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[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

We need a pez station shot when you pick it up.

"You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires - posthaste!"

[mat777]

5 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Model T? Alfa? Pug?

 

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

We need a pez station shot when you pick it up.

Neither of you are too far wrong, however it's a big Cadillac! Plan is (once a few other projects are out the way) to get it running and driving, get it road registered and then race it with the VSCC Edwardian section! Won't quite keep up with the big Darracq and the Fiat S76, but 50hp in just over a tonne ought to be more than sufficient to be exciting for that level of roadholding and brakes ...

[Schaefft]

11 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Tonight I have been watching a youtube channel "Itchy Boots" about a Dutch lady traveling through Morocco on a Motorcycle. Sometimes she lets her video camera show us the road ahead, I nearly fell off my chair when a Citroen ami electric came into view, I wasn't expecting that!

Morocco really isn't as backwards as most might think although driving an electric car there definitely is a choice. The street scenes outside of the bigger cities are much more interesting though.

[mitsisigma01]

19 hours ago, Lankytim said:

I still don’t understand why car designers are allowed to design cars where it’s impossible to change things like light bulbs. Guys on Facebook said this was a 5 min job, nope. Bumper off time! 
 

I thought I’d been smart and just pulled back the driver’s side of the bumper to pull the headlight out. Replacing the bumper was impossible at this angle so the whole lot had to be removed. What a pain! I think my neighbours heard me swearing and peeped around the net curtains to see my waving my fist at the sky too. Embarrassing. 

 

Makes you laugh fume when it's compulsory to have a full set of spare bulbs onboard so you can do it at the roadside, great safety feature 😕

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Makes you laugh fume when it's compulsory to have a full set of spare bulbs onboard so you can do it at the roadside, great safety feature 😕

Laugh even more when you luckily* find that a previous owner just cut a chunk out the wheel liner to swap the bulbs and never covered it over.

[GingerNuttz]

[Split_Pin]

26 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said:

Is that still the same Saab you'd hoped to get finished by yesterday? 

[GingerNuttz]

3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Is that still the same Saab you'd hoped to get finished by yesterday? 

It's leaving Sunday 🤣

I've only got a couple of little bits to weld now, that back bit is done as of 3pm and the front bits is ready just to seam.

By the time I finish tonight I'll have near 46 hours in this and I've still the front drivers arch to have a poke at, 12 holes on passenger side and 3 on the drivers so far.

Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf.

[Split_Pin]

5 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said:

It's leaving Sunday 🤣

I've only got a couple of little bits to weld now, that back bit is done as of 3pm and the front bits is ready just to seam.

By the time I finish tonight I'll have near 46 hours in this and I've still the front drivers arch to have a poke at, 12 holes on passenger side and 3 on the drivers so far.

Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf.

They don't* make them like they used to, although I guess this one must have about 20 years on mine.

[GingerNuttz]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

They don't* make them like they used to, although I guess this one must have about 20 years on mine.

Tack welds and filling over holes has led to it being as bad as it is, I've had to make a whole bottom for the front of the wing yesterday since they just filled holes. 

Yours is clean underneath for its age, both are from what I can remember.

This is what a garage told Gary it needed done 

Must have been looked over by Stevie Wonder 🤣

[Split_Pin]

They probably handed that note over and ran away very fast. 

[Zelandeth]

Have you poked the bottom of the driveshaft tunnels to find they're made entirely of underseal yet?

[Split_Pin]

I seem to recall @bunglebus was welding a friends 900 as well a wee while ago. I think he had a great time 🙈

[GingerNuttz]

The driveshaft tunnels have been welded but I think they cut bits from another car then threw some pigeon shit at em .

[GingerNuttz]

It still needs a door skin and that but it's not coming back in till I clear my feet with the Manta and Rover, I just had some bills I had to pay and I'm not working atm so I couldn't turn it away.

Seen some shit this old boat.

[Split_Pin]

I guess it's long overdue due some love.

[cort1977]

2 hours ago, GingerNuttz said:

Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf.

They all say that, M8. 

[stuboy]

Spent the morning with ford being shown how to change door mirrors, headlights, rear lights, bulbs and other possible serviceable part for the new fleet..

[SiC]

3 hours ago, GingerNuttz said:

Only took it on so I could pay some bills but the poor guy didn't think it was this bad, neither did I tbf.

Want another Dolomite to work on next?

 

 

 

 

Thought not 🤣

[GingerNuttz]

16 minutes ago, SiC said:

Want another Dolomite to work on next?

 

 

 

 

Thought not 🤣

[catsinthewelder]

13 hours ago, stuboy said:

Spent the morning with ford being shown how to change doors, A posts, cylinder heads and other possible serviceable part for the new fleet..

EFA

 

[lesapandre]

Passport chaos : 

Check your passport folks - and fast track a replacement if needed before this strike starts as it sounds absolute chaos unless strike is called off - unless you can afford a wait. Its bad enough normally.

Remember for the EU passport must be issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the country (check the 'date of issue') and be valid for at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave (check the 'expiry date') - check the .gov website for full details.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64981979

[andyberg]

We are going away in May. About a week after the 10 week estimated time, before the strike. So I paid another £60 for a passport interview. Went to Newport, 5 mins interview, she looked at my application and photos, took my old passport and that was it. New passport arrived less than a week later. In my opinion well worth the money to save you from the stress. Will do again with my son.

[lesapandre]

Yup I would recommend that too as BBC reports strike could cause a 1M backlog which will takes weeks to clear.

[horriblemercedes]

I renewed my passport in the normal way when the 10 week delay was going on. I had the new one within two weeks

[Pat Earrings]

It’s back!

[Split_Pin]

Always a great feeling! Welcome back!

[Split_Pin]

I had a chat with my wife yesterday afternoon as I could tell over the last week that she isn't entirely comfortable with the TT. She didn't want to tell me as she felt bad as I had gone to a lot of trouble to get it but the truth is that its an excuse to buy another car. As such she was surprised by my rather cheery response.

She didn't like my Clio 172 as it was too fast and raucous and whilst the TT is a lot more refined, she doesn't like that it constantly wants to headbutt the horizon. Basically it's a bit mental for her. It is really fast. The Clio wasn't an issue as it was my driver but the TT is her daily so I want to get her something she's comfortable in. 

The easy part is that I want to find her a MK1 non S Bini as I think it will be perfect.

The hard but also fun part is what to sell. The 75 and Cav are out because it took me 3 examples before I found these and I've really taken a notion for the Saab again. Equally though, I've only had the TT 5 minutes and would like to own it for a while longer.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Pat Earrings said:

It’s back!

A homing bluebird!

[SRi05]

57 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I had a chat with my wife yesterday afternoon as I could tell over the last week that she isn't entirely comfortable with the TT. She didn't want to tell me as she felt bad as I had gone to a lot of trouble to get it but the truth is that its an excuse to buy another car. As such she was surprised by my rather cheery response.

She didn't like my Clio 172 as it was too fast and raucous and whilst the TT is a lot more refined, she doesn't like that it constantly wants to headbutt the horizon. Basically it's a bit mental for her. It is really fast. The Clio wasn't an issue as it was my driver but the TT is her daily so I want to get her something she's comfortable in. 

The easy part is that I want to find her a MK1 non S Bini as I think it will be perfect.

The hard but also fun part is what to sell. The 75 and Cav are out because it took me 3 examples before I found these and I've really taken a notion for the Saab again. Equally though, I've only had the TT 5 minutes and would like to own it for a while longer.

CASH WAITING M7