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13 hours ago, wuvvum said:

It seems that the battery I thought was on its way out is actually OK after I put it on the charger overnight last weekend - I've taken to disconnecting the live terminal when I leave the van to stop it draining, but I reconnected it today after it'd sat for a week and the van fired straight up.  So that's saved me having to fork out for a new battery, which is a bonus.

Try one of these - had same trouble with our van (some sort of intermittent parasitic drain) so fitted one ....
Durite Battery Isolator Switch With Removable Key On/Off positions

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16 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I managed to have a pretty productive weekend for a change. 
 

Ambers grandparents asked me to take their 50” LED flat screen TV to the tip for them as they’d knocked it against a wall which pushed the HDMI cable and snapped the socket off the board. I looked on eBay and there’s a complete main board on there for £10 but I found a HDMI - Scart converter so tried that and it works perfect. Obviously quality isn’t quite as good but for a free ‘fix’ I’ll take it. Bought a wall mount for £16 and stuck it on our bedroom wall. Massive (literally) upgrade from the 23” one we’ve had for years.

Next on the list was the X5, it was running cool which on the M57 is a common problem 

thats a problem cos its quite a long way from norfolk *shit scouse joke alert :D

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It was my birthday yesterday so I had a chill out weekend. Mrs SiC struggles to comprehend that idea so tried booking the day up for us to both see her friend. 🤦‍♂️

Anyway on Saturday we went to a country life museum.
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Wondered around Tiverton. Lovely buildings intertwined with a sorry looking town centre.
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Drove back home up the A38. The roads around Somerset/Devon are absolutely filthy at the moment.
Took the TT to scrub the tyres in. The handling is vastly improved with decent rubber now on it.

Also saw this quirky RHD Yank on the Saturday morning on the streets of Clevedon
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Yesterday we had lunch in Priddy and then to Wells for a wander and Ice Cream.
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Finally the Engine pallet has been picked up today to head northbound to its new home. Was supposed to have gone on Friday but useless couriers.

Going to find a scrapman to pick up the remains of the Dolomite carcass. Even if I don't get money for it, I just want it gone from the drive now.
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I have finally reached 500 subs on my You Tube  channel. 

Finding time to release new videos has been challenging but I hope to do more once the lighter nights allow some shite spannering again.

The funniest thing is that my buyer's guide for MK3 Cavaliers helped someone buy a good example. I know its a decent example because I subsequently and unknowingly bought  that same car blind from ebay and it wasn't until I sent him a picture of it outside my house that he recognised the surroundings from my videos!

 

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17 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I have finally reached 500 subs on my You Tube  channel. 

Finding time to release new videos has been challenging but I hope to do more once the lighter nights allow some shite spannering again.

The funniest thing is that my buyer's guide for MK3 Cavaliers helped someone buy a good example. I know its a decent example because I subsequently and unknowingly bought  that same car blind from ebay and it wasn't until I sent him a picture of it outside my house that he recognised the surroundings from my videos!

 

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Congrats mate. Subscribed to your account as well. :)

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Very sweet video of a summers day and the 1979 Daimler and Lanchester Owners Club Rally - this would have been shot probably on 'Super 8' and has been transferred to video.

I ran a few of the stately 50's cars regs through the DVLA car tax checker and have found few still on the road - either out of tax 30 years + or the reg on a  modern. 

Oh dear - just shows that even cars in enthusiast preservation are understandably subject to continuing high attrition over 40+ years - just like all the pictured Stans, Rays and Bills who owned them.

And me... I was in my teens then and now in my 60's.

I did not run all the car regs through... so maybe a few more survive or in a dusty shed under a sheet. Here is hoping.

 

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Bodge of the day… 

Needed a number plate for the trailer, but didn’t want to fork out for what’s likely to be a one off use. So I found an old front number plate in the garage and painted using our kitchen’s yellow paint. Bought some stick on letters/numbers for £3… 

Result… 

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That’ll do… 5 and 7 a little wonky… but that’s ok. 

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1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Very sweet video of a summers day and the 1979 Daimler and Lanchester Owners Club Rally - this would have been shot probably on 'Super 8' and has been transferred to video.

I ran a few of the stately 50's cars regs through the DVLA car tax checker and have found few still on the road - either out of tax 30 years + or the reg on a  modern. 

Oh dear - just shows that even cars in enthusiast preservation are understandably subject to continuing high attrition over 40+ years - just like all the pictured Stans, Rays and Bills who owned them.

And me... I was in my teens then and now in my 60's.

I did not run all the car regs through... so maybe a few more survive or in a dusty shed under a sheet. Here is hoping.

 

Is that Sybil Fawlty handing out the awards at the end there?

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1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Oh dear - just shows that even cars in enthusiast preservation are understandably subject to continuing high attrition over 40+ years - just like all the pictured Stans, Rays and Bills who owned them.

There are quite a few photos online of Dolomite club meets from the mid 90s and nearly all the cars are dead.

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13 minutes ago, HMC said:

I’ll stop photobombing news 24 after this one, but…..

School drop off 

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I just hope none of the parents are on Mumsnet. "Am I being unreasonable or is this man abusing his children by taking them to school in an 80 year old car without airbags".😁

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