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  On 30/10/2020 at 14:33, SiC said:

Had a father-son tool handover today. Not all of them, mostly stuff that he will almost certainly ever touch again.

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Some Kwality stuff there. Paint on the meter looks the same as a battery charger of similar age my dad had. It's actually still in use today, providing 12v to a door lock release for 11 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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  On 30/10/2020 at 16:54, HMC said:

Wonder if there’s any false jeopardy in the “saved from the Scrapheap” tagline.

Im sure whoever “found” them immediately thought more of selling them to the classic fraternity, and it cannot be a literal term as last time I looked you couldn’t weigh in ash / whatever wood makes up a body buck.

Good publicity, whatever the motivation and facts of the situation.

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Weren't they all part of the recent auction of Bristol gone bust stuff, if so hardly lost.

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Today the 205 got put back on its wheels for the first time in well over a year in preparation for getting shifted to my unit. The HDI plan is in the bin because various goings on this year have led to everything related to it being thrown into complete disarray, I'm sure it's still doable but I'm not the one to do it. The plan now is to put it back to standard-ish and get it as well sorted as I can while I have the time to work on it. There will still be turbots involved, but in a more factory intended manner.

MrsREB will be arriving in just over a month, we'll see how long her promise to keep me company at the unit lasts when she realises how bastarding cold it is up there!

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Been to see a friend who has the kind of stuff you'd all spaff over... Military stuff, modern and vintage fire engines, one of those yank streamlined buses, old mercs, jags, kit cars, Japanese stuff... 

These two were new. Signum is one of the 3.0 v6 diesels and is for sale. Very tempting. Jag has been driven through a tatfield by a previous owner. 

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I seem to attract dark metallic green cars 😂

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:16, yes oui si said:

I seem to attract dark metallic green cars 😂

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Me too. Id honestly rather have a dark met green 420d than my estoril blue 

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:21, Jamie said:

Me too. Id honestly rather have a dark met green 420d than my estoril blue 

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I've had two Oxford Green e39s on Style 49s :D

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  On 30/10/2020 at 16:12, egg said:
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Usual daily mAil rubbish. Just up the road from me at the old BOC / LINDE headquarters for a couple of years. Auctioned last month,

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:51, richardmorris said:

Usual daily mAil rubbish. Just up the road from me at the old BOC / LINDE headquarters for a couple of years. Auctioned last month,

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Ah, were they actually part of the auction? I hadn't realised that.

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:54, wuvvum said:

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Having seen what they part out for, I could run it until it pops then make decent profit on the lights, wheels and cat alone. 

It's an Isuzu lump isn't it? 

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:56, egg said:

Ah, were they actually part of the auction? I hadn't realised that.

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The whole lot has gone / been scrapped.,Gordon Murray design group has bought the site for his new supercar snd d3sign campus.

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:57, yes oui si said:

Having seen what they part out for, I could run it until it pops then make decent profit on the lights, wheels and cat alone. 

It's an Isuzu lump isn't it? 

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Yep, Isuzu design.  It's true that the cat on something like that would probably weigh in for ÂŁÂŁÂŁ.

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:59, wuvvum said:

Yep, Isuzu design.  It's true that the cat on something like that would probably weigh in for ÂŁÂŁÂŁ.

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The mates rates on it makes it appealing. Ticket until April as well, just that rear quarter gouge and a scuffed bumper makes it a no-go for most buyers. 

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A bucket full of cun....calipers.

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Nearly there with the Rover, but I feel traumatised!  Got a bit carried away with the heat and melted the brake hose, so the latest is this.

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Rounded off the brake pipe wotsit for added incompetence.  Have ordered a set of flare spanners, so hopefully they'll offer enough grip.  I bought a brake hose previously but it's incorrect, so have bought another one.

Started the job at 1.30pm, finished at 10.30 with a break for tea.  Much of that time was spent fucking about trying to get the handbrake cable reconnected.  The new bracket from the MGF caliper wasn't the same as the old, so gave up and MAP gassed and Irwin'd the bolts on the old one off, which was a drawn out affair.  Was tempted to set fire to the car at this point.  Limped it into a residents parking bay on the handbrake only, and the next fun* instalment will be when the parts arrive and I've undergone the necessary therapy session...

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The Doblo failed its test on a wishbone bush and both rear bumpstops.The parts were supposed to arrive on Monday but turned up today .IMG_20201031_143541.thumb.jpg.dae9e257a2293e7708bc3cf68f694407.jpg

The old ones were pretty ragged.As you can see,you probably use a special tool that fits into the small cutouts on the top cup to fit and remove them at a Fiat dealer.A large drift and a lump hammer soon loosened them.

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Then ran a tap up the threads in the chassis.IMG_20201031_143846.thumb.jpg.65c2c11b572a14316b33a6da7e56628c.jpg

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Then hand tighten and tap round half a turn.

The wishbone can wait until tomorrow.

 

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Just found a very old email from 2003, where I asked Vulcan engineering for the price of a complete GT spec rebuild of my MK2 escort engine. This was the 1.3 so would have lifted BHP to about 70ish with a new unleaded compatible head

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The price of a STD 1300 GT spec rebuild inc a new carb & vat is 1079.82 but
this DON'T inc Fitting is around ÂŁ340 inc vat.

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I decided at the time, this was madness and ended up selling it. But given the price of RWD escorts these days, probably would have been a sensible* investment,

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  On 31/10/2020 at 14:21, holbeck said:

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It's handy having a van. 

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As long as you’re not enticing young children into the back as a modern child-catcher?

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  On 30/10/2020 at 20:02, reb said:

Today the 205 got put back on its wheels for the first time in well over a year in preparation for getting shifted to my unit. The HDI plan is in the bin because various goings on this year have led to everything related to it being thrown into complete disarray, I'm sure it's still doable but I'm not the one to do it. The plan now is to put it back to standard-ish and get it as well sorted as I can while I have the time to work on it. There will still be turbots involved, but in a more factory intended manner.

MrsREB will be arriving in just over a month, we'll see how long her promise to keep me company at the unit lasts when she realises how bastarding cold it is up there!

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Nice to see you posting again Reb, hope you’re doing well. Sorry to hear the HDi project isn’t going ahead now but looking forward to some 205 updates

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Yesterday was birthday no. 42 for me. Had a day at the Amberley Working Museum with wifeypants and my parents. Sadly bad weather and early light fade meant I didn’t get to see the whole place (mainly the trains, buses and cars) but it’s full of every day household and industrial shite and it would be a great place for shiters to meet up post new new lockdown.

 

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Wtf is the last pic? A teleportation chamber? Looks mega, definitely a good location for a meetup

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  On 31/10/2020 at 19:29, Stanky said:

Wtf is the last pic? A teleportation chamber? Looks mega, definitely a good location for a meetup

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ARP warden's post I believe.

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Perhaps a space age thunderbox?  Another vote for that as a meet up place here.  One day.  

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  On 31/10/2020 at 19:29, Stanky said:

Wtf is the last pic? A teleportation chamber? Looks mega, definitely a good location for a meetup

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  On 31/10/2020 at 19:34, Fumbler said:

ARP warden's post I believe.

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  On 31/10/2020 at 19:35, lisbon_road said:

Perhaps a space age thunderbox?  Another vote for that as a meet up place here.  One day.  

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“Portable” air raid shelter. Possibly used for ARP.

It really is a good place and will happily organise a day there. It’s about £13 an adult but will see if they do a discount for a considerable group.

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That looks well awesome that place, deffo up for a meet there next year (hopefully)

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That looks like exactly my sort of place, 500+ miles away though so not exactly round the corner!

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  On 31/10/2020 at 19:57, reb said:

That looks like exactly my sort of place, 500+ miles away though so not exactly round the corner!

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Perhaps I could look into holding a shitefest in this area, and make that a day out?

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