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[captain_70s]

There's a lot of classic car snobbery at shows, so they're really something I want to distance myself from.

 

The time we took a Renault 18 GTD, a Proton MPI, a Datsun Stanza and a Volvo 360 to a classic car show was a laugh.

A guy in an Anglia 105e reversed his car so that FOAD's proton wasn't in any pictures.

 

You've got to laugh though!

I dunno', the 18 got plenty of attention when you fired it up, old boys swarming from everywhere. I think they thought it was a tractor in fairness...

 

 

Last show I took the 1300 to quite a few people were pointing out the shabby bits and telling me it needed restored. The chap who poked the rusty bits annoyed me in particular, the only person who is allowed to poke holes in my car is ME. I haven't actually attended many (any?) shows since, I prefer driving to wandering around a field for 6 hours...

[plasticvandan]

[Bear]

Ooosh, that doesn't look good. Note the headprint on the Bug's windscreen...

[oldcars]

  not good hope the driver is ok. Was it a friends car or do you still have Reliants?

[dollywobbler]

Ouch indeed. Two cars you probably don't want to have a bump in.

[skattrd]

Maybe I should speak my inner monologue at shows. "Oh gawd, not another bloody Morris Minor/MGB/Mini."

I tried to explain this to family at the weekend as they were surprised I didn't want to go with them to see a local classic rally.

I passed the rally on the road anyway, and surprise, a spitfire, an mgb, a stag, a minor, another spitfire etc etc. I stroked the velour in the Aerodeck as I passed them

[mouseflakes]

Ouch indeed. Two cars you probably don't want to have a bump in.

 

One occasion where you might be thankful to be in an AX? Hope all the occupants are as well as they can be (I'm kind of skirting round the suggestion from the photo that at least one person appears to have been hurt).

[dollywobbler]

In cheerier news, spoke to a lass at the DVLA earlier. The V5 for the Dyane hasn't been processed today, but should have been if I call again tomorrow. Hopefully that means I can tax it and set about getting it home.

 

Oh, what's that? My neighbour is driving to South Wales tomorrow? Excellent. That could shave a whole heap of time off the train journey. Please let them have processed the V5 by tomorrow!

[Lord Sterling]

Bah! Just found a parking fine on the window of my Merc. Mind you I was chancing it. Parking on the road next to Chez_Mo parking is restricted for 1 hour between 7am and 7pm, my car was ticketed just before 9am. Prior to that I'd left it there for a week.

 

Grin-wise though was that whilst there is no parking nearby I did manage to bag a spot a street away where there are no restrictions which is always packed, not only that but also met one of the residence of the street.

[RayMK]

I made a stupid statement about Hyundai Stellars (mine in particular) being excellent reliable cars in the repmobiles thread a day or two ago.  Fate was thus tempted and today I lost power in my hometown highstreet after a run of about 30 miles. I was left with a normal tickover and that gave me enough power to get home.  The main symptom is that the engine baulks as soon as the accelerator pedal is pressed and will actually stop unless the clutch is slipped and the throttle blipped.  With no load (i.e. in neutral) it does much the same, and if I can get it to rev it is erratic with slight backfiring. Idling, as mentioned, is smooth and completely normal.  Checking the points, condenser, wiring (HTT & LT) in the distributor and between distributor and coil showed everything to be correctly adjusted, no arcing when manually parting the points with the ignition ON and all wires securely  connected - idling also unaffected if HT/LT wires and leads are moved when running.  Examination of the plugs showed all to be similar and of normal appearance. I swapped them for new ones and it made no difference.  Next checks will be compression, then carb off for a good clean, followed by fuel fiilter and fuel pump.  I may get fed up with the investigation and pay my classics friendly garage to empty my wallet. Prior to todays hiccups, the Stellar was running beautifully, so I'm hoping it is not a major/expensive fault.

Today I removed the main jet blanking screws from carb, blasted the orifices with Wynnes carb cleaner, replaced the blanking screws and normal Stellar service was resumed.  A bit later, I replaced the fuel filter as a precaution.  Have done 50 miles and it seems happy again  .

[MrDuke]

The Vile Fiesta failed its MOT on Saturday thanks to the 2 front tyres being bald (I kinda knew they were, a bit) and one rear being down to the cords (I genuinely didn't know about that) so I went hunting for part-worns. On my tame tester's advice, I checked out a local scrappy today (not a breakers, just a crush'n'cube place) and lo, a Mk5 had been driven in over the weekend with alloys complete with legal tread. No locknut adaptor, of course, so the nice young man in overalls spent about an hour searching through his box of adaptors, then carefully removing the locknuts with an air chisel. Turned out that 2 of the tyres were nearly new, with the spiky bits still attached, so that was a bonus. Like a complete pleb, I forgot to pick up the other 12 nuts, so had to swing by the breakers and buy 16 of the feckers at an exorbitant £1 each.

 

Total cost: £66. Which is about £26 more than I really needed to spend, but 1) Mrs_Duke is dead chuffed with her shiny alloys, and 2) I got to see the best wheel-removal process ever, involving taking all the nuts off then picking up the car with a claw and shaking it until the wheels fall off. Absolutely worth it.

[DeeJay]

Today I removed the main jet blanking screws from carb, blasted the orifices with Wynnes carb cleaner, replaced the blanking screws and normal Stellar service was resumed.  A bit later, I replaced the fuel filter as a precaution.  Have done 50 miles and it seems happy again  .

You've done it again.

[plasticvandan]

Both the bug and ax drivers are fine. Yes,these owners answer was " I didn't see you" ffs. I'd rather have been in the bug,why are crash helmet s made of fibreglass I wonder the bug is powered by a 1000cc hayabusa engine BTW.....and no,its not mine lol

[MrDuke]

That's not the Bug that got featured in a mag a couple of years back, is it? Damn shame if so, although I guess the important stuff at the back can be transferred to another one fairly easily.

[mrbenn]

Maybe I should speak my inner monologue at shows. "Oh gawd, not another bloody Morris Minor/MGB/Mini."

 

Had a chap turn to me and say something to that effect at a show last year, gesticulating at my Morris Minor when he said it, not realising it was my car.

[Aston Martin]

I have a some snobbery regarding classic car shows... take your Figaro and fuck off, you cunt.

[MrDuke]

I dunno, I'd love to see more K10 Micras at car shows, whatever body they're wearing.

[dollywobbler]

I dunno, I'd love to see more K10 Micras at car shows, whatever body they're wearing.

 

You would have liked the little show I found in the borders earlier this year then. Three of the little feckers. Out of about 20 cars.

[andy18s]

Both the bug and ax drivers are fine. Yes,these owners answer was " I didn't see you" ffs. I'd rather have been in the bug,why are crash helmet s made of fibreglass I wonder the bug is powered by a 1000cc hayabusa engine BTW.....and no,its not mine lol

1300cc "as you well know" lol

[Ghosty]

Mother Ghosty thought Figaros were new until I told her otherwise.

[MrDuke]

Lots of people think small-capacity turbo engines are new, until you tell them otherwise.

[320touring]

Lots of people think small-capacity turbo engines are good, until you tell them V8.

EFA

[Jerzy Woking]

Both the bug and ax drivers are fine. Yes,these owners answer was " I didn't see you" ffs. I'd rather have been in the bug,why are crash helmet s made of fibreglass I wonder the bug is powered by a 1000cc hayabusa engine BTW.....and no,its not mine lol

 Oh please don't let it be this one.........

 

 

Really well engineered. X-Box steering wheel buttons change the gears.

 

[Bear]

More things clicking into place for the next project. Excitable.

[xtriple]

Having had yet another 'health scare' yesterday I may have made enquires of two dealers today re big, stupid V8 engined crap that will bankrupt me... just a question of what gets me first: health or bailiffs! 

[Bear]

Cannot like, can understand and approve

[dollywobbler]

The Dyane collection caper is on. Taxed over the phone this morning. Excited. Can't promise live collection gubbins, as I'm not sure my phone battery will handle it.

[stripped fred]

The Alfa coped well towing the shite family caravan to the New Forest. I get a lot of pleasure having the oldest most worthless caravan on the site. It's a 1993 5 berth but it all works well in a retro kind of way. OK, there's no heating or hot water but not a problem in August. It gives the same feeling as running an old, unpopular car. Others may look on in derision but we're having the last laugh as it's worth less than a monthly instalment on their new model and is doing a grand job. I thought it would expire about 5 years ago but it just refuses to die!

[danthecapriman]

I did a bit of bodywork on the Transit today.

One of the rear doors had blisters appearing along the bottom edge. I gave them a scrape and prod with the trusty screwdriver and sure enough the two biggest blisters turned into holes.

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Flashing the grinder over it all revealed loads of little rusty pits and little holes. These were all fairly close together so I just cut the whole piece out.

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The door frame and bottom edge of the skin are ok so just had a good clean up with the grinder to get rid of the surface rust, then a coat of rust converter on top just to stop it coming back. then a small rectangular panel was made up and butt welded in using overlapping spots to keep the heat down and avoid distorting the door skin.

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Then cleaned back with the grinder to get a nice smooth panel.

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Finally for today, it was given a skim of filler, rubbed down with wet and dry and finally given a coat of primer.

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Not a bad little job, but took a bit longer than I thought, so ill have to finish rubbing down and painting tomorrow. Once that's all done the inside will be pumped full of Bilt Hamber Dynax S50 cavity wax so the rot never returns! Strangely this is the only rot I can find on the van, the other doors and lower panels all seem ok.

It has been Ziebarted from new, which will of helped it stay in good condition but it did cause a few small fires during welding!

And yes, that is a copy of the daily fail being used for masking and no its not mine! It was taken from a bin at work specifically for this job!

Finishing this off today.

Paint on, possibly still needs a few more coats as it's a bit thin and patchy in places but it's going on nicely and seems to match the old paint fairly well.

 

Also glued the door seal back in place with some contact glue. Then gave both rear doors a thorough blast of cavity wax. Just needs the 'Ford' badge putting back on once the paint goes hard.

 

Also received these today!

Pressed ally plates. One (B reg) for the front on the Transit, since it's still got an original rear plate. And a pair for the Granada. No more cheap shit modern plastic plates.