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hairnet Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

hairnet

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25 minutes ago, The Vicar said:

I just can’t be stopped; another new purchase 🫣

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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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1 hour ago, The Vicar said:

I just can’t be stopped; another new purchase 🫣

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Excellent choice, Sir.

BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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2 hours ago, barefoot said:

@BeEP How do you get on with the 'wing' mirrors as opposed to the more modern/useful door mirrors? I remember learning to drive in a Morris 1000 & couldn't see a bloody thing in them.

Mostly they're useless!  The only car I've had where they acted as anything more than decorations was the beige Mk1 1100 I sold in 2019.  That said, if new ones were fitted which still adjusted properly they might work better.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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2 hours ago, The Vicar said:

We’ll see what my welder has to say about that!

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Ouch!  Unfortunately that panel is now unobtainium too, as far as I've been able to ascertain.  (Mine's going a bit around the base of the screen, nowhere near that bad though.)

brownnova Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

brownnova

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Took the Pontiac to the local car night tonight, cruised in with the windows down… more than once I heard the comment “What the fuck is that” followed by expressions of how awesome it is. Always enjoy how much it confuses people! 
 

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Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

Schaefft

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1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Took the Pontiac to the local car night tonight, cruised in with the windows down… more than once I heard the comment “What the fuck is that” followed by expressions of how awesome it is. Always enjoy how much it confuses people! 
 

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It's funny how people in different countries react to cars that are (were) entirely normal elsewhere. One of the reasons I own the obscure stuff I own, EDUCATE!😂 I'd recognize a dustbuster from a mile away.

Joey spud Rank: Renault 16

Joey spud

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My old Avensis has been giving me a concern for the last few weeks. First start of the day it would briefly run on three before being ok for the rest of the day.

I checked the glow plugs and one was dead but modern HP diesel systems don't really need them for starting but I changed it anyway but it still fired up on three. Then one morning it reverted to starting on four again but it now had a noticeable diesel knock between 1200 and 2000 rpm until it had warmed up instead.

I don't possess a scanner as I only run old jap stuff so I couldn't look at what the injectors were up to so instead I splashed out £8.35 on a bottle of snake oil and glugged the whole lot into the fuel tank.

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Well its taken about 100 miles but last week the old girl finally stopped knocking from cold and is now positively brisk again (well as much as 154k/126hp Toyota can be).

Was it the fuel additive or just coincidence I've no idea but whatever has managed to unclog the injectors nozzle then happy days.

stuboy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

stuboy

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Trying to find the source of a bang when going over bumps, nothing obvious but noticed rear exhaust clamps rotted, and exhaust rubbers where soft....

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richardmorris Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

richardmorris

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Had to de-ice the 2cv yesterday to go to work. Can’t recall the last time I did this - probably 20 years ago in ascot. Since then it’s been undercover in harsh weather. Sunday was roof off weather ( for a while) with @Six-cylinder in the x1/9 although I did give him a cap to wear.

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GrumpiusMaximus Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

GrumpiusMaximus

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On 4/26/2023 at 5:49 PM, bunglebus said:

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/man-arrested-suspicion-murder-after-8390251

Next road to me. Partner etc knew the woman who has been asking for help regarding domestic violence for years.

Not really the kind of thing we're used to here. Police and forensics etc have been there all day and removed a car

I'm so sorry to see that, what an horrendous crime.

 We had a situation here a couple of years ago where somebody was violently murdered and the perpetrator lived less than 100 yards from us.  Police and forensics there for several days along with the gutter press swarming the area.  He got life and I very much doubt he'll ever be released.

You never forget it and it's very unsettling.

Weird Car Rank: Citroen Ami

Weird Car

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My daily driver until Sunday, it’s like a childhood dream come true, it’s really quite nippy for a 1.3 though I guess it’s the stickers that make it feel faster than it is 

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SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

SiC

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On 4/24/2023 at 10:38 AM, BeEP said:

We did our bit for drive it day by having these three out in convoy...

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Friends of mine came down on Saturday in the aquamarine car, and we took all three to March station yesterday to collect another friend who has taken the white one off my hands (he bought the aquamarine car 30 years ago to the day, before selling it on in 2008 - it's taken us until now to persuade him back into ado16 ownership!).  We passed a Sunbeam Alpine and an 80's Toyota so a few old cars were getting some use.

You white one is for sale again!

I would love it but I need to urgently sell some cars.

Edit: just looked at the advert. Oh my. I didn't know it has a 1300gt engine in 😬

I wish I could buy it. 

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BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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15 minutes ago, SiC said:

You white one is for sale again!

I would love it but I need to urgently sell some cars.

Edit: just looked at the advert. Oh my. I didn't know it has a 1300gt engine in 😬

I wish I could buy it. 

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He's done you a favour by moving it from Norfolk to Somerset!  I think his glasses had too much of a rose tint, but I am a bit surprised by just how quickly it's up for sale again.  Also it didn't smoke noticably whilst I had it so I'm not sure what's happened there.

SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

SiC

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6 minutes ago, BeEP said:
He's done you a favour by moving it from Norfolk to Somerset!  I think his glasses had too much of a rose tint, but I am a bit surprised by just how quickly it's up for sale again.  Also it didn't smoke noticably whilst I had it so I'm not sure what's happened there.

Do you think he wants a deal with a P4? 🫣

Say no otherwise my wife will kill me!

BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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48 minutes ago, SiC said:

Do you think he wants a deal with a P4? 🫣

Say no otherwise my wife will kill me!

No, and not just to save your life!  His reason for selling is that with six other cars it will never get used.  Which I've interpreted as having driven it 200 miles he's realised he enjoys the others (which are all considerably newer) more.  I don't think going even older would work.

Erebus Rank: Citroen Ami

Erebus

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6 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Is that the same chap who bought the 205 which is now owned by @Erebus?

Anthony?  Could well be, he said he lives in Portishead.

I actually sold the 205 a while ago.  It's now owned by a lady in Cornwall who also has a 5 door 205 in the exact same colour (Heather Green).

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SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

SiC

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3 hours ago, Erebus said:

Anthony?  Could well be, he said he lives in Portishead.

I actually sold the 205 a while ago.  It's now owned by a lady in Cornwall who also has a 5 door 205 in the exact same colour (Heather Green).

The 1100 advert says an Anthony S. 

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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Two minor but somewhat annoying breakages on the fleet this week.  The driver's window regulator on the Carina has carked it (it's been showing signs for a while to be fair) and the Visa has lost one of the retaining clips from the nearside headlight, which must have pinged off somewhere (I possibly didn't push it on far enough when I fitted it).

I can get a secondhand regulator for the Toyota for 35 quid so that's not the end of the world, but when I did the one in the rear door last year it was a rather fiddly job as the cable was completely fecked - I expect this one will be the same.  The only source of Visa headlight clips I've been able to find is in Germany, and they want 28 quid for a single clip - fuck paying that for a 2" by 1" bit of bent metal.  I can feel a bodge coming on...

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artdjones

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40 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Two minor but somewhat annoying breakages on the fleet this week.  The driver's window regulator on the Carina has carked it (it's been showing signs for a while to be fair) and the Visa has lost one of the retaining clips from the nearside headlight, which must have pinged off somewhere (I possibly didn't push it on far enough when I fitted it).

I can get a secondhand regulator for the Toyota for 35 quid so that's not the end of the world, but when I did the one in the rear door last year it was a rather fiddly job as the cable was completely fecked - I expect this one will be the same.  The only source of Visa headlight clips I've been able to find is in Germany, and they want 28 quid for a single clip - fuck paying that for a 2" by 1" bit of bent metal.  I can feel a bodge coming on...

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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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No, they're open-ended, like these:

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I could probably knock something up by cutting up a metal biscuit tin or something, they're not a difficult shape.

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BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Is that the same chap who bought the 205 which is now owned by @Erebus?

Yep, although you'd all worked that out already!

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