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[hairnet]

2 hours ago, xtriple said:

I haven't watched Topgear once since I heard that he was going to be a presenter. Cannot STaND the utter twat. When that advert he's on comes on the telly I have to pause it then fast forward thru it so I don't have to see his gurning mince or hear his hideous voice.

I'm not keen on him in case you didn't understand me what with being so subtle and that...

no he is an utter cunt - apart from 10 mins of the first one they did not watched them

taped a couple and then FF thru the bits with him in and you get the beginning 5 mins the 'star' then the end - gave up on that

i just watch chris harris on youtube now - far more intereesting

[Zelandeth]

7 hours ago, paulplom said:

Looks like Paddy Mcguiness could be in trouble


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Hope they take the repair costs out of the idiot's pocket.

Haven't been able to stomach any of the new shows since he appeared...which is a shame as I really enjoy Chris Harris, both his presenting style and that he's a proper car nerd and just enough of a hooligan when allowed.

Sad seeing a Diablo bashed anyway... they're one of relatively few of the really silly supercars I like.  Preferably the SV in that eye searing neon metallic orange though...even better if it's got the purple alcantara with the neon orange stitching in the interior.  It's an utterly bonkers car and it knows it.  Such a quantum leap from the Countach though, aside from being huge presenting a few challenges the Diablo is actually pleasant to drive.  Air conditioning is still pants though!

[Bren]

Today I fitted the vectra's bumper brackets. Off with the bumper - 

the brackets were held on with ali rivets. I have rivets and a gun but once they are on you cannot adjust them - I used screws instead.

 

The offending part - the top screw in the wheel arch should pull the sliding bracket towards you. Ours were broken.

The end result is a much better ( but not perfect) fit. The only fly in the ointment is that the air con radiator looks shagged - aluminium fins everywhere.

More expense.

[Zelandeth]

Ah, so it's going to be one of *those* days is it?

[mitsisigma01]

Who made the paper cars recently.... I found a paper digger that you can add to your collection ?

https://www.smt.network/gb/news/build-your-own-l90h/

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Where once I had no replacement oil coolers, I now seem to be in possession of three. One of them still had oil in it.....

[vulgalour]

Has anyone ever seen a stretched limousine turned into a pick up truck?  I don't mean a stretched limo pick up truck, I've seen those, where you take a pick up truck and stretch the cab to make it a 'limo'.  I mean taking something like a stretched Lincoln Towncar and chopped the cabin space down to make it into a pickup truck.

There must be one.  I bet it's in Florida.

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Where once I had no replacement oil coolers, I now seem to be in possession of three. One of them still had oil in it.....

Let me guess...Said oil is now all over your carpet?

[Angrydicky]

On 6/15/2020 at 11:47 PM, RobT said:

Tried to resist but done it again.

It's a local car and a regular spot, so when bramz told me it's for sale (yes it's his fault) I had a crisis.

As Skizzer calls it, the carehome dayroom dazzle interior.  It's lovely and almost immaculate.  The outside is a bit frilly, but it is an old Vauxhall after all.

However, after the 2 mile drive home this greeted me.  Didn't notice it on the test drive...

Pinhole leak in the body of the radiator pissing out, so hopefully some JB Weld will fix that.  Otherwise I'm very happy with it.  I'll have a proper go over it tomorrow evening, which is something I should have done before buying it, but I never learn!

Hey that looks great Rob, proper Autoshite colour too. I remember that being for sale on Canvey a few years ago, it got bought by someone in London who had it up for £1500 on eBay for ages with seemingly no takers. 

I do have a spare Senator radiator but I think the six pot one is different sadly. I think it’s physically bigger.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Let me guess...Said oil is now all over your carpet?

*sniffs hands*

...think it might be Castrol....

[RobT]

3 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

Hey that looks great Rob, proper Autoshite colour too. I remember that being for sale on Canvey a few years ago, it got bought by someone in London who had it up for £1500 on eBay for ages with seemingly no takers. 

I do have a spare Senator radiator but I think the six pot one is different sadly. I think it’s physically bigger.

Thanks Dicky!

It definitely needs a new radiator, as I did the dishwasher tablet clear out method and it's leaking heavily from the base now (or somewhere from the core further up).

I'm currently looking at options, and there aren't many.  New one is £195 on eBay but I'm not sure the mounting brackets are correct, so I need to take the old one off to confirm.

Or do a recore of the old one.  If anyone can recommend a company please PM me, cheers.

In the meantime here's a collection pic from Monday.  Littering the streets with GM bilge.

[richardmorris]

Red Arrows are flying overhead this afternoon at 16.50 - am going home early to watch.

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/red-arrows-flight-today-route-18442324

[Pat Earrings]

So despite the miserable weather I spent 30 mins fitting a pioneer Bluetooth/dab stereo I had kept in my cupboard in the very likely chance that I may buy another car which indeed I did. Routed the aerial and mic wires just fine and sounds a thousand times better already. Also removed the silly red "at" stickers that were on the trim, came off easy. Aside from that, I have the air con regas booked for tomorrow, and I am swapping the front wipers for the denso hybris blades which in my opinion really do look the most OEM style flat blade. Also got a upgrade rear aero wiper arm on order which will complete the slight refreshed look. Love this car!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

That stain remover and fullers earth combination seems to have worked better on the Citroën stains than I dared hope....

 

[Zelandeth]

4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

*sniffs hands*

...think it might be Castrol....

Well at least that should taste less revolting than LHM...

[richardmorris]

Well that was quite loud.

[rickvw72]

Rusty old Fourtrak project progressing. Had new box section crossmember in, and I had to cut of and repair the nearside rear spring plate.

Had to remake 90 percent of the offside one.

Theres been various small repairs also, and I think I’m down to 2 main structural points left to weld up. 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

That stain remover and fullers earth combination seems to have worked better on the Citroën stains than I dared hope....

 

That went well. Very well. 

 

[dozeydustman]

6 hours ago, sims00 said:

 

There are so many Y tho?s in that picture.....

[GBJ]

On 6/17/2020 at 4:35 PM, Bren said:

Today I fitted the vectra's bumper brackets. Off with the bumper - 

the brackets were held on with ali rivets. I have rivets and a gun but once they are on you cannot adjust them - I used screws instead.

 

The offending part - the top screw in the wheel arch should pull the sliding bracket towards you. Ours were broken.

The end result is a much better ( but not perfect) fit. The only fly in the ointment is that the air con radiator looks shagged - aluminium fins everywhere.

More expense.

It looks as though you have stopped the car half way up the ramps?

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Where's the progress?

[N19]

Dropped the hire van back at the company today, and went to pick up the Bluebird to go home. Click of death from the starter motor. Worked on the third attempt, behaved fine, then same thing a little later on.  The perfect* thing to happen when you've just moved and all your tools are in disarray!

[Carlosfandango]

It’s not as if I’ve enough shite to be dealing with but I’ve decided that I’m going to start working getting this pile of poo roadworthy. Just in case we might get some sun for the summer and I can smoke about in it with no roof.

Like an arse. 
 

CFD 

[Bren]

2 hours ago, GBJ said:

It looks as though you have stopped the car half way up the ramps?

 

It was up enough to get the bumper off - my idea being I could rest the bumper on the ramps.

[richardmorris]

Any guesses what this will be? I can't tell yet. Missed it driving off, but the number plate on the rear is white and says        PROVA

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   B081

[richardmorris]

[HMC]

Some sort of Cunningham? They usually raced in white and that font looks a bit Le Mans-y

[Tadhg Tiogar]

37 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

....number plate on the rear is white and says  PROVA  B081

Italian registered, for testing purposes, hence PROVA. Not sure about the "B", but it might be registered in Bologna. 

[richardmorris]

17 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Italian registered, for testing purposes, hence PROVA. Not sure about the "B", but it might be registered in Bologna. 

Interesting. This Italian has just been push started.

[wuvvum]

Could it be some sort of Cisitalia?