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[stuboy]

2 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Bombsite dealer's favourite 😉

i used it for years then tried various spray on.. pump on tyre jizz sprays and gone back to this..

[brownnova]

3 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

That is awesome. Have you bought it yet?

I need to go back and have a proper look when I’m not suited from work. I could feel some grot, and I would want to investigate how far that went. 
 

3 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

I think they’re quite expensive for what they are, or maybe owners have an inflated opinion of values.

I also think this may be a sticking point. My opinion of value and his were some way apart. He seemed fixated that the number plate would be worth something too… Although as a trader I think he was torn between making more money and having this ancient hulk that doesn’t fit his norm on site for ages! 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

11 hours ago, stuboy said:

Splashed out on a litre of tyre paint, love this stuff tyre walls that get discoloured by dirt.. sun.. and other rubber things like mud flaps etc etc

I last used that stuff in 1993. One of the garage lads used to flick a can of five wheel steel over the wheels on some of the forecourt cars during prep and I had to clean the mess up with this stuff. I didn't realise it still existed!

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

I need to go back and have a proper look when I’m not suited from work. I could feel some grot, and I would want to investigate how far that went. 
 

I also think this may be a sticking point. My opinion of value and his were some way apart. He seemed fixated that the number plate would be worth something too… Although as a trader I think he was torn between making more money and having this ancient hulk that doesn’t fit his norm on site for ages! 

V5 will say for sure (check the special notes section) but given this is highly likely V765 Jobby, im pretty sure the registration mark is non transferable, which is probably how it still has its original plate!

perhaps you can check the V5 for this and then use it to shoot down his number plate fantasies and haggle the price to a suitable level and then buy it  

I think its a charming looking thing, in the way they sort of look like a 1950's car/London Taxi that someones had to draw for a cartoon/as a caricature  and thus over-exaggerated it all a bit LOL

[Popsicle]

6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

And am I the only one who loves the smell of new tires and shiny and nice steel rims?

No, I also love the smell of new tyres, I used to do deliveries for Pirelli years ago, the smell from the tyres in the warehouse was wonderful to me. The smell takes me back to being a little kid again and going out with my dad, he was a tyre fitter on the big machinery at the pits in the 70's, used to go with him on weekend callouts, down to the tyre warehouse, there were thousands of tyres in there from little Mini tyres to huge earthmovers that towered over little old me, he'd load the big buggers on with the hiab onto the flatbed truck and off we'd trundle, I absolutely loved it.

I also like a nice plain black or silver steel wheel - Mrs Popsicle reckons I'm a boring old fart!

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

And am I the only one who loves the smell of new tires

For most folk this smell just signifies the feeling of being dry bummed in the a Kwik fit waiting area 

[Metal Guru]

8 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

The modern needed new summer tires and a set of rims and since it was difficult to find used and new steel rims here in Norway, I had to buy new ones online. The only site I found steel rims and tires was on a website belonging to Delticom in Germany with mixed reviews, but I took the chance and bought from there. So 3 nervous weeks later where the wheels disappeared a week in tracking  they were delivered and I'm relieved.

So far everything looks good, it was also positive that the Toyo tires were made in Japan, all that remains is that they fit the car as they should and the tpms works, which I will know in about 6 weeks. So if it does, I will buy from them again.

And am I the only one who loves the smell of new tires and shiny and nice steel rims?

And the tire size is 155/70R13 if anyone is wondering which is nice and also cheap.

That’s about the same as my space saver spare. I’ve not had a car on 155 tyres since 1984.

[Mally]

5 hours ago, MikeR said:

https://www.qlocal.co.uk/southport/news_list/Ormskirk_Motorfest_is_back!-55062092.htm

Ormskirk motorfest .

 

I've never been, but it's supposed to be good. They close the road and have a parade, including Stock Cars driving down the street.

[MikeR]

5 hours ago, Mally said:

I've never been, but it's supposed to be good. They close the road and have a parade, including Stock Cars driving down the street.

its just in the school grounds this time , but it is quite a big school , , however that said the same happened to the Woodvale show when it moved and its now gone

[SiC]

9 hours ago, brownnova said:

He seemed fixated that the number plate would be worth something too

Remind him that a MOT is required.

 

[BorniteIdentity]

I'd have the plate off it @brownnovaif it's tranferrable, just so I can put it on something completely inappropriate like an Audi Q7 then drive around with a vape constantly on the go whilst wearing a North Face jacket or whatever.

[HMC]

Speed bumps not familiar territory to Austin 7- bumping over it has shaken the exhaust to pieces !

[High Jetter]

I'd love you to drive it into a Kwik Fit or similar 'while-U-wait'* exhaust place and see their reaction! 🤣

[Ghosty]

Admiral have settled market value on the dead Civic. 

 

£5548. 

 

😳

[HMC]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Speed bumps not familiar territory to Austin 7- bumping over it has shaken the exhaust to pieces !

Just shoved it back up the sleeved bit of the section further upstream with one hand. Felt like it weighted nothing, about as wide as a household water pipe. Probably wants some paste and the clamp nipping up. 

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

I'd love you to drive it into a Kwik Fit or similar 'while-U-wait'* exhaust place and see their reaction! 🤣

We've sorted your exhaust, but your brake discs are knackered, mate...

[Rust Collector]

Time to go see the extended family via the worst form of transport possible:

Supplies to make things more bearable:

It was our baby’s first time flying (sorry everyone else onboard). He was ok to be fair:

Hello Austria:

Let it be known that if you need a baggage trolley in Vienna airport and you have no europe tokens, 10p will sort you out:

We are en route to family now where I’m told a loan car awaits me. I can’t wait, I hope it’s awful!

[vulgalour]

Getting that rear wing off was slightly scary since it required an angle grinder in a tight space very close to my face.  If it had been bolts I could at least have stood a chance of just torquing the heads off, but no, more fine thread flat head screws instead which were, predictably, rust blobs.  Still, it's off and I can get access to the rust I need to repair loads easier now both on the car and the rear wing.  Hoping for decent weather this weekend so I can blitz this corner and get it all lovely again, there weren't any horrors hiding, which was nice, and almost everything I need to replace is flat panels that I now have really good access to.  This is the bad side too, so I'm hoping when I move on to the other side it goes a lot quicker and easier.

[wuvvum]

For some unfathomable* reason, the local population of smol flies seems to have taken a shine to my MG.

So much so, in fact, that many of them are making sweet love on the boot lid. 

So here you go, have some hardcore midge porn to brighten up your day.

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

For some unfathomable* reason, the local population of smol flies seems to have taken a shine to my MG.

So much so, in fact, that many of them are making sweet love on the boot lid. 

So here you go, have some hardcore midge porn to brighten up your day.

Because Yellow!

In my experience insects love yellow cars and come to think of it T shirts as well.

[HMC]

Love the invisible-ness of the focus. I’ve dodged out of a works do And gone to an adjacent establishment. Austin 7 would have been an obvious indicator, but not the focus. Stealth mode.

[HMC]

Actually i don’t really Like the styling of the mk2 focus. The original was remarkable because it didn’t really follow a trend, but the mk2 takes that ethos and trashes it by making a squashed version of the original.
 

I’m hoping that by being simply a great appliance/painless to own  it will grow on me. I need a bankable foot soldier to save me from myself.

[camryv6]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Because Yellow!

In my experience insects love yellow cars and come to think of it T shirts as well.

Can you get T shirts to fit an insect 😕

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

For some unfathomable* reason, the local population of smol flies seems to have taken a shine to my MG.

So much so, in fact, that many of them are making sweet love on the boot lid. 

So here you go, have some hardcore midge porn to brighten up your day.

Welcome to life with a yellow car.  It was the one aspect of my Metro which was really annoying.  Trying to get it waxed or polished was always a continual battle against the local insect population.

[artdjones]

Lobe 1 on a 1.9TDi camshaft, basically the top is missing. On a Seat Leon belonging to a young lady we know. Still, not that terrible a job to do.

[dome]

59 minutes ago, HMC said:

Actually i don’t really Like the styling of the mk2 focus. The original was remarkable because it didn’t really follow a trend, but the mk2 takes that ethos and trashes it by making a squashed version of the original.
 

I’m hoping that by being simply a great appliance/painless to own  it will grow on me. I need a bankable foot soldier to save me from myself.

I've tried this approach a few times but it never really works for me. I hope it does for you!

[Rust Collector]

Since arriving with family at lunch time I have been subjected to The Never Ending Meal (TM),  and continuous pints and shots. I don’t think I’m getting anywhere near looking at a loan car tonight. Send thoughts and prayers for future me.

Ive just been asked if I’d like more food, and been given another shot 🤣

[richardmorris]

21 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

When I have been there not many stalls. There is an oil shop.

A few food vendors but queues. 

He called me this morning, quite excited to show the car- the stand theme this April is “wedges” apparently. Comes with the offer of two free tickets and need to be at Bicester heritage for 9am. 

[Six-cylinder]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

He called me this morning, quite excited to show the car- the stand theme this April is “wedges” apparently. Comes with the offer of two free tickets and need to be at Bicester heritage for 9am. 

Great, I would grab the opportunity.

Would he want a black wedge on the same deal?

[richardmorris]

8 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Great, I would grab the opportunity.

Would be want a black wedge on the same deal?

I’ll text him if you like? I do like those bertone Ferraris- and we share door handles!

just the small matter of getting the car down from north wales for the first time since 2019!