The new news 24 thread

[andyberg]

52 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Went out for a drive in The Forest this morning and the whole area is as waterlogged as I've ever seen it. No chance of taking the dog off the major paths and even some of those were impassable. On the plus side , the place was deserted. We had one of the New Forests major car parks entirely to ourselves at 9am on a bank holiday morning which is unheard of.

I love the new forest. I lived in Sway for a while.

[Twiggy]

Looks like Janesmoor ?

[barefoot]

On 20/03/2024 at 16:59, barefoot said:

Rover 75 - OMGHGF update.

Test drive time; to Loughborough in the slowest of crawling market day traffic and then to Manchester & back, twice in two days - Sorted.

[Yoss]

57 minutes ago, Twiggy said:

Looks like Janesmoor ?

Spot on. You can claim your free prize.

[andyberg]

On 28/03/2024 at 10:30, andyberg said:

Bollocks

I posted in my Safrane thread, but I forgot on here 🙄 

It's only a small patch required on the nearside sill and the spring mounting is the cup that the spring sits in on the shock absorber, so just a new shock needed no welding. Looking through the extensive history of the car these are still the original shocks! Who says french cars are tat????

[richardmorris]

[hairnet]

why is there a horse kneeling resting on your fiat?

steering wheel needs to be in the sea sorry 

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, hairnet said:

why is there a horse kneeling resting on your fiat?

steering wheel needs to be in the sea sorry 

It was tired. 
wheel is original if faded leather.

[EspenO]

On 26/03/2024 at 23:37, D.E said:

One chapter in this 1970s book ("The Small Business Casebook", S. Birley) is about the (mis)management of Gilbern. The price and specs of the Invader are being compared to other cars, but this list doesn't seem to make much sense? Cars in a totally different price and performance league (AC, Aston, Dino), the Citroen DS and GS, floppytop Cortina... Also, according to sir Google the Crayford William is a microcar!

 

 

The Morgan +8 seems to have been a bit of a bargain? Cheaper than a Triumph estate, half price of a 911. 

[Metal Guru]

33 minutes ago, EspenO said:

The Morgan +8 seems to have been a bit of a bargain? Cheaper than a Triumph estate, half price of a 911. 

I thought that. The current prices probably reflect the vast increase in labour rates since then. I don’t suppose the skilled craftsmen are relatively much better off , but it’s probably more due to overheads especially energy.

[reb]

I have an interview in an hour, one which will allow me to buy my DVDs 25% cheaper. (Volunteering at BHF)

[High Jetter]

Hope it goes well.

[Bazfr69]

It is sunny in NI.

 

That is all. 

[Metal Guru]

8 minutes ago, Bazfr69 said:

It is sunny in NI.

 

That is all. 

It’s sunny here in Scotland too. It won’t be in 10 minutes time but probably will be again within the hour.

[Bazfr69]

17 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

It’s sunny here in Scotland too. It won’t be in 10 minutes time but probably will be again within the hour.

All morning here, it’s like a heatwave…

I’m heading out soon, likely chuck it down now I’ve cleaned the car. 

[SiC]

Really warm here in the South West too. Like suddenly Spring has arrived over night 

[richardmorris]

Just been for a walk in bright sunshine from the ponderosa on the horsehoe pass.

[EssDeeWon]

After 3 years sat in the garage and only covering about 5 miles to the MOT station and back last year, my 75 has set sail, quite literally and has gone to some fanatical 75 collector in Belgium.     I now live in Gibraltar so getting the car over here was going to be costly and a bit of a faff to say the least.   It served me well for 8 years but deserved better in the end so some chap from Belgium contacted me and offered a healthy sum to acquire it.  

[EssDeeWon]

In other news I bought this recently, not my ideal choice of motor but second hand cars are somewhat limited here in Gibraltar and this has been well kept.    Very little choice of nice 15-20 year old stuff here.  It’s mostly death traps that haven’t been MOT’d since last millennium or nearly new Mercs and Range Rovers for eleventy million pounds, only for it to be scraped and dented before you get the thing a mile up the road.   So this tank was acquired, starting to quite like it and very practical for going shopping over in Spain (when our Spanish neighbours let us through the border) 

[hairnet]

man in enclave buys panzer

is that in case anything interesting happens

 

[17-Coffees]

I got a new car today!

was amazed to find one in the wild, Home Bargains no less! 

[Snake Charmer]

Saga lout! 😁

[Barry Cade]

6 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

I got a new car today!

was amazed to find one in the wild, Home Bargains no less! 

I saw one of those in B+M in Berwnick upon Tweed, couldn't quite believe it 🤔

Astro passed its mot today, 1 advisory for an idler arm. Had to guide the tester through the test, he'd never done a test before where it had a cat but doesn't get a cat test, never done an mot with a steering box, never seen plastic leaf springs, never seen a hydroboost brake system, or front torsion bars..

Youngsters these days. Strange thing is, he's older than me! Been testing 4 years..

[Zelandeth]

28 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

I got a new car today!

was amazed to find one in the wild, Home Bargains no less! 

That's normally a shop I avoid as our local one is a total zoo most of the time, but I'm going to have to go looking now!

[vulgalour]

Today has been spent working on a friend's white Rover.  Another friend was here helping and arrived in his red Rover.  The Princess was just there to provide moral support and tools.

[reb]

[Rustybullethole]

2 minutes ago, reb said:

There's something purposeful about those arch's that makes me think id probably end up in a ditch driving that. 

[BorniteIdentity]

3 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

After 3 years sat in the garage and only covering about 5 miles to the MOT station and back last year, my 75 has set sail, quite literally and has gone to some fanatical 75 collector in Belgium.     I now live in Gibraltar so getting the car over here was going to be costly and a bit of a faff to say the least.   It served me well for 8 years but deserved better in the end so some chap from Belgium contacted me and offered a healthy sum to acquire it.  

Weird - I was thinking about this car just the other day, and in fact searched up the thread again.  If i'd known I'd have absolutely bought it, Primrose 75s are the best of the best.  

[reb]

This needs to come out

I'm really rather glad it's not my problem.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

 

Astro passed its mot today, 1 advisory for an idler arm. Had to guide the tester through the test, he'd never done a test before where it had a cat but doesn't get a cat test, never done an mot with a steering box, never seen plastic leaf springs, never seen a hydroboost brake system, or front torsion bars..

Youngsters these days. Strange thing is, he's older than me! Been testing 4 years..

Didn't those have some weird ABS system that only works on the back wheels?  Surprised the tester had never seen plastic leaf springs before though, several modern vans use them.