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[lesapandre]

47 minutes ago, SiC said:

Beaulieu auctions last weekend. Prices are definitely falling.

 

Yup - cars needing work often do badly at auction - or reflect their true value. Punters can't drive them, flippers can't flip them and they need (expensive) transportation, storage and repair.

[SiC]

2 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Yup - cars needing work often do badly at auction - or reflect their true value. Punters can't drive them, flippers can't flip them and they need (expensive) transportation, storage and repair.

Apparently the mini was in pretty decent condition. Was expected to be 10k+

[lesapandre]

1 minute ago, SiC said:

Apparently it was in pretty decent condition.

Ah - I was more referring to lots 512 and 618.

[stuboy]

Sorry too bore you people... I went to another meet yesterday... the mx5 were in abundance...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[alcyonecorporation]

I've wanted to take the SVX to the Forest of Bowland/Trough of Bowland/Ribble Valley for years. @Conrad D. Conelrad joined me for the ride (and took this boss photo). 

I decided I'd make a mini weekend of it (just gone) getting a new MoT...



RADwood 2023...

...and a friend's 40th birthday in Preston. I have a lot of contacts round there where I can stay for cheap; I worked from the University on Sunday and Monday. 

Over the ToB, the SVX coped pretty well; it was too large for some of the minor roads (road) and it melted an H3 in spectacular fashion, but otherwise there were no problems to report.

It desperately needs a new exhaust, an alignment, the cruise and A/C fixing and new rocker cover gaskets to stop the occasional hot oil waft through the vents.

[alcyonecorporation]

[vulgalour]

Good to see you enjoying the SVX again and taking some cracking photos of it.  Someone find the current Calendar thread and stick some of the above in it.

[richardmorris]

Just watching hubnut video. Not heard of radwood before. Where is it?

[brownnova]

12 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Just watching hubnut video. Not heard of radwood before. Where is it?

Bicester heritage. It’s a great event to be fair. I really enjoyed last year. Sadly couldn’t make it this year. 

[richardmorris]

Just now, brownnova said:

Bicester heritage. It’s a great event to be fair. I really enjoyed last year. Sadly couldn’t make it this year. 

All hubnut vids are in a huge field though, not the Bicester site?

[brownnova]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

All hubnut vids are in a huge field though, not the Bicester site?

It was off to the right of the site… maybe a bit of an airfield IIRC. 

[alcyonecorporation]

1 minute ago, brownnova said:

It was off to the right of the site… maybe a bit of an airfield IIRC. 

It was a former RAF bomber base. 
And lack of Ian sans most beard is weird. 'Who is this hipster being Ian', I thought, initially. 

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, brownnova said:

It was off to the right of the site… maybe a bit of an airfield IIRC. 

Ah, I’ve only been with @Six-cylinderin april and we were exhibiting in the building area.

[alcyonecorporation]

I once again forgot to get pics of my car there. 

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I normally take my phone with me on my evening bike rides, in case I spot anything interesting.  This evening forgot to pick it up, and typically I had probably my most random spot ever: two emus sitting in a field.  I went home to grab the phone but by the time I got back they had buggered off, presumably gone to roost of whatever emus do at night. 

I did however manage to get a photo of this curious llama looking through a hedge.

And some coos in the mist.

I believe you saw emus without photographs. Many wouldn’t.

[stuboy]

28 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

where was this?

[RetroShite]

I recently started making some digital art to chuck onto some T-shirts, The Hyundai pony one seems quite popular for some bizarre reason.

[RoverFolkUs]

42 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I normally take my phone with me on my evening bike rides, in case I spot anything interesting.  This evening forgot to pick it up, and typically I had probably my most random spot ever: two emus sitting in a field.  I went home to grab the phone but by the time I got back they had buggered off, presumably gone to roost of whatever emus do at night. 

I did however manage to get a photo of this curious llama looking through a hedge.

And some coos in the mist.

I wondered what he was up to nowadays: 

 

[High Jetter]

40 minutes ago, RetroShite said:

I recently started making some digital art to chuck onto some T-shirts, The Hyundai pony one seems quite popular for some bizarre reason.

Nice, but font not right on Maestro plate

[RetroShite]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Nice, but font not right on Maestro plate

Seriously?

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Seriously?

Yup.

[grogee]

9 hours ago, RetroShite said:

I recently started making some digital art to chuck onto some T-shirts, The Hyundai pony one seems quite popular for some bizarre reason.

How does one go about purchasing said t-shirt(s)? 

[wuvvum]

10 hours ago, stuboy said:

where was this?

Arse end of Norfolk.

[RetroShite]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

How does one go about purchasing said t-shirt(s)? 

They're on https://retroshite.myshopify.com/

[Ghosty]

I'm really not getting on with this spaceship Civic I bought to commute in. I want something older with ABS. I'd love one of the Cavs in the for sale section but it means having to sell this fucker first. 

[chadders]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Arse end of Norfolk.

They weren't Rheas then?

"Twelve rheas, which are large flightless birds distantly related to ostriches and emus, escaped from a farm near Stalham on June 21."

"A mob of runaway rheas which escaped a Norfolk farm three weeks ago are still on the loose – and now a woman is claiming to have seen one almost 30 miles away from where they first went missing."

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23645220.norfolk-runaway-rheas-spotted-30-miles-stalham-farm/

It's a good job Bernard Matthews is no longer with us otherwise there'd probably be a new type of Twizzler.

[willswitchengage]

13 minutes ago, chadders said:

It's a good job Bernard Matthews is no longer with us otherwise there'd probably be a new type of Twizzler.

As in they have moved out of Norfolk? They still sell stuff in the supermarket

[alcyonecorporation]

16 minutes ago, chadders said:

They weren't Rheas then?

"Twelve rheas, which are large flightless birds distantly related to ostriches and emus, escaped from a farm near Stalham on June 21."

"A mob of runaway rheas which escaped a Norfolk farm three weeks ago are still on the loose – and now a woman is claiming to have seen one almost 30 miles away from where they first went missing."

https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23645220.norfolk-runaway-rheas-spotted-30-miles-stalham-farm/

It's a good job Bernard Matthews is no longer with us otherwise there'd probably be a new type of Twizzler.

A rhea (not from a die) escaped near @meggersdog's patch, too - except that one came back because it was a bonded pair and missed its partner. 

Where was that farm again, fam? 

[chadders]

10 minutes ago, willswitchengage said:

As in they have moved out of Norfolk? They still sell stuff in the supermarket

He died the best part of 15 years ago.

[EyesWeldedShut]

15 hours ago, wesacosa said:

what in the name of all things holy are those

 

Bastardised child of a Spirograph and a 3D printer that can do alloy?