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[Split_Pin]

51 minutes ago, Royale80 said:

Carried on with rear ABS replacement on the 75. Sensor stuck- no suprise- so took the hub off and bashed it out. 

Rust cleared up and vactanned.

Put it back together in the week and hope for the best!

Nice condition backplate, they are normally rotten by now.

[stuboy]

Firstly BiL is in Paris and spotted a sport R5.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/alpine/a290

 

Secondly I spotted this bmw and thought police training vehicle for pursuit.  ???

[Royale80]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Nice condition backplate, they are normally rotten by now.

This car seems to be in quite good condition body wise- underneath is good. Fingers crossed for mot in a week or so.

[Split_Pin]

Came up nice after a polish and wax. Did all the black trim as well. I quickly did the 75 last year but apart from that I haven't done this in ages. Nice for a lovely spring evening 😊

 

[SiC]

4 hours ago, stuboy said:

Firstly BiL is in Paris and spotted a sport R5.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/alpine/a290

 

Secondly I spotted this bmw and thought police training vehicle for pursuit.  ???

Wouldn't be a police vehicle with that illegal number plate spacing. 

[brownnova]

Sister in law’s family have a farm, she invited the kids up to go up and see lambs.

I was also entertained by things on the farm.

And an incredibly algael Rangey

[Erebus]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Came up nice after a polish and wax. Did all the black trim as well. I quickly did the 75 last year but apart from that I haven't done this in ages. Nice for a lovely spring evening 😊

 

That looks fantastic.  What polish and wax did you use? 

[stuboy]

15 minutes ago, brownnova said:

when you towing it home?

[JJ0063]

Going to view this in the morning for Mrs JJ

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286491127432?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=bVDFNagaRwO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=IaiIXmW2Rkq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

SDI but luckily she’s not a speed demon.

[Split_Pin]

21 minutes ago, Erebus said:

That looks fantastic.  What polish and wax did you use? 

Just good old Autoglym Super Resin for the polish. For the wax I used Fuso99Soft. It really does last for 12 months on the car as well!

[wuvvum]

40 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Sister in law’s family have a farm, she invited the kids up to go up and see lambs.

I was also entertained by things on the farm.

And an incredibly algael Rangey

Can't remember the last time I saw a Bedford TM in the metal [oxide].  Fantastic.

[High Jetter]

43 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Sister in law’s family have a farm

Are you young Macdonald then? 🤣

[Popsicle]

59 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Going to view this in the morning for Mrs JJ

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286491127432?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=bVDFNagaRwO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=IaiIXmW2Rkq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

SDI but luckily she’s not a speed demon.

It says speed limited to 73mph, waste of money doing that on an sdi, they're on about 3.5k revs at 70😂.

Looks a tidy van though JJ, hope its a good un for you.

[wuvvum]

I did think the same actually when I saw that.  Bit like my C Class being limited to 155 - it probably only has about 5mph more to give anyway.  They are decent little vans though those Caddys.

[Wibble]

Some of you may know that I’m on a course at the moment with WBAC. Young lad on the same course was chatting last night and his late Grandad was involved in the design of Concorde. He got a call from his mum today, she’s found original blue prints rolled up in the loft and still sealed and thought she’d drop them into a charity shop. FUCKING NO! I said, get them to auction, but the right auction. He was only asking us older guys last night about Concorde , as he’s never seen it flying.

[reb]

Dramatic reconstruction of the fate of my old 850

[Wibble]

2 minutes ago, reb said:

Dramatic reconstruction of the fate of my old 850

I remember but you’re still with us, which is great and we can continue to enjoy your company.

[JJ0063]

8 hours ago, Popsicle said:

It says speed limited to 73mph, waste of money doing that on an sdi, they're on about 3.5k revs at 70😂.

Looks a tidy van though JJ, hope its a good un for you.

Woken up at 3am by Mrs JJ who couldn’t sleep as she didn’t like the colour of the van as her business logo is pink/purple and it would clash.

FFS. 
 

Viewing cancelled.

[SiC]

18 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Woken up at 3am by Mrs JJ who couldn’t sleep as she didn’t like the colour of the van as her business logo is pink/purple and it would clash.

FFS. 
 

Viewing cancelled.

Wrap?

[comfortablynumb]

Anyone else get the feeling here that the main problem is the nut that holds the wheel?

I guess any amount of money can't make up for basic inability 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/34487552/marcus-rashford-rolls-royce-crash-man-united-villa/

[JJ0063]

14 minutes ago, SiC said:

Wrap?

Too expensive to get a full wrap, cheaper to wait and get a plain white/silver/black van or spend the wrap money on a newer/better van of the right colour tbh! It did cross my mind though 

[chaseracer]

On 11/04/2025 at 18:46, Six-cylinder said:

Many years ago a young girl pulled out of a side road into the the n-s front wing on our brown Daimler Sovereign. Mrs6C was benevolent and allowed the girls father to obtain a replacement wing, have it painted and help fit it to avoid an insurance claim.

Trouble was the wing was smart and shiny and the rest of the car very orange peel. I had to wet flat and polish and rest of the car to match the new wing!

Chris, was that the day of your audition for the Village People? 😎

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Woken up at 3am by Mrs JJ who couldn’t sleep as she didn’t like the colour of the van as her business logo is pink/purple and it would clash.

FFS. 
 

Viewing cancelled.

White vans are boring.

British gas blue goes with everything, MG even painted most of their HS's in the newer shade. I'm sure it would look fine, after all you want an advertising space to stand out from the crowd and attract attention.

[worldofceri]

On 11/04/2025 at 13:21, loserone said:

That's interesting, is it not the responsibility of the driver to ensure that they are legally insured?

 

On 11/04/2025 at 14:47, lesapandre said:

As the driver is responsible for the vehicle should they do a basic check before driving off?

 

On 11/04/2025 at 15:08, Yoss said:

everybody just assumes the company have got the insurance sorted.

 

On 11/04/2025 at 15:49, horriblemercedes said:

The thing is, how would you do it in practice?

 

On 11/04/2025 at 19:01, High Jetter said:

There's a copy of the page of the insurance in the van that my employee drives showing him as a named driver.

Bit late to this discussion, but if you’re employed by an established business or organisation to drive their vehicle you are not required to check that the vehicle is insured. This is because there’s a statutory defence (or whatever the legal term is) in law that you can reasonably suppose that the vehicle is insured for the purpose for which you are employed to use it.

[Zelandeth]

17 hours ago, stuboy said:

Firstly BiL is in Paris and spotted a sport R5.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/alpine/a290

 

Secondly I spotted this bmw and thought police training vehicle for pursuit.  ???

Abnormal load escort vehicle rather than police would be my first thought with the graphics just being on the back.

[andyberg]

YES!!!

[Rustybullethole]

The only thing that was good about having to get shot of my Transit was the prospect of not welding it up every year. 

Should of sold it further away i guess as here I am making chassis rails out of an old shovel.

 

[Split_Pin]

21 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said:

The only thing that was good about having to get shot of my Transit was the prospect of not welding it up every year. 

Should of sold it further away i guess as here I am making chassis rails out of an old shovel.

 

Beats my trying to make a sill by using the head of a 3lb lump hammer as an anvil and a carpenters hammer to shape it 😂 (I failed)

[Zelandeth]

Glad to report that after some truly masterful reconstruction work on the front cross member and offside sill by our @Andyrew that this fine piece of automotive engineering is back in action.

Really do have to wonder why they make these parking spaces so big, seems a terrible waste of room...

Tax and MOT exemption was finally sorted out yesterday.  It's still going in for a test on Tuesday anyway so I'm less interested in that - it just made logistics simpler to get it done.  I'll definitely take the £18 a month saving on tax though!

[LightBulbFun]

12 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Glad to report that after some truly masterful reconstruction work on the front cross member and offside sill by our @Andyrew that this fine piece of automotive engineering is back in action.

Really do have to wonder why they make these parking spaces so big, seems a terrible waste of room...

Tax and MOT exemption was finally sorted out yesterday.  It's still going in for a test on Tuesday anyway so I'm less interested in that - it just made logistics simpler to get it done.  I'll definitely take the £18 a month saving on tax though!

Woop! great to see the Trabant back its probably the most well sorted Trabant out there after your and @Andyrew's work  the best kind of well sorted, not so shiny on top that your scared of using it, but super well sorted underneath where it counts  and I am glad to hear you where able to get it into the historic vehicle taxation class in the end  (and its now ULEZ exempt too )