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[stuboy]

Stuboy jnr is 19 today and wants now learn to drive, so we off to view this today

[Split_Pin]

As long as the chain is quiet you're into a winner. A noisy chain indicates lack of servicing and therefore the overall standard of care.

[Austat]

I heard through the grapevine that Terry's Capri from Minder (SLE 71R) was involved in a fire recently, is this true?

[MorrisItalSLX]

14 minutes ago, Austat said:

I heard through the grapevine that Terry's Capri from Minder (SLE 71R) was involved in a fire recently, is this true?

Sadly true.

 

[Spurious]

11 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Do you gain NCB on a classic policy?

I don't with FJ. You also need a "main" policy with them too. 

[Slowsilver]

47 minutes ago, Spurious said:

I don't with FJ. You also need a "main" policy with them too. 

We have our Maxi insured on a classic policy with FJ but no 'main' policy with them. No NCD on it though.
 

[N19]

12 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Do you gain NCB on a classic policy?

No, although you can keep your existing NCB current on it. 

[doug]

A load of rubbish and a Shelvoke and Drewry

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[coalnotdole]

CND IOW Division has taken delivery of another project, 

It's Orange...

Aluminium Bodied...

It's got 6kw of motive power....

 

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, coalnotdole said:

CND IOW Division has taken delivery of another project, 

It's Orange...

Aluminium Bodied...

It's got 6kw of motive power....

a milk float?  

[ruffgeezer]

I have Mrs Ruff permission to buy another proper classic but only if it is usable immediately, I have a certain something in mind but haven't found one at the right price yet. 

Anyone selling anything up to £3kish (once the fiat sells) 

[richardmorris]

6 hours ago, Spurious said:

I don't with FJ. You also need a "main" policy with them too. 

I have two cars insured with FJ but the daily main car is with aviva. You DO need a daily car insured with someone though it doesn’t have to be a modern car. Witness my “daily” being 26 years old.

[richardmorris]

22 minutes ago, ruffgeezer said:

I have Mrs Ruff permission to buy another proper classic but only if it is usable immediately, I have a certain something in mind but haven't found one at the right price yet. 

Anyone selling anything up to £3kish (once the fiat sells) 

I’m sure local Arfur Daley @Six-cylinder will have something suitable.  Good luck, I think I’m giving up my Citroen 11BN search as it’s not a sensible time to be spending £10k on something I have no space for and no time to drive.

[Asimo]

Those jobs you wish you never started?  Van maintenance, and a bit of paint-prep turns into massive future bill.

Other side is worse

Bugger.

 

[Cavcraft]

 

Never really achieved anything with this (apart from getting it running and cleaning it, so it went to a new owner. Collected last night after an utterly useless Shipley bloke had failed to collect a couple of days back.

 

 

 

[jonathan_dyane]

For many years my GS has lain forlorn and forgotten at my parents but I retrieved it today and shoehorned it into my garage which was my lockdown plan coming to fruition (building new workshop/motorcycle storage shed in the garden freeing up the garage).

Remarkably structurally the GS hasn’t deteriorated much further in the 16 year hibernation and getting it solid shouldn’t be too taxing but the doors and bonnet are going to challenge me!

[stuboy]

He bought it for £370, needs couple of bits but for a first car ..

 

Stuboy junior no2 posing with his bros car

[Frogchod]

31 minutes ago, jonathan_dyane said:

For many years my GS has lain forlorn and forgotten at my parents but I retrieved it today and shoehorned it into my garage which was my lockdown plan coming to fruition (building new workshop/motorcycle storage shed in the garden freeing up the garage).

Remarkably structurally the GS hasn’t deteriorated much further in the 16 year hibernation and getting it solid shouldn’t be too taxing but the doors and bonnet are going to challenge me!

Ooo , a C-Matic .   Can you still get the fluid for those ?

 

[Frogchod]

The C6 has been collected.

Many tales of woe may appear on these pages.

It made it home without smoke or flames so I reckon that's a good start.

[jonathan_dyane]

Lovely C6, you’re braver than me!

The GS started life C-matic but has gained a clutch pedal and manual box at some point which as far as I’m concerned is no bad thing!

[Angrydicky]

On 7/31/2020 at 12:46 PM, paulplom said:

Can anyone think who it was who wanted these metro wheel nuts.

They're brand new, have spinning collars and for alloy wheels iirc.

I promised to post them to someone on here but forgot all about it. I've just found them in the back of a drawer.

 

I don't know who it was but I could do with them for my Reliant Robin with 10" Mini alloys if they do happen to still be available! I'm refurbing the alloys and the nuts are quite rusty, they spoil the look of it!

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Frogchod said:

Ooo , a C-Matic .   Can you still get the fluid for those ?

I have a tin of it in my shed.  Chevronics still have some in stock, at vast expense.  I think the CCC has (or had) some too.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Frogchod said:

The C6 has been collected.

Many tales of woe may appear on these pages.

It made it home without smoke or flames so I reckon that's a good start.

What are the sills like? At least one owner over here has been horrified to find just how frilly they can get....

[coalnotdole]

6 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

a milk float?  

Close!,

Enfield 8000 ?

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, coalnotdole said:

Close!,

Enfield 8000 ?

ohh very awesome! I am very much looking forward to the thread/posts on that  

proper electric shite right there  

[paulplom]

8 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

I don't know who it was but I could do with them for my Reliant Robin with 10" Mini alloys if they do happen to still be available! I'm refurbing the alloys and the nuts are quite rusty, they spoil the look of it!

Give it a week or so and if they don't come forward, I'll send them too you. Pm me in a weeks time.

I take it you'll only nee half of them

[Angrydicky]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Give it a week or so and if they don't come forward, I'll send them too you. Pm me in a weeks time.

I take it you'll only nee half of them

Correct ?

Thanks sir!

[Six-cylinder]

13 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I’m sure local Arfur Daley @Six-cylinder will have something suitable.  Good luck, I think I’m giving up my Citroen 11BN search as it’s not a sensible time to be spending £10k on something I have no space for and no time to drive.

You only get one go at this life, don't be a "I nearly got a Traction Avant"!

[chancer]

Off on an unplanned collection mission....starting here

[Dabooka]

On 7/31/2020 at 11:58 PM, N19 said:

I couldn't for the life of me get any sort of quote returned when I tried to insure the Bluebird on a classic policy. Turns out that if you value it at £1,501, they suddenly drop all objections!

Now, I wonder if there's any way of getting a 20-year old Mondeo on a classic policy...

I managed to on my Cougar with Lancaster and actually it wasn't even twenty years old at the time. I was advised to reconsider its 'true value' by the agent and lo, the policy was approved once I estimated it at circa £2k.  Afterwards he said people think a cheaper value helps with the policy cost, but it really doesn't at all.