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[Bren]

I was thinking about where we used to stop and eat on long journeys when i was young. Anyone remember Happy Eater? Sure we stopped at one in England a few times.

The only one I ever saw was in Widnes - now demolished to make way for a travelodge.

[vulgalour]

YES you need

Thule Rapid Fitting Kit 1061

and the rest of a thule bar/foot combo with bars at around 120cm length (fleabay is your friend)

 

 

and if these fit they got rover emblems on and all

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roof-bars-for-Rover-200-400-/121811959179?hash=item1c5c8efd8b:g:NjcAAOSwI-BWI3sJ

 

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT

 

At a fiver it's worth the risk to see if they fit but it's not worth the nearly 600 mile round trip it would be for me to collect them.

 

Shiteley available on this item?

[Christine]

VOLKSWAGEN T4 was the best made van ever , fact. P for Pass !

[Eddie Honda]

Anyone remember Happy Eater?

Yes, the alternative to Little Thief.

[Clanger]

I was thinking about where we used to stop and eat on long journeys when i was young. Anyone remember Happy Eater? Sure we stopped at one in England a few times.

The Crappy Eater - yep remember them well.

[dollywobbler]

Spotted an early top spec XM on a recovery truck heading into Liverpool this morning, at the lights I tried interrogating the Chinese driver as to what was happening with it but just seem to have scared him witless, from my hand gestures and shouting squashed it appears it isn't going to be. Last MOT ran out 2012 G743 UJA    

 

I've got good news for you. A Club XM member has saved it!

[lincolndanny]

Did a full 8-7 day at work yesterday, legged it home, got changed, filled the car up and did a 180 mile round trip for some £25 Saxo doorcards.

 

 

I swear the seller must of thought I was a nutter.....

[cobblers]

My MK1 VTR had that pattern on the seats. Looks like a sofa from 1988 which is fine now I spose but I was well pissed off with it in my 4 year old hot hatch!

[lincolndanny]

My MK1 VTR had that pattern on the seats. Looks like a sofa from 1988 which is fine now I spose but I was well pissed off with it in my 4 year old hot hatch!

Yup, which funnily enough after 17 years of young chavs owning them makes them hard to find though thankfully cheap still when you do. Give it a few years though....

[cobblers]

There won't be any axles left in a few years, just a load of 106/Saxos on peoples drives on axle stands with the owner "waiting for one to come up" which never will.

Shame really cos they're brilliant.

[lincolndanny]

There won't be any axles left in a few years, just a load of 106/Saxos on peoples drives on axle stands with the owner "waiting for one to come up" which never will.

Shame really cos they're brilliant.

Im axles in Mansfield....

[vulgalour]

They are properly sillyfun cars the Saxo/106 even in povvo spec.  Probably the most fun per cc I've had in a car.

[Tayne]

Oh I'm so ill and full of snot today but IT'S OKAY because I've got this ace commission of a mustard coloured ZAZ Zaporozhets I'm working on that's cheering me right the fuck up.

From a ZAZ owner?

[ruffgeezer]

Spent the morning finishing up the repairs to the WinterBore...

 

Costs so far;

 

CatD 150k 1.6 PickledArsehole £100

Starter motor £found in the garage

Alternator repair £45 from a local man in a shed

Cambelt kit £35

 

I've over spent on it, haven't I? Bugger.

[omegod]

I've got good news for you. A Club XM member has saved it!

Wahey that's the bugger , made up it's been saved and it wasn't going to Fragville     

[cms206]

Not a single advisory last year, so shouldn't be too bad this year.

Tiny Kia was raised skyward on two of the four lifts we use for working under coaches...

 

 

... arses. Tame mechanic welding it tomorrow morning then putting it down for test.

 

[vulgalour]

From a ZAZ owner?

 

Possibly, though this has been commissioned for a ZAZ owner but not by the ZAZ's owner.  That's a very complicated way of saying the customer is setting up a lovely surprise gift and taking sneaky pictures for reference which is making my job a smidge more difficult.  Thank goodness for Google images!

[Eddie Honda]

just a load of 106/Saxos on peoples drives on axle stands

 

Will you stop looking over the wall and mind your own business!

 

DSCF6787.JPG by E Honda, on Flickr

[nigel bickle]

I've a couple of Zaz 968 here ( early and late) if you want me to take a bunch of pics

[DodgyBastard]

After a long wait getting her licence back from doovla, Mrs foad has passed her theory test and is now being let out on the roads to do her bus training with stagecoach. She seems to be enjoying it and getting the hang of driving a bus, she will likely be doing her test in a week or two.

 

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[Richard]

Forth Road Bridge closed, rumoured to be at least three weeks.

 

 

Red is slow traffic, dark red is stopped.

[cms206]

Tiny Kia was raised skyward on two of the four lifts we use for working under coaches...

 

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... arses. Tame mechanic welding it tomorrow morning then putting it down for test.

 

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Just picked up tame mechanic from the pub. This should be interesting.

[oldcars]

Tiny Kia was raised skyward on two of the four lifts we use for working under coaches...

 

20151203_142003.jpg

 

... arses. Tame mechanic welding it tomorrow morning then putting it down for test.

 

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My Shuma's drivers side sill is like this. Its in the list of things to be done on it asap.

[cms206]

My Shuma's drivers side sill is like this. Its in the list of things to be done on it asap.

Thankfully just the outer sill. Down at the test centre now...

[vulgalour]

Eddie:  watch out, the popo are onto you!

 

Bickle:  I may have need, I will let you know if I come unstuck.

[Lacquer Peel]

Forth Road Bridge closed, rumoured to be at least three weeks.

 

 

Red is slow traffic, dark red is stopped.

 

SCRAP IT.

[Richard]

I think that's probably what will happen.

[Richard]

... arses. Tame mechanic welding it tomorrow morning then putting it down for test.

 

 

Is your tame mechanic any good at bridges?

[tooSavvy]

^^^^ well windy up there - 'gasless MIG', nae bothha

 

TS

[xtriple]

Took the Bentley to have its tracking done at AMS who were recommended - full Hunter 4 wheel alignment and all that guff. A more surly rude bunch of arses I have yet to meet!

Fortunately, I had the dogs with me (as always) and little fat Chester surreptitiously pee'd on their stacks of new tyres. In the showroom. I did not tell him off!