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[Slartibartfast]

10 minutes ago, jamiechod said:

In for a new exhaust on the bmw.. What we reckon 

Classy

[Jamie]

1 minute ago, Slartibartfast said:

Classy

Only the best

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

interesting those are going to? RM Sotheby's auctions

I wonder if you ever saw NPJ340D? it sold at a Sotheby's auction in 2009, but sadly I dont know who it ended up with

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/LF09/Automobiles-of-London/lots/r127-1966-ac-acedes-invalid-car/202779

it also has a most interesting control scheme setup that I dont think I have seen in any other AC Acedes

(most had a tiller bar arrangement, common to most full bodied Villers machines of the time)

Car place hasn’t been there that long- perhaps four years? Before that the hanger was forsite construction accessories and the other side and yard was mcallisters heavy recovery.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Someone's already trying their luck on it at 50 Euros. That's practically AS price level.

It is like new inside and out, I wonder what the running costs are like? I don’t need to travel to collect, it’s twenty feet from work. Better value than a £40,000 Peel suicide attempt that doesn’t actually run ( they spent hours today towing it to attempt a start). The amount of smoke that came out I thought they were choosing a new Pope! Presumably it’s a two stroke?

[LightBulbFun]

26 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Car place hasn’t been there that long- perhaps four years? Before that the hanger was forsite construction accessories and the other side and yard was mcallisters heavy recovery.

ah figured such sadly, I still think of 2009 as not being all that long ago! LOL

23 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

It is like new inside and out, I wonder what the running costs are like? I don’t need to travel to collect, it’s twenty feet from work. Better value than a £40,000 Peel suicide attempt that doesn’t actually run ( they spent hours today towing it to attempt a start). The amount of smoke that came out I thought they were choosing a new Pope! Presumably it’s a two stroke?

LOL yeah, 49cc DKW 2 stroke moped engine, wonder what was wrong with it, cant be much to an old single cylinder 2 stroke! I have to wonder why they where trying to tow start it... they have a simple pull starter handle inside the cab

like a lawn mower or such like LOL

[rickvw72]

Got my old Partner Combi, and the Mrs old 206 mot tested now, so time for some fleet reduction to occur!!

Current fleet numbers nine.

Ive been trying to add no 10, but my family has staged an intervention. 

[stuboy]

getting mondeo ready for its mot, rear disk and pads to do tomos then get in for mot, keep thinking i should get and automatic cause of my knee... but not heart says not yet

[richardmorris]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

14 hours ago, richardmorris said:

It is like new inside and out, I wonder what the running costs are like?....

Maybach 57 is basically Merc S500 with some fancy tail lighting and badges. S-class running costs, I'd have thought. WCPGW?

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Maybach 57 is basically Merc S500 with some fancy tail lighting and badges. S-class running costs, I'd have thought. WCPGW?

Oh that's fine then on a 2CV budget!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Oh that's fine then on a 2CV budget!

Stick in a bid. 100 Euro should do it. It'll be a bit like a roffle. 

[richardmorris]

[gm]

Cheap rattle cans are on again in Lidl 

£2.50 each or 2 for £4

 

[Robson3022]

51 minutes ago, gm said:

Cheap rattle cans are on again in Lidl 

£2.50 each or 2 for £4

 

Oooooo I need some of these!!! Top spot @gm

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 7/15/2020 at 12:48 PM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

.....Dubois-Loizou sez the car has to be run before deciding if any other hoses need replacing.

Y'know those three silicone hoses I ordered from Redox in France? Errm, well, apparently we now need all the other hoses as well.

Except the one that came off a Berlingo last year....

[camryv6]

4 hours ago, Robson3022 said:

Oooooo I need some of these!!! Top spot @gm

You need some "Rim Paint" !!

[Amishtat]

Just arrived for a few days away. Starting as we mean to go on.. 

[chancer]

Transmech clutches.....just dont do it kids....

[wuvvum]

Oh dear.  How many miles had it done?

[N19]

Herpes courier turned up today with the correct starter for the Bluebird. Conveniently, it's parked at the end of the street and the starter has now completely gone - even percussive methods no longer work. Oh well, best do the job on the street... 

[Yoss]

Today I have been a postman for thirty years. 

I got a badge. 

[chancer]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Oh dear.  How many miles had it done?

Done prior to our ownership, but looks to be around about 10-15k max

[omegod]

2 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Just arrived for a few days away. Starting as we mean to go on.. 

Enjoy my home town !  

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

Today I have been a postman for thirty years. 

I got a badge. 

My mum had fifty years as a radiographer in the NHS. She got a paperweight.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

Today I have been a postman for thirty years. 

I got a badge. 

Not a clock?
 

 

[Yoss]

Apparently I am allowed to choose a gift from some list online. But the website doesn't seem to work. I'm supposed to enter my username (which was my paynumber) and a code which is in the letter they sent me. Tried three times with variations on the ambiguous 0's and O's but after three attempts they locked my account. Now I have to phone somebody in Reading. I think they are making it deliberately difficult hoping we give up. 

For twenty years service I got a nice simple £100 voucher for most high street shops. I bought this watch. 

That I still have. I don't know why everything has to be so complicated now.  

[Tadhg Tiogar]

22 minutes ago, Yoss said:

....For twenty years service I got a nice simple £100 voucher for most high street shops. I bought this watch. 

That I still have. I don't know why everything has to be so complicated now.  

Reminds me of this:

 

[anonymous user]

After 25 years service, in a previous job, I declined the formal presentation, but did take the vouchers and used them to buy my sister a new television. I did not particularly want to get myself anything that would remind me that I had spent so long in a place that had destroyed my mental health.

[BL Bloke]

I 've been summoned for jury service in September. It says for two weeks but the last time I did it in 1995 it lasted about 10 weeks.  

[New POD]

Half way through my 24 hour cardiac monitoring.  Wondering if the cables will stay in place overnight.