrabbieRonnie]

Wee Mazda spat out it's alternator belt for the second time in our ownership yesterday...  it's almost as if I should buy the correct, specified one instead of being a skinflint and just raiding the work's store for some thing vaguely right!  Anyway, got a almost-proper-looking one on this time, so all should be well for a week or two.  

Borrowed it from my insanely protective eldest, in order to give the old thing a good run to work and back this morning.  Real fun little car through the twisties, but only when I stopped for fuel did I notice the new rally car exhaust rasp...  centre section blown out just before the joint to the back box.  Jubilee'd a stainless pipe offcut on for now, sounds normal again, much to the kids' disgust! 

Unforgiveably, I didn't photograph the results of my mechanical genius, so here's the blue beastie at rest after a good thrashing up the Dallas road...

[17-Coffees]

Me, @rantingYoofand @Supernaut spent about a hour browsing Eastern Russia (Think Vladivostok area and beyond) on google maps on StreetView. Its amazing what cars you find, mostly Japanese and Korean, a lot of RHD JDM tin with the odd random surprise thrown in (Mk1 RHD Freelander and Pre-Facelift Opel Omega Estate!)  

Whats also amazing is how grim, yet amazing it all is. RantingYoof won on the Grim factor with THIS place...

[mitsisigma01]

Makes Port Talbot look good 

[hairnet]

so its like peterhead only we can understand the russians

 

[17-Coffees]

32 minutes ago, hairnet said:

so its like peterhead only we can understand the russians

 

Comparing Tiksi to Peterhead is offensive to the people of Tiksi! 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, 17-Coffees said:

Me, @rantingYoofand @Supernaut spent about a hour browsing Eastern Russia (Think Vladivostok area and beyond) on google maps on StreetView. Its amazing what cars you find, mostly Japanese and Korean, a lot of RHD JDM tin with the odd random surprise thrown in (Mk1 RHD Freelander and Pre-Facelift Opel Omega Estate!)  

Whats also amazing is how grim, yet amazing it all is. RantingYoof won on the Grim factor with THIS place...

I did this a few years ago, spent weeks nd weeks of evenings. Its the gas pipes running over ground that get me.

[somewhatfoolish]

  

18 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I did this a few years ago, spent weeks nd weeks of evenings. Its the gas pipes running over ground that get me.

 

Burying services in permafrost generally ends badly.

[Split_Pin]

Busy long weekend so far.

My neighbour and I managed to get 2 tons of gravel delivered on Friday to fill up recent spaces created from earlier stuff being vacated. Bit of a shift moving it around the back but it all looks good now.

Yesterday I powerwashed the front drive using this rotary attachment that my dad lent me. Bloody brilliant and almost no splashing and no ugly lines.

Today is my wee boys birthday so being in lockdown it's just the 3 of us/Skype with Family.

Tomorrow, oil change on the Clio and feed the leather bits on the seats.

Still waiting on my exhaust clamps, deliveries are understandably taking longer.

I'm dreading running out of jobs to to but still working at home full time so hopefully I'll keep myself out of bother for a bit yet!

 

[wuvvum]

I've ordered a new exhaust rear section for the 75.  Wasn't going to bother until after The Event, but I found one on eBay £20 cheaper than the next cheapest one I'd seen, so nabbed it whilst it was available.  Not a job I'm looking forward to tbh - I had a quick look and the join between front and rear sections doesn't look too rusty, but exhausts rarely come apart easily and with the join being more or less in the centre of the car, whichever end I put up on ramps I'm not going to have a lot of room to work.

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Burying services in permafrost generally ends badly.

bit like canada - petrol is above ground by law cos of this

 

[Asimo]

Stirling Moss is gone.  RIP fast man.

 

[Six-cylinder]

M40 near Oxford at 9.30 am this morning!

Why was the hood up on such a lovely morning? The answer is I have discovered if it is not 15° C then I am pretending I enjoy it, not really enjoying it and I was 1°C short. The journey home was different 21°C.

[HMC]

@Six-cylinder Glad to see the CLK getting some good use, pangs of regret here as it was my favourite clk closely followed by a rough but fun CLK 230 manual coupe (later sold to @gadgetgricey) 

[HMC]

I’m currently watching death on the Nile with peter Ustinov (if memory serves a bit of a older car enthusiast) and quite a random cast of rising stars and old hands (David Niven has just cropped up, as has Mia farrow) whilst my own merc sits idle and rusting/ drying out (the interior is wet and mouldy)

[egg]

Walked past the driveway containing my metro just now. It has a fresh puddle under it. Lockdown was poorly timed for the little Rover.

[holbeck]

I've spent my day dicking around with the Xantia.  The heater blower has been u/s since I acquired it. 

It still is.

I'm off to light the bbq instead. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Another slow hack. Can't stand the sun; got back to the yard with a feckin' headache 

[Six-cylinder]

35 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Another slow hack. Can't stand the sun; got back to the yard with a feckin' headache 

And what about you!

[richardmorris]

If this is the end of civilisation then at least the car is clean. I’ve painted some of the paint chips on the bumpers in too.

[stuboy]

Inspired by a friend I got on the floor and took a look what's up with the pooter... and all i can see is kick starter ring is worn so gonna look ordering one, oh and needs a battery and 2 stroke dribbling down permanently 

[Bren]

Getting there

[Cavcraft]

Today's boring topic: Mr Sheen/excrement interface 

 

[Split_Pin]

Oil change on the Clio today.

The filter was bastard tight and access is poor, together with an array of fragile  plastic plugs being in close proximity to where I was flailing about with the ratchet. My weak and limp filter strap struggled again but I got the filter off eventually. All done now. Someone suggested using a coilovers adjuster spanner in the filter so I'll do that next time as I have one of those. Treated all the leather on the seats too.

[richardmorris]

If you can see it on Facebook, it’s a compilation of crashes on the Nurburgring in 1970. Loads of interesting cars.

https://www.facebook.com/550310558405103/posts/2219460788156730/

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

I found these two lurking on my camera from the other week!

[richardmorris]

59 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I found these two lurking on my camera from the other week!

And these recent purchases are now housed at the field of dreams? I prefer the toy town blue one.

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

And these recent purchases are now housed at the field of dreams? I prefer the toy town blue one.

Temping but they come with strings attached, that is strings of dustbins!

[spike60]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

If you can see it on Facebook, it’s a compilation of crashes on the Nurburgring in 1970. Loads of interesting cars.

https://www.facebook.com/550310558405103/posts/2219460788156730/

 

 

Virtually everything that rolled over was rear engined. Swing axle or similar rear suspension?

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, spike60 said:

Virtually everything that rolled over was rear engined. Swing axle or similar rear suspension?

I was surprised how easily they all went over. Do beetles have a swing axle? A few dauphines and early Audi’s among the Porsche 914 and 911/2s.