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[HillmanImp]

Got the welder working again today, no bother. Might've been a random issue instead of the liner. Will see. 

Wing looking better, wasn't brave enough to see if it fitted or not. TBH I need to figure out how to reattach it to the car where I've repaired it as it was rotten. 

Have not done the lips yet as expect to have to do extra fettling. 

Instead if finishing it, I did a BBQ as it was nice and am pleasantly pissed. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

One of my near neighbours has truly terrible taste in Middle Eastern music 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

5 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Is there good middle eastern music? 

If there is, I haven't heard it.

[HillmanImp]

9 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

If there is, I haven't heard it.

Ha, I deleted that after you quoted it as I was thinking I have limited knowledge of middle eastern music and there's probably loads. 

 

[Asimo]

25 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

If there is, I haven't heard it.

Well wrap your ears around of this then: - 

 

[hairnet]

5 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Doesn’t look too bad. 

 

A bit of shabby chic never did a 2cv anyharm, and several hundred £ cheaper than new ones.

https://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/seat-upholstery-very-best-quality-round-corners-special-bluegrey-flecked-écossais-important-notes-p-1664.html?WSid=3f44861fa4b54ccd319403f800ab33bb

dont mercaydeez have a similar pattern?

 

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, hairnet said:

dont mercaydeez have a similar pattern?

 

I would think it below their consideration. I don’t even know if this Citroen pattern has a name.

[hairnet]

ive seen a check pattern in 107s but sure ive seen it in 124s also in that blue

inspired by 190/300sl but blue

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, hairnet said:

ive seen a check pattern in 107s but sure ive seen it in 124s also in that blue

inspired by 190/300sl but blue

If you can find it I’ll put it in the next Citroen car club 2cv column.

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, Skizzer said:

I’ve got a corded Bosch chainsaw for similar purposes that does the job nicely. About £100. Something like this although I’ve had mine for years so it’s slightly different:

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/bosch-green-ake-40-corded-chainsaw-1800w-240v-0600834075

I’ve gone off petrol tools for occasional use: great if you’re using them all the time but a faff if you use them one or two days a year.  Even though I love the smell of two stroke.

 

That's a good point, if your neighbours are close by a screaming two-stroke may not be the best way of keeping the peace. There's also the mingebag option; a new blade for your bow saw might be the sensible/economic answer, as birch is pretty soft,.

[Zelandeth]

22 minutes ago, hairnet said:

dont mercaydeez have a similar pattern?

 

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

[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!