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[loserone]

They do have some interesting stuff hidden inside some of the arches

[BorniteIdentity]

21 hours ago, stuboy said:

Any on here been silly...

Nothing here should be more illegal than that font.

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Another faultless 550-mile round trip in the Rover 75 this weekend to see the folks in Somerset.  It's reminded me of a couple of jobs I need to do though - sort out the dodgy self-levelling on the nearside headlight and try and get the aircon belt sorted.

Those little arms that connect between the ballast and the suspension arms look really frail compared to the rest of the cars structure around it. I believe the ones on mine have been replaced at some point.

[Out Run]

1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Nothing here should be more illegal than that font.

Beat me to it! I don’t know why that is even an option. Sort it out, Samsung! ?

[Lord Sterling]

3 hours ago, sims00 said:

New upgraded rear wiper arm/blade fitted. Looks a million times better and really suits the car, old one has been binned. Popped in some subtle LED number plate lights too and changed the reverse lightbulb. Noticed it was out the other day and it's the easiest thing, you push in a tang and it pops out. It still said motorcraft on so possibly the original or just a dealer visit. Fully working now.

Lol! Take the 'C' and '04' out of the plate and its message is clear ?

[camryv6]

1 hour ago, gm said:

I had to nip to the bank in Newcastle yesterday so parked (for free, thanks tescos) in Gateshead and walked over the bridge into town, spotting this on the way

looks like it could be closed down but, by the time I'd come back, the doors were open and fettling was going on, disappointingly no reliants were visible, only boring normal cars  

Did you enquire about the services from £19.99 ?

[dome]

On 6/20/2020 at 7:44 PM, dome said:

Deposit received for the Locost, it'll go this week. 

What's next, I hear no-one ask?

Oh, dunno, no plans 

Cough. 

Remember these? Offer accepted. Stay tuned!

 

[puddlethumper]

I was behind one of them Rolls Royce suv things today. A very forgettable arse.

I hope the interior made up for the exterior.

[Angrydicky]

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/john-winlow-volvo-too-old-ipswich-borough-council-1-6712355?fbclid=IwAR0pIxrAZolGXn5_-4pQm9K-RR14HZyJXmZ10T-mFeV6IErsLCJhG7tj_hI

Bastards...

[Shep Shepherd]

I've seen that Volvo taxi several times when I've been in Ipswich. If The Volvo is anything to go by, its exhaust emissions will be negligible. 

[Spottedlaurel]

1 hour ago, Angrydicky said:

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/john-winlow-volvo-too-old-ipswich-borough-council-1-6712355?fbclid=IwAR0pIxrAZolGXn5_-4pQm9K-RR14HZyJXmZ10T-mFeV6IErsLCJhG7tj_hI

Oddly enough I came here to post just the same thing. I'm not sure if it was to do with the presence of the importers being in town back then, but there were a lot of Volvo taxis in town in the 1980s and '90s.

I looked up the MoT history, looks as if the speedo stopped working some years ago - if he's doing 20k a year (which seems low) it must've done over 400,000 by now.

[richardmorris]

My posh carbon fibre road bike is getting a very rare trip out on Thursday so the rack is now on the merc. It whistles - a lot.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Shep Shepherd said:

I've seen that Volvo taxi several times when I've been in Ipswich. If The Volvo is anything to go by, its exhaust emissions will be negligible. 

If yer man wants to annoy the Council properly, he should get hold of a Volvo 144/164 and submit that for their consideration.....

[ChampionRabbit]

Looked out of my workshop window at about 8am to see a couple of coppers with what I thought was a speed trap, but what turned out to be a stinger.

One thumbs-up the other (hiding behind a tree) and slung it under a passing pikey van, and unfortunately also under a passing builders transit.

The pikey was arrested, and the builders moped around moaning about their 4 fresh punctures the repair/towing of which the police took about 3 hours to arrange.

Quite exciting!

[Brodders]

2 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/john-winlow-volvo-too-old-ipswich-borough-council-1-6712355?fbclid=IwAR0pIxrAZolGXn5_-4pQm9K-RR14HZyJXmZ10T-mFeV6IErsLCJhG7tj_hI

Bastards...

That's a shame. I always liked seeing that around Ipswich. I doubt it will happen, but it would be nice if he was able to carry on with it.

[somewhatfoolish]

The council are full of shit, petrol engines put out not much NOx and what there is the cat deals with.

[bangernomics]

[mention]vulgalour [/mention] the grand tour s 3 ep8 at 3min 20 vulgalour and pleblon

[vulgalour]

Hairnet, get off bangernomics' account!  You've got your own.

[Pat Earrings]

1 hour ago, ChampionRabbit said:

Looked out of my workshop window at about 8am to see a couple of coppers with what I thought was a speed trap, but what turned out to be a stinger.

One thumbs-up the other (hiding behind a tree) and slung it under a passing pikey van, and unfortunately also under a passing builders transit.

The pikey was arrested, and the builders moped around moaning about their 4 fresh punctures the repair/towing of which the police took about 3 hours to arrange.

Quite exciting!

Such a good feeling when it's a good sting! Cake fine though for the innocent transit 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, ChampionRabbit said:

.... the builders moped around moaning about their 4 fresh punctures the repair/towing of which the police took about 3 hours to arrange......

Hopefully all their tyres will be legal now.

[richardmorris]

[puddlethumper]

I made a gate to keep a horse where it should be. Designed specifically for this one (Olly)

who likes to paw, or should that be hoof, at the gate. With this one his hoof just slides

down it and causes minimal damage to both participants and now he can see through

it he may do it less. Job jobbied.

[stuboy]

Just renewed insurance on the shalaxy with hastings direct fully competitive, 2 years NBC, for me and missus £424, we not co inhabiting yet and shes 11 years my junior.. didnt price was too bad..considering year AA wanted 1k..

Edited June 24, 2020 by stuboy
Cause I'm stupid

[Asimo]

1 hour ago, puddlethumper said:

I made a gate to keep a horse where it should be. Designed specifically for this one (Olly)

who likes to paw, or should that be hoof, at the gate. With this one his hoof just slides

down it and causes minimal damage to both participants and now he can see through

it he may do it less. Job jobbied.

You did well to get hold of polycarbonate sheet at this time.  Covid-panicced retail has bought most of it for germ-screens.

[PhilA]

My neighbor has been puttering up and down the street in his Model A. It's gone back to firing on 3 under load so it's got a duff plug most likely. He has a few spares so that's good. 

Apparently the washer for the condenser goes on the other side of the screw- I couldn't get it to fit like that but eh. It disintegrated and shorted the ignition out and brought the car to a halt. He fixed that and took it out for a spin then the ammeter caught fire.

Now the voltage regulator isn't (probably why the ammeter went pop) so that needs looking at.

Fun times. I'm glad he's happy to take it back out and about again though.

 

Phil

[hairnet]

7 minutes ago, PhilA said:

My neighbor has been puttering up and down the street in his Model A. It's gone back to firing on 3 under load so it's got a duff plug most likely. He has a few spares so that's good. 

Apparently the washer for the condenser goes on the other side of the screw- I couldn't get it to fit like that but eh. It disintegrated and shorted the ignition out and brought the car to a halt. He fixed that and took it out for a spin then the ammeter caught fire.

Now the voltage regulator isn't (probably why the ammeter went pop) so that needs looking at.

Fun times. I'm glad he's happy to take it back out and about again though.

 

Phil

pics or this is fairytales and YOUVE bought another car

 

[PhilA]

20 minutes ago, hairnet said:

pics or this is fairytales and YOUVE bought another car

 

It's this- don't have any pictures of it on the street.

[richardmorris]

33 minutes ago, PhilA said:

My neighbor has been puttering up and down the street in his Model A. It's gone back to firing on 3 under load so it's got a duff plug most likely. He has a few spares so that's good. 

Apparently the washer for the condenser goes on the other side of the screw- I couldn't get it to fit like that but eh. It disintegrated and shorted the ignition out and brought the car to a halt. He fixed that and took it out for a spin then the ammeter caught fire.

Now the voltage regulator isn't (probably why the ammeter went pop) so that needs looking at.

Fun times. I'm glad he's happy to take it back out and about again though.

 

Phil

Have you read Tim Moore’s book on crossing the USA in a model T? He’s rescued by some model A folk at one point,

[PhilA]

8 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Have you read Tim Moore’s book on crossing the USA in a model T? He’s rescued by some model A folk at one point,

I have not, no. The A is a massive leap in terms of engineering and operation compared to the T, also.

[richardmorris]

Just now, PhilA said:

I have not, no.

It’s a roller coaster ride, but slowly! He also used to lurk on this forum- and we got a credit in one of his books too. 

Tries crossing the country using period roads. Parkland routes and visits the ford factories en-route.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Another-Fine-Mess-Tim-Moore-ebook/dp/B07H4CBPDM/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2ZVFSRUI9GW5V&dchild=1&keywords=tim+moore&qid=1593018906&sprefix=Tim+moore%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-2