The new news 24 thread

[Dick Cheeseburger]

3 hours ago, Low Horatio gearbox said:

Gah..  not so much 24h more like 3 months of moving house and real life stuff  taking away from my lurking and shitposting..(I did squeeze in a nice car port tho..) mind I managed to help the girlfriend buy a nice Volvo C30 and even managed to buy a rusty old shitter myself (And belive me I have been trying!)

Tell more! I love a 'stang saloon. 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

8 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Tell more! I love a 'stang saloon. 

Allegedly a 1 owner car from California   a raft of bill and invoices going back to 81. Bar a rusty RHS  floorplan- from the inside, ( I guess something spilled and was not noticed as it appears to have had little use )  it's mostly original and un fucked around with. It has hat a truly atrocious  paint job about 14 years ago - sanding mark's, milroblistering, dust, blotches and runs it's got everything !

From all the Bill's and the patina it looks to have been used rarely, money thrown at it every 6-12 months then used as a shelf as almost all of the dings and dents  are in the horispzontal surfaces or from stuff leaning or falling against the sides.

It does make a lovely sound tho and as long as your 10 feet away looks spanky.  It'll be a couple of weeks before it's on the road due to welding and DVLA paperwork  not sure who is more excited for that,   me, the GF or her dad.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

26 minutes ago, Low Horatio gearbox said:

Allegedly a 1 owner car from California   a raft of bill and invoices going back to 81. Bar a rusty RHS  floorplan- from the inside, ( I guess something spilled and was not noticed as it appears to have had little use )  it's mostly original and un fucked around with. It has hat a truly atrocious  paint job about 14 years ago - sanding mark's, milroblistering, dust, blotches and runs it's got everything !

From all the Bill's and the patina it looks to have been used rarely, money thrown at it every 6-12 months then used as a shelf as almost all of the dings and dents  are in the horispzontal surfaces or from stuff leaning or falling against the sides.

It does make a lovely sound tho and as long as your 10 feet away looks spanky.  It'll be a couple of weeks before it's on the road due to welding and DVLA paperwork  not sure who is more excited for that,   me, the GF or her dad.

That sounds like the ultimate buy - solid, lots of paperwork and plenty of info on its past and generally looked after. Shite paint jobs can be corrected fairly easily in contrast to chasing ginger bits. 

Got a thread on it? 

[Aston Martin]

You always see 2001 K11's as learner driver cars.

 

They must be a front.

[N19]

On 8/31/2021 at 10:25 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

You need to have them on a chain hung round the neck. Now that's "old person"

A few years ago at work I used to do this with safety specs. I was based in the office but was in and out of the workshops and a couple of building sites at work. Old before my time (story of my life).

[DVee8]

1 hour ago, N19 said:

A few years ago at work I used to do this with safety specs. I was based in the office but was in and out of the workshops and a couple of building sites at work. Old before my time (story of my life).

Like so

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

The civic i bought off here november last year, was delivered and sat there until today

 

Mot time.

A pass. Advisories as expected, tyres, wipers.

Slight chip; in screen.

Corrosion on rear suspension is miles better than most of this age 

Brakes is just not been used for 11 months. Just surface rust.

Anti roll bar links, i recon they will be fine for sometime me yet 

Well pleased overall.

 

 

[N19]

1 hour ago, DVee8 said:

Like so

I did at one point, on a cdm site in summer, have a hard hat with a battery powered extract fan attached...

[stuboy]

Missus sister car kinda failed its mot....

 

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

I received an exciting box for the Audi today.

[bobdisk]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I received an exciting box for the Audi today.

Well, whats in it then ❓ 🤔

 

[Fumbler]

Coming back home and there's a horrible grindy groaning from the BX's front whenever I go over the slightest undulations in the road. It only happens at 30MPH and less, but it never happened when I bought the car. You can hear the groan and feel the graunching through the floor... sounds expensive. I wonder if the offside strut is about to give out.

I am starting to get the urge to sell it before it decided to break on me for sure and really.

[Ghosty]

Is there anyone on here that does, or knows someone that does exterior body welding? I need the Civic's rear arches welding up at some point (and I can provide the repair sections), but I want a top-notch job doing of them to do the rest of the car justice.

[Dyslexic Viking]

59 minutes ago, bobdisk said:

Well, whats in it then ❓ 🤔

Is more in my Audi thread.

[MJK 24]

Check the mileage of this old Mercedes online.  And if you’re bone idle like me and can’t be bothered, it’s 565,000!

[3VOM]

New wheels - can someone put it the right way up, please?

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by brownnova
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[brownnova]

15 minutes ago, 3VOM said:

can someone put it the right way up, please?

And as if by magic… 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

30 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

Check the mileage of this old Mercedes online.  And if you’re bone idle like me and can’t be bothered, it’s 565,000!

The Thai that binds

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, 3VOM said:

New wheels - can someone put it the right way up, please?

 

That's a bonny E39 indeed.

[HMC]

2 hours ago, MJK 24 said:

Check the mileage of this old Mercedes online.  And if you’re bone idle like me and can’t be bothered, it’s 565,000!

What have the merc stars been replaced with on the boot and mudflaps? I can’t figure out what symbol it is.

[Ghosty]

50 minutes ago, HMC said:

What have the merc stars been replaced with on the boot and mudflaps? I can’t figure out what symbol it is.

Thai Airlines badge, it was in the FB comments. Goes with the plate, like. 

 

[High Jetter]

If it's connected to an International Airline, why has it had to do so many miles? They could have flown instead.

[Broadsword]

On 8/31/2021 at 9:33 PM, Broadsword said:

*Hears scraping noise at 60 mph* what’s that then…

Ah, right…

 

PS.. I’m looking for a cheap pair of exhaust back boxes as of right now, in case anyone has any lying around (good used would do)!

[Ghosty]

Looks like the Rover's leaving me as an extremely trustworthy party has made an offer I can't refuse. 

[EightMegs]

This will be me in November because my friend's TownAce needs all of the bushes in the suspension replaced. Should be fun.

[wuvvum]

7 hours ago, stuboy said:

Missus sister car kinda failed its mot....

 

 

Wait, what?  "Nearside rear valve stem seriously damaged"???

[gm]

had me puzzled too but I suspect it refers to tyre valves not engine valves  

[wuvvum]

Ah, that'd make sense.

[Low Horatio gearbox]

More shonky car purchasing...  the GF was super excited to win it. :D

[stuboy]

Last minute dash with sisters, brother not communicating to each other ment mot failure to be parked at my place, my galaxy to be used by future mrs stuboy, her old focus princess chariot given to her sister so she can get to work tommorow, but the pink 5 spoke wheels HAD to come off, so there s me rushing like a mad man trying to please everyone involved... all I got was moaned at, and realisation my left hand/wrist is too painfull to pickup heavy stuff.🥲🥲🥲🥲