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[Split_Pin]

Nice one @Datsuncog! Thats also a good choice of beer.

[JMotor]

Good result that @Datsuncog.

Yeah, I'd keep the 'Rolla going for as long as you can.

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Thats also a good choice of beer.

I'll second that! That or Kirin Ichiban 👍.

 

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Nice one @Datsuncog! Thats also a good choice of beer.

Cheers dude! Felt it was appropriate, given the Corolla's ancestry. Have had a soft spot for it ever since staying at a hotel in Tokyo which very conveniently had an Asahi vending machine opposite our room...

Although looking closer at the bottle, the stuff they sell in Asda is brewed in Italy by Peroni - so does that make it the Nissan Cherry Europe/ Alfa Arna of the beer aisle?

A few years ago I managed to get hold of a few bottles of Asahi Black. Now that was really good, but haven't seen it on the shelves again - well worth it if you can find it.

[reb]

I can now confirm riding a fucked old 50cc moped with a wobbly front wheel and a blowing exhaust at WOT up and down farm tracks is, put simply, fucking hilarious.

Video to follow.

[reb]

https://youtube.com/shorts/UWm_L6J0UQ8?feature=share

[brownnova]

OMGSNOKAOS today… 

[HMC]

It’s totally dodged us here on the western part of Dartmoor. Plenty of rain and drizzle instead, as usual.

[Justwatching]

56 minutes ago, brownnova said:

OMGSNOKAOS today… 

 

[captain_70s]

On 3/4/2023 at 2:08 PM, HillmanImp said:

Oh my. RHD too. 

Just saw the build pics for this on teh Facebooks. Well worth a gander.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vUu6F275eykWGAUS6FWSWpzCSP4jUH9K27zAiPGVTgQj3ZvBWE2MpvYXjmGKBk3ql&id=594616955

[HillmanImp]

12 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

Just saw the build pics for this on teh Facebooks. Well worth a gander.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vUu6F275eykWGAUS6FWSWpzCSP4jUH9K27zAiPGVTgQj3ZvBWE2MpvYXjmGKBk3ql&id=594616955

Thats a mental amount of work to then just smash up in a few minutes isn't it?

If it makes him happy, thats good but I'd just buy a Mondeo.

Impressive stuff though. 

[mercedade]

That's brilliant. No notes. 

[stuboy]

Did anyone else catch tonight's car sos... yeah many say mundane mondeo but it was such a great show.. and car looked fabulous 

[SiC]

A good example showing how beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

It's... unique. 

Did they convert a standard car into that blue one with a front shovel?

[RoverFolkUs]

It's like they run out of their budget for that lower lip, it looks shit and unfinished, and very much an afterthought to me. A shame because the rest of it looks the part 

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Just saw the build pics for this on teh Facebooks. Well worth a gander.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vUu6F275eykWGAUS6FWSWpzCSP4jUH9K27zAiPGVTgQj3ZvBWE2MpvYXjmGKBk3ql&id=594616955

given the amount of work that went into that as @HillmanImp says seems a shame to then smash it all up! I mean it probably would not have taken much more effort to then just punt it through an IVA and get it road registered as funky re-platformed Panhard  

however I cant help but think this sounds a bit sketchy? I mean its not like its a *BEEP* where you had to surrender the chassis plate to the DHSS upon withdrawal/scrapping

so why would it be missing its Identity? anyone have a Panhard go missing I wonder? or was it a genuine rotten barn find, that someone then used its RHD bits and VIN plate to ring a good LHD import? (still somewhat dodgy LOL)

[Split_Pin]

I saw the video of that being raced, I think it'll go another round.

[Sunny Jim]

Left home at 5.30am to try and get to a hospital appointment in Liverpool for 8.30.

That ain't happening then. 

Made it a couple of miles in the Skoda before having to admit defeat. A cold walk home but at least the fire was still lit when I got in and now I have a day off to look forward to.

[brownnova]

Yeah, think I’ll be staying home… 

[wuvvum]

Just a lot of wind and rain here...

[andy18s]

No more snow for us it seems

[wuvvum]

Blizzard conditions here now.  It's not laying though.

[wuvvum]

It's laying now.  Journey home from the office should be fun*.

[BorniteIdentity]

Saw this over on FB and it made me smile.  TBH - any shitty remark about BL makes me smile

Right up there with my favourite Arthur Daley line:  "You're more wicked than British Leyland"

[andyberg]

Ah bollocks....

[reb]

Went to see the Volvo for the first time since the day after the crash in October, it's been at a mate's yard since the police released it.

It took it well, and I think I was probably going slower at the point of impact with the wall than I'd remembered. I was not in a good way mentally that day and there's lots of gaps in my memory.

Should be allowed to drive again quite soon after being released from hospital nearly 3 months ago. We're taking it up to my house this afternoon, I'll be able to potter away doing bits and pieces over the next few weeks.

[RoverFolkUs]

Anyone ever seen a spring break into 4 pieces before 😂

It's a first for me!

[GingerNuttz]

Green. 

De nib and a polish and it's fuckin done. 

 

 

 

[grogee]

Having to work in the same room as the washing machine has given me murderous thoughts, but somehow YouTube read my mind and recommended this excellent video. If you ever wondered what happens if you put a crankshaft in a washing machine, wonder no more:

 

[Bren]

Investigating the rover's cold start issues. The coolant temp sensor is not the original - the part where the socket/spanner fits is not brass - it's plastic. Removal is fraught with risk. I checked the resistance bearing in mind it is warmer today than yesterday - it was what I expected.

I cleaned the terminals on the coil, amplifier on the dizzy, coolant temp sensor, thermotime switch, air flow meter, power resistor, battery connections and earths.

I moved the flap on the air flow meter - I could hear the pump energise.

First turn of the key and the engine burst into life. I detected a slight miss so I need to check I have fitted the plug leads correctly.

Sadly my attempt at bleeding the brakes was toss - still spongy as a spongy thing.