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[Snake Charmer]

2 hours ago, Christine said:

Got a new toy ..   tiny innit 

 

Flash one with power feed! I had an older one in green, do you have the  drilling and milling attachments?

[Christine]

Yes ,  mill is a bit naff really though .  I've got a dedicated mini mill  anyway,  and a proper big  lathe .  I bought it for my dads 50th , but he died 10years ago at 86 .. and i've just reaquired it .. They're very accurate..

I need a small rotary table ..then i can make just about anything ..

 

[tommotech]

Boost leak found on the Polo that I fetched from Truro, new hose required. (yes, there are axle stands in place!)

[Morris 63]

10 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Good to catch up with everyone last night.

 

 

Love this Triumph, I learnt to drive in one on Westonzoyland airfield. Haven't seen one in ages. Dad's was STK 7 L.

I'd have another for sure.

[Snake Charmer]

1 hour ago, Morris 63 said:

Love this Triumph, I learnt to drive in one on Westonzoyland airfield. Haven't seen one in ages. Dad's was STK 7 L.

I'd have another for sure.

One of the cars l always thought was cool as a kid, particularly in that colour. I saw one for sale a few years ago for restoration, l would have bought it had the money been available as it had a Stag V8 and Ferguson 4wd.

Westonzoyland airfield looks an interesting place.

[Morris 63]

1 hour ago, Snake Charmer said:

One of the cars l always thought was cool as a kid, particularly in that colour. I saw one for sale a few years ago for restoration, l would have bought it had the money been available as it had a Stag V8 and Ferguson 4wd.

Westonzoyland airfield looks an interesting place.

I'm colour blind, but if it's brown it's likely Mink brown. Dad had 2 estates at the same time for some reason; a mk1 in green and the mink brown mk2. I used to get the colours mixed up

The airfield was great fun, every Sunday you'd see a collection of cars pogoing around the old runway as us 15 to 17 year olds learnt clutch control!

[robt100]

20 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Heading to the ACA classic auction in King's Lynn tomorrow morning - I haven't decided what to take yet, 

I'd take a wodge of cash😄, some very nice cars with no reserve in that auction, be prepared to bring back 3 or 4 cars 🙈

[wuvvum]

Calling our resident Saab experts - what does this button do?  In a 900 T16S at ACA this afternoon. 

[robt100]

It does more...

[jonathan_dyane]

I think they were a spare 'extra' switch in case you fitted an accessory.

Superb cars.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Auxiliary lights have long been common to retrofit on cars here in Scandinavia, so it's possible Saab thought of that with that switch.

[dome]

 

53 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Calling our resident Saab experts - what does this button do?  In a 900 T16S at ACA this afternoon. 

That is very cool but I prefer this button in Audis from the early 2000s

 

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Calling our resident Saab experts - what does this button do?  In a 900 T16S at ACA this afternoon. 

They were just a factory available option for dealers to hook anything up to.  In my case I had it set up as an override for the cooling fan thermoswitch as it got warmer than I liked before it would turn the fan on itself.

[artdjones]

9 hours ago, Christine said:

Got a new toy ..   tiny innit 

 

45 years ago I was working for a firm that were selling grey import Unimat lathes via mail order. The official importer would only wholesale the Unimat 3 to suppliers who would agree to take the bigger machines in the range, which were much more expensive, and therefore slow sellers. The small lathes would fly off the shelves. The firm used to phone around Europe buying up surplus stock of Unimat 3s, and import them to retail.

[tooSavvy]

9 hours ago, Christine said:

Got a new toy ..   tiny innit 

 

Moar pls...... cos 😋

🚙💨

[alcyonecorporation]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Calling our resident Saab experts - what does this button do?  In a 900 T16S at ACA this afternoon. 

Short for 'extraljus' or foglights, in case you wired some in later on.