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[Yoss]

Hey @wesacosa, just found a couple of pictures of your Fav when it was still in Southampton.

July 2017.

[wesacosa]

ah brilliant thanks. Those wheel trims and Felicia mirrors were binned off pretty quickly. Interesting how bright the coach lines are because when I bought in early 2019 they were really faded

[reb]

I found a lump hammer, and it made the process about 420% easier.

Taking a break now, then I have to move some stuff to put the first one in place, then I can put the second one together.

Though having just looked at the time I should probably do it tomorrow since I doubt my neighbours would appreciate loud hammering at 9pm.

[Popsicle]

2 hours ago, barefoot said:

I have no idea, when is the next bank holiday?

I think they used to do it on August bank holiday, I am going back to the 90's though!

[auntiemaryscanary]

3 hours ago, reb said:

All of my tools are at my unit and I can't get there until probably saturday (maybe even not until next saturday) and I need/want to get these sorted by the weekend.

 

I think I maybe have a normal hammer somewhere, which would be both better and worse at the same time.

 

I can only assume the Halfords and other "proper" brands that sell what look to be identical shelving must actually be a bit better made

No, they all the same quality. Fairly rigid when up. I increased strength with a screw into the wall on each back leg.

[egg]

Love this spot by a car spotter in Greece. Just sitting there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4m3FvUIIvX/

[Stinkwheel]

22 minutes ago, egg said:

Love this spot by a car spotter in Greece. Just sitting there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4m3FvUIIvX/

US spec bumpers as well

[Dyslexic Viking]

Wondering how difficult it is to buy and import a car from Greece.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Got little Zetor fixed today. Had the old exhaust manifold fitted with new gaskets and the new exhaust part in red fitted but reused the old exhaust pipe as it has a few years left in it and replaced the leaking frost plug.

 

I also had the new coolant tool kit tested to pressure test the cooling system and it worked well and the system held pressure. So now it is ready for use again.

[HillmanImp]

3 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Wondering how difficult it is to buy and import a car from Greece.

I'm trying to figure out how to get this back from Thailand.

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

I'm trying to figure out how to get this back from Thailand

Fly there and drive it home?

[320touring]

2 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Fly there and drive it home?

Great to see a solutions driven approach! 

 

Best plan.😀

[andyberg]

That will do for me then, the Safrane lives on. Still need to source a spring seat for her though. But it's great to have a local garage that is sympathetic to our old shite.

[HillmanImp]

50 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Fly there and drive it home?

Sodding Google. 

Anyhow, looking at it myself I'm not sure whether I should go through Iran or Russia? 

[Dyslexic Viking]

8 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Anyhow, looking at it myself I'm not sure whether I should go through Iran or Russia? 

Iran. Believe Ed March said that Iranians were one of the friendliest people he had met and if he had to choose a place where he would have woken up naked with nothing, it would have been Iran.

Ed March drove from Thailand? to the UK on a Honda C90.

https://www.youtube.com/c/c90adventures/videos

[Snake Charmer]

Skynet begins at Lidl.........

[HillmanImp]

4 hours ago, Snake Charmer said:

Skynet begins at Lidl.........

"Hi, where are your drills?"

"Aisle B, back". 

[grogee]

17 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Got little Zetor fixed today. Had the old exhaust manifold fitted with new gaskets and the new exhaust part in red fitted but reused the old exhaust pipe as it has a few years left in it and replaced the leaking frost plug.

 

I also had the new coolant tool kit tested to pressure test the cooling system and it worked well and the system held pressure. So now it is ready for use again.

I have that kit, it's surprisingly good quality. Well done on the tractor, Zetors were all the rage in rural south west England where I grew up. 

[Schaefft]

20 hours ago, egg said:

Love this spot by a car spotter in Greece. Just sitting there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4m3FvUIIvX/

After my visit of Athens I'm convinced it might be the best spot to see old shite like this in Europe. Around every single corner there would be the next two or three interesting cars.

[wesacosa]

someone hopefully coming to see the M3 this afternoon.  The bodywork starting to show its age so not sure if we are going to be able to agree on a price but let's see

 

[stuboy]

After far too long I finally got hold of a 2nd hand working spare wheel carrier, fed up with bloody wheel taking up space inside the galaxy..

[stuboy]

After far too long I finally got hold of a 2nd hand working spare wheel carrier, fed up with bloody wheel taking up space inside the galaxy..

[stuboy]

12 minutes ago, stuboy said:

After far too long I finally got hold of a 2nd hand working spare wheel carrier, fed up with bloody wheel taking up space inside the galaxy..

 

[wesacosa]

and gone .......

I think 8 years is the longest I had a car. Not quite the money I'd hoped but it does need some tlc and I think the guy is going to give it

 

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

 

I remember when the ex cracked a (fake as it turned out) alloy in the zafira and it didn't have a spare (nor tyre goop but that wouldn't have helped) and the utter fuck about we had getting it 9 miles home with no spare. 

We could have bought the kit to fit to it too but just changed all the fucked wheels to decent vectra alloys. Wanted to keep a steel with OK tyre in the garden too but never got round to it. 

Good thing to have especially a full sized one! I got the one on the Xsara reshod a few years ago so hopefully it's there to save me when I need it

[stuboy]

Decided too jack up the galaxy and see what movement was on the actuator rod of the turbo wd40 and right angle pliers.. no idea what is within acceptance..

[Cheezey]

3 hours ago, wesacosa said:

and gone .......

I think 8 years is the longest I had a car. Not quite the money I'd hoped but it does need some tlc and I think the guy is going to give it

 

A friend had a nice 2.0 litre 318i grey E46 sort of CSL looking coupe a few years ago. He didn’t like driving so I usually drove it if we were going somewhere. I even drove it home from the garage he bought it from. It was great. I thought it was a great chassis. I always wondered how awesome the M3 would be. 

[wesacosa]

6 minutes ago, Cheezey said:

A friend had a nice 2.0 litre 318i grey E46 sort of CSL looking coupe a few years ago. He didn’t like driving so I usually drove it if we were going somewhere. I even drove it home from the garage he bought it from. It was great. I thought it was a great chassis. I always wondered how awesome the M3 would be. 

It was a lovely thing but not really suitable anymore for SE London, just nowhere to enjoy it

[Rustybullethole]

4 hours ago, wesacosa said:

and gone .......

I think 8 years is the longest I had a car. Not quite the money I'd hoped but it does need some tlc and I think the guy is going to give it

 

8 years is a long time. Everything has is day though hey. Have noted you seem to be offloading at the mo am curious whats coming next. 

In a fit of new love I threw a bucket over the Clio.

Not bad wet from 10 paces. Up close there's not an unmarked panel on it. 

Testarosa side scoops yo

Tool the wheel off to investigate things.

Noted things were bad and put it back on.

Decided not to wash the Berlingo. Glad about that as its just come back from Kent looking like this.

A robin joined me out the back. They're jolly little things and quite sociable. 

Edited April 6, 2024 by Rustybullethole

[wesacosa]

4 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said:

8 years is a long time. Everything has is day though hey. Have noted you seem to be offloading at the mo am curious whats coming next. 

Just a realisation that 7 cars is far too many especially when they are all over 20 years old. M3 needed a lot spending to get it looking its best again and as you know the roads around here are so bloody miserable having a fast car is pointless.  Ideally I need 2 more gone at least before I even think of something else