The new news 24 thread

[IronStar]

2 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Ah. I've just been following the trials of the new one. What are the other two? I assume at least one will be what we call the Yugo 45?

Yugo Cabrio, and Yugo 65. All three powered by the same 1.3 engine. 
 

Story of the Cabrio here.

I’ll get to writing up the third car’s story at some point, honest. 😅

[stuboy]

Thought I'd go check they still start... they did..

[richardmorris]

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

What car is this one tho?

[Stinkwheel]

21 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

What car is this one tho?

Looks like a 308 GTB (possibly GTS) to me

I nearly bought a cheap one once that came in part ex where i worked. Sense prevailed, but it was close

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, Stinkwheel said:

Looks like a 308 GTB (possibly GTS) to me

I nearly bought a cheap one once that came in part ex where i worked. Sense prevailed, but it was close

Not the 308 - the photobombing thing (bottom right) with some sort of sub-windscreen vent a-la-series land rover?

You should have bought your one -- sense only comes with maturity (and hindsight.....)

[Stinkwheel]

Oh, thats Richards 2CV

And yes, i should have bought the 308, it was offered to me at 10K in 1999

[richardmorris]

58 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Not the 308 - the photobombing thing (bottom right) with some sort of sub-windscreen vent a-la-series land rover?

You should have bought your one -- sense only comes with maturity (and hindsight.....)

I think it's a 512BB. with a wiper set-up to give @dollywobbler palpitations.

[Stinkwheel]

Just now, richardmorris said:

I think it's a 512BB.

Ooooooo now thats a bit rarer than when i thought it was 308. I like being proved wrong on this  

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

What car is this one tho?

512BB (hand your badge in)

2cv doh ❤️

[chadders]

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

Oh, thats Richards 2CV

And yes, i should have bought the 308, it was offered to me at 10K in 1999

Quite a while ago I was offered a Daytona, in good condition, for 5k.

The garage had 3 of them and was willing to discount for volume.

Living in a 2 up and 2 down in a rough area of Leeds, with no garaging available, even if I could have found the money they'd be scrap within a year.

Now I could look after it but 350k plus would result in me waking up with my balls in my mouth, even though my missus is pretty even tempered.

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Here it is - asking £230,000.

1979 Ferrari 512 BB | Private Sales | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

330GT please

i started looking at them when they were 30k

much like dino theyre 10x that now

[grogee]

RIP

[brownnova]

Seems there was a spate of AS MoTs yesterday… the XC90 went through ok. 

Advisory for track rod end which I was expecting…

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, grogee said:

RIP

Wasn't he a 14, a 7 and a 131 as well?

[Joey spud]

The centre pipe broke off from the rear silencer on the in laws Previa earlier and it's away tomorrow dragging a caravan.

I had a bit of piping left over from the Minor exhaust upgrade that slid snuggly inside the broken flange.

With the sleeve inside I was able to wack some amps through it and join it all together.

I drilled a few holes thru the original  pipe so that I could then plug weld it to the sleeve for extra stability. A thick coat of rust anode paint and it got welded back onto the car job jobbed.

I reckon this dodgy bodge will last for years.

 

[Stinkwheel]

8 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

The centre pipe broke off from the rear silencer on the in laws Previa earlier and it's away tomorrow dragging a caravan.

I had a bit of piping left over from the Minor exhaust upgrade that slid snuggly inside the broken flange.

With the sleeve inside I was able to wack some amps through it and join it all together.

I drilled a few holes thru the original  pipe so that I could then plug weld it to the sleeve for extra stability. A thick coat of rust anode paint and it got welded back onto the car job jobbed.

I reckon this dodgy bodge will last for years.

 

I do like a dodgy bodge done well, nicely played that man 

[junkyarddog]

38 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

The centre pipe broke off from the rear silencer on the in laws Previa earlier and it's away tomorrow dragging a caravan.

I had a bit of piping left over from the Minor exhaust upgrade that slid snuggly inside the broken flange.

With the sleeve inside I was able to wack some amps through it and join it all together.

I drilled a few holes thru the original  pipe so that I could then plug weld it to the sleeve for extra stability. A thick coat of rust anode paint and it got welded back onto the car job jobbed.

I reckon this dodgy bodge will last for years.

 

Approved!!

[reb]

Apparently I bought a euromillions ticket while I was blind drunk yesterday evening. I hope I win so I can put an antisocial exhaust on the v70 and get it painted purple.

 

That would make a dent in 43m, right?

[HMC]

[lesapandre]

3 minutes ago, HMC said:

These often seem to lose the tempering on the rear spring - they do look much better with the ride height corrected if it's a 'keeper'.

[S2000]

Where does the key monkey live who keeps stealing my keys? So far this week I’ve lost the BMW ‘thing’ which I’m sure will be fucking expensive to replace, the Wolesley set, but good news I found a four pack of Carlsberg export in the back of the cupboard while searching for said keys. My ability to forget my alcohol stash is unbelievable!!

[goosey]

On-site the other day and witnessed something magical

this pallet gave birth to a baby pallet !!

and I’m pleased to report both mother and baby are doing well 😍

[High Jetter]

1 minute ago, goosey said:

this pallet gave birth to a baby pallet !!

Those baby pallets are really useful in smaller areas, sheds, garages, etc

[crad]

new wheels. needs a wash and a few bits doing. happy so far.

[Jazoli]

Looks great, it’s hard to believe they are 25 years old now.

[crad]

8 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Looks great, it’s hard to believe they are 25 years old now.

looks tiny compared to some of my colleagues' cars!

[Zelandeth]

6 hours ago, lesapandre said:

These often seem to lose the tempering on the rear spring - they do look much better with the ride height corrected if it's a 'keeper'.

This was definitely an issue with the one I had.  It hadn't sagged this badly, but there was very little spring to the rear end and it made the ride bloody uncomfortable at times.  It seemed to vastly depends on the type of the bump though - some you braced for and it just ironed out completely.

At least the springiness of the seat helped isolate it from your spine, still made me wince plenty of times though!

[richardmorris]

Down to puttenham common this morning for a walk. North downs way and crooksbury hill.

[crad]

first 'fix' on the corolla- bonnet cable got stuck so screwdriver and wd40 has seen normal service restored. also ordered boot struts and new ac controls because thats clearly the most important thing.