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[richardmorris]

drive it day tomorrow.  I am joining other 2cvs in a Thames riverside trip from Henley to chertsey.

if you’ve an old car and want to tag along we’re meeting at toad hall garden centre in Henley from 10 am.

[wuvvum]

I've just put down a deposit on what will be the most expensive car I've ever bought (inflation aside).  It's also modern, diesel and slightly broken.  WCPGW?

[GMcD]

Cleaned, rotary polished and waxed the 1100 this afternoon.

Didn't go mental with the polish as the paint isn't the best. Pictures flatter, but I think it turned out well.

This evening I put £40 of super unleaded into it at 1.67p litre. 

My brain still can't comprehend that super is 10p less than run of the mill diesel I put in the Navara. 

[Split_Pin]

That is looking splendid.

[wuvvum]

It must be spring...

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Nice day for it.

Just a prelude of things to come...

[vulgalour]

Lanchester reflector colour test now I've got the light units working.  I'd say the chrome paint is the brighter option here.

[Split_Pin]

My wife has just discovered this morning that the black Saab DOES have comfort hood open! @Jazoli will be delighted*

[Jazoli]

25 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

My wife has just discovered this morning that the black Saab DOES have comfort hood open! @Jazoli will be delighted*

Vid please, and yes I'm fucking overjoyed 🤔

[Split_Pin]

Will do one when we get back home. It was a bit flaky at first , you have to hold the button down really firmly.

[Ohdearme]

In answer to the question nobody except Mrs ODM is asking…will a £10 eBay win of a 2m by 3m shed fit in an Espace…

 

Yes…but nobody said it had to go back together🤞🤞🤞

[Split_Pin]

2x free Astra G petrol radiators on my scrap pile if anyone wants them, one for post 01 and one for pre 01 models. Brand new, just out the box this morning.

Bought in error about 15 years ago, nobody wants them so the scrap man is coming tomorrow afternoon together with a pile of other dross. 

Bonnybridge, Central Scotland if anyone wants them before then.

 

[Cord Fourteener]

Turns out that when your fuel gauge doesn't work you can run out of petrol easier. 

Fortunately I got my old Volvo home but now it won't start. I did wonder why the mot station put fuel in... but only a tenners. Doesn't go far on a tenners worth  apparently. 

[Zelandeth]

35 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Turns out that when your fuel gauge doesn't work you can run out of petrol easier. 

Fortunately I got my old Volvo home but now it won't start. I did wonder why the mot station put fuel in... but only a tenners. Doesn't go far on a tenners worth  apparently. 

Given two 5 litre cans cost me £24 a couple of weeks ago, it wouldn't!

[richardmorris]

Lovely scenic drive from Henley this morning, a good turnout from the Surrey madhatters, Pompey puddleducks, Thames Tortoises and Berkshire royals.

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Ohdearme said:

In answer to the question nobody except Mrs ODM is asking…will a £10 eBay win of a 2m by 3m shed fit in an Espace…

 

Yes…but nobody said it had to go back together🤞🤞🤞

I did that to get a similar sized freebie summer house in my Hijet van, 5 years and a house move ago. It's still in my lock-up. 

[Split_Pin]

Good news:

@Jazoli

This is a great feature on a hot day.

 

[Split_Pin]

Not so good news:

I was kind of expecting this on at least one of the 93 Cabs as they all go there. The red one was slightly crusty on the offside but OK, and spotless on the nearside.

The black one was fine on the nearside but it's weakened on the drivers side.

On both cars I pulled out lots of caked mud here, clearly a poor design.

The rest of the underside looks great though so absolutely worth sorting out.

[Jazoli]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Good news:

@Jazoli

This is a great feature on a hot day.

 

FFS  I tried and tried that 😕

Front tyre looks low!

 

[Split_Pin]

1 minute ago, Jazoli said:

FFS  I tried and tried that 😕

Front tyre looks low!

 

I know I thought that the first day I brought home, it's just because the wheels have been turned to the straight on position to get it where it sits. Pressure is good. Every car my wife has had looks like that in its spot 🤣

[chaseracer]

Because I couldn't be at Cadwell this weekend, I was determined to give the Dyane a run on Drive-It Day.  So earlier, a pleasant couple of hours were spent randomly thrashing around mid-Staffs with the roof off.  Saw a TR5, something vintage, some classic motorcycles on a jolly, and a late-60s Dodge Charger.

Have since failed to changed the brake pads and fit the new sun blind!

[richardmorris]

57 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Because I couldn't be at Cadwell this weekend, I was determined to give the Dyane a run on Drive-It Day.  So earlier, a pleasant couple of hours were spent randomly thrashing around mid-Staffs with the roof off.  Saw a TR5, something vintage, some classic motorcycles on a jolly, and a late-60s Dodge Charger.

Have since failed to changed the brake pads and fit the new sun blind!

We saw a few nice things en-route. I particularly liked the well worn Austin heavy 10? ( gumdrop) with

the “ Arouga”swan necked bulb horn. A few MGs, a silver birch DB5, Capri, some American cars, the roof chopped CX surf thing. Lots of people in normal cars waved too. 

[Bren]

Lots of classics on the A548 in north wales - mk 1 essy, capri, cortina - saw an xj6 as well.

Felt sorry for the owner of the blue maxi on the hard shoulder of the M56.

I felt ashamed at the SD1 languishing in the garage - when I got home I fitted the copper brake pipes I made months ago.

[Yoss]

Was watching this Škoda on ebay, just out of curiosity of course. 

With 42 minutes left it was on about £1800. I went away to do other things, when I came back... 

The world truly has gone mad. I think I've missed the boat on these now. 

[Split_Pin]

That's mad.

They are very cool cars but if I was going to wazz 5 large over a retro Iron Curtain car it would be a minty Lada or something. 

I've seen some crazy prices for FSO Polonez as well although they are at least quite fast.

[RoverFolkUs]

58 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Was watching this Škoda on ebay, just out of curiosity of course. 

With 42 minutes left it was on about £1800. I went away to do other things, when I came back... 

The world truly has gone mad. I think I've missed the boat on these now. 

"How do you double the value of a Skoda?"

"Fill it with fuel"

The joke from that era no longer applies it seems! Ignoring inflation, a 130 GL would have been about 4 grand ish new I think?

[stuboy]

14 hours ago, Yoss said:

Was watching this Škoda on ebay, just out of curiosity of course. 

With 42 minutes left it was on about £1800. I went away to do other things, when I came back... 

The world truly has gone mad. I think I've missed the boat on these now. 

i papped that few years ago

[wuvvum]

As it was Drive It Day today I took the Mazda for a spin round the local back roads.

That's as far back as the roof wanted to go.

Then I took the Renault 6 to the seaside.

I didn't stay long as I didn't want it to dissolve.  It's running fine, just as it always seems to, and in the 10-mile run I overtook three dawdling Sunday drivers.  The front offside brake caliper was a bit sticky but that's usual when it's been sat for a while - I'm going to try to see if I can get some grease into the sliders without dismantling the caliper as it's not going to come off the car without a fight.

I spent some time this afternoon investigating the driver's door latch on the Maxus.  It'd been behaving oddly - it was getting hard to get the door to close properly, it'd occasionally pop open when I was driving, and the interior lock button and external lock werehaving an identity crisis - instead of locking the door, pressing down on the button or turning the key made the door open, so the van couldn't be locked.  Turned out the issue was that the lever which the external door handle acts on (which then pulls on a cable going up to the catch mechanism - very Heath Robinson, but then it is an LDV) wasn't returning properly when the handle was released.  Lots of GT85, spray grease and working it backwards and forwards has got it better than it was - it's still not 100% but once the door is shut it can be persuaded to return to its resting position with a couple of good thumps on the door, following which the door can be locked - so that'll do for now.

Did a bit more work to the Mobylette as well - it now has a front brake for the first time in about 20 years, which has reminded me just how fucked the headstock bearings are - I'm going to have to do something about those at some point.  It almost has a working choke too - the new cable is all fitted and ready to go but I've lost one of the ferrules off the outer cable so it's not sitting in the choke lever properly - that's an easy enough fix though.  I also got the universal Chinese switch cluster fitted - now all I need to do is work out which wire is which, I tried taking the thing to pieces but still couldn't really see where all the wires were going so I'm going to email the seller and hope they can help.

[hairnet]

came back from anglesey on the bike

saw a gilbern

 

[reb]

Got a job to do disks and pads and a service on a 2006 Octavia. I wanted to wait until the weekend but the owner is concerned the brakes are on their way out. I had a look and they're a bit low but have a decent amount left in them. I think he's just not used to the Octavia compared to the Citigo he had before.