The new news 24 thread

[hairnet]

9 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Ever felt, you should have just left it as it was originally and bought a load of Hillman Hunter units to cover future production?

Or, try some off a Bedford CF2 before redesigning the whole back end for the Senator jobs.

The Series 4 got these, I’ll admit I had to Google what they are, does anyone know, without looking it up?

they look audi or skoda without looking

[Dan the van]

TT ?.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

23 minutes ago, hairnet said:

too upright to be a 250

Admittedly the wheelbase is a bit short.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Yes @rmt87 they are , you even got the Avant bit, not that I know what B6 means, 8m guessing whatever A4 was current at the time.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Admittedly the wheelbase is a bit short.

275 GTS?

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/auto/275-gts

 

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1069319

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Aah the 275 GTS, Pinninfarina’s lesson to the one design in different sizes that Audi,BMW etc all follow now.

I suppose he got away with it ,selling the same saloon design to Lancia, BMC and Peugeot, so why not.  I’d rather a 504 and a little chateau in The Ardeche for the price of a 275.

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Aah the 275 GTS, Pinninfarina’s lesson to the one design in different sizes that Audi,BMW etc all follow now.

I suppose he got away with it ,selling the same saloon design to Lancia, BMC and Peugeot, so why not.  I’d rather a 504 and a little chateau in The Ardeche for the price of a 275.

I think a large chateau would be within budget.

[xtriple]

The lights only got changed simply because legislation changed. Sizes and visibility from the side and all sorts of shit. You could rely on Tony Crook to change NOTHING without being made to do so!

[BorniteIdentity]

On 5/19/2020 at 3:18 PM, brownnova said:

2 months since last started... will the 9000 start first time? 
 

IMG_5795.MOV 27.17 MB · 2 downloads

 

Of course it will!!! 

Now moved safely onto the back garden to begin widening the drive... 

Thus proving my hypothesis that the back garden makes perfect car parking...

 

For a moment I thought The Stork had already visited you and @Mrsbrownnova- and then I realised it's a gnome.

I need to start wearing my glasses.

[brownnova]

1 minute ago, BorniteIdentity said:

For a moment I thought The Stork had already visited you and @Mrsbrownnova- and then I realised it's a gnome.

No stork yet. If the stork could just wait until after half term so I’ve got a few clear days if not working from home to spend on the cars before it arrives that’d be great... 

[Timewaster]

The late Bristol looks pretty good with the Audi lights.

All the previous attempts look absolutely dire. 

[Eyersey1234]

20 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

For a moment I thought The Stork had already visited you and @Mrsbrownnova- and then I realised it's a gnome.

I need to start wearing my glasses.

Maybe the stork got mixed up and delivered a gnome by mistake ?

[MrDuke]

41 minutes ago, xtriple said:

The lights only got changed simply because legislation changed. Sizes and visibility from the side and all sorts of shit. You could rely on Tony Crook to change NOTHING without being made to do so!

Yeah, that figures. I'm sure they could've sourced some nicer ones though. I mean, I love Senator lights, on a Senator.

I do wonder how Bristol managed to stay in business from the 80s onwards. Surely all of their sales from that point must have been to existing customers with a bizarrely strong sense of brand loyalty? I appreciate it's in the eye of the beholder etc, but they could have bought something far lovelier for the same price, or less.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

18 minutes ago, MrDuke said:

...I do wonder how Bristol managed to stay in business from the 80s onwards...

I suspect quite a few Bristol employees are asking the same question in the light of history.

[Ghosty]

19 hours ago, brownnova said:

Get it bought!! 

Went to work and the ad's gone. It was too cheap.

[puddlethumper]

Went round my mates garage to tell him what was happening about the cresta box. He's not stopped

doing mot's, although a lot less, so I asked if he could chuck mine through. Straight through no problem.

Yay! Another year on the road. Here's a pic of his daily. 

[Amishtat]

That is just beautiful! South African? 

[puddlethumper]

Dunno. He bought it off a Bulgarian who was going back and didn't want to take it for some reason.

I think Alan paid 4 large  for it. He's also got a RHD Chevy pick up. I asked him a while ago how many

motors he'd got and he wasn't sure but reckoned 40 to 50. I know the earliest are a couple of Rubies

and a 36 Chevy pick up. I've never seen him in anything later than the 1970's.

 

[Carlosfandango]

The T5 returned from the very talented Hungarian who sorted the injector and  it came home to a proper scrub inside and out. Hopefully nights away with the sighthounds will be in the near future. 
The bug is progressing but still awaiting the lows and whitewalls, at least it’s clean! 
so the driveway is displaying two clean and polar opposite VWs. 

 

CFD

[00833827]

Trying to find oil leak on kangoo was taking a look at the drive shaft theres a telltale clicking of cv joint from nearside when turning i believe these can be a problem that can result in a leak when the go bad 

It looks a little wet but not a whole lot

[Jamie]

I'm off to Formby this afternoon to look at a honda Civic type R which hasnt been MOT'ed for 6 months, with 2 bald tyres and knackered front shocks for more money than the mint MOT'ed one i sold on here in January.

cest la vie!

[Volksy]

17 minutes ago, jamiechod said:

I'm off to Formby this afternoon to look at a honda Civic type R which hasnt been MOT'ed for 6 months, with 2 bald tyres and knackered front shocks for more money than the mint MOT'ed one i sold on here in January.

cest la vie!

Sounds unwise. 

[Jamie]

7 minutes ago, Volksy said:

Sounds unwise. 

i agree wholeheartedly. I tried to buy back said Civic from fellow AS member, but he loves it as much as i did - sigh.

[barefoot]

Auto Aid collected the 944 and took it to Cavendish Porsche, yesterday afternoon.

[Split_Pin]

9 hours ago, 00833827 said:

Trying to find oil leak on kangoo was taking a look at the drive shaft theres a telltale clicking of cv joint from nearside when turning i believe these can be a problem that can result in a leak when the go bad 

It looks a little wet but not a whole lot

Look at that lovely rust free subframe though! My old 172 one was super crusty and I loved admiring the new one when it was fitted.

[Tickman]

A 60's car, a 70's car, an 80's car and something new* lowering the tone.

[spike60]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

Auto Aid collected the 944 and took it to Cavendish Porsche, yesterday afternoon.

What is it going there for? As an ex owner I still have slight interest in them.....

[00833827]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Look at that lovely rust free subframe though! My old 172 one was super crusty and I loved admiring the new one when it was fitted.

yes its the mild weather and very light winter road treatment here - rusty cars not such a big issue at all.

I think i did find why the stop and brake lights came on for me recently. seems this cable was not seated and was rubbing on the tyre. its not rubbed through but it has done a nice bit of wearing. I'm guessing its abs sensor cable.

needs replacing or would a bit of shrink wrap sort it out?

[spike60]

Dull fleet news. My son had my 2007 E320 cdi  Merc when the world stopped turning and as he lives 60 miles away I didn't see it again until Friday last week. I haven't been working but he has which I don't mind but the car had the pad sensors disconnected and I knew they must be getting close. As I had some snow tyres they were put on in October and they were still on of course. Rear discs are looking a little tired but can stay as pads half worn, fronts had the discs on the 26 mm limit and the pads were....

At 1.5mm I feel we've had the best of them. Genuine MB pads, discs, sensors etc with 48h delivery are slightly cheaper than mid range ECP parts, as it's a keeper that gets a fair bit of use it's a no brainer for me. 

The Z3 finally got the hard top off on Sunday as it's not a 1 man job and immediately rewarded me with drivers window mech jamming yet again . It has a history of it, in use it twists the rear glass guide and the glass carrier starts hitting a plate attached to the guide on the way up but it;s very difficult to see much inside the door.  Door card off 4 times since Sun......

Red SEC behaving itsel at the moment, I'll be using it for work tomorrow. I'm back this week to work on phased  return from sick leave, Mon, Wed and Fri , the only good side is I can exercise the fleet legitimately!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Waiting for a scrapper to e-mail a list of prices for a CX S2 2.5 that he's started dismantling. Hopefully will result in:

- a spare camshaft and bearing (101,000 miles)

- as many of the cylinder head bolts as can be salvaged

- heater blower motor

- twin radiator fans and mounting spacers

- triple LCD display unit.

I'd have the auto gearbox as a spare as well, but no proper place to store it......