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[JohnK]

April 2015

 

 

April 2016

 

 

Overall I'm really happy with her, few minor jobs to do but touch wood, she's running well. I've had a really enjoyable run out in her this evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tooSavvy]

Predictably it didn't do a very good job of the wheels, despite being a simple design, they are a bugger for getting covered in brake dust and substantially less easy to clean than they look!

Someone on here has just 'crashed the yoghurt truck' over some kind of 'llama urin & bilberry juice' WheelKleen lotion...

 

... they'll be on in a minute to correct my spelling

 

 

TS

[For Fiats Sake]

After the last time I loaded wheels into the back of the Colour only to have to unload them as the rear tyres were rubbing on the arches I had the 14" rims rubbered up.

 

 

15"

 

 

14"

 

 

To my amusement* even the weight of the new rims in the back caused rubbing on the arches.

 

Popped on the smaller but same design rims and much better!

 

Drove to York and back (100miles) and had a much better return journey, the tyre buzz at speed had worn off and the Colour wasn't stuttering at 70* mph anymore.

 

The 15's are great looking with the spiffy two tone paint job but will remain parked until the arches get a little attention.

 

Good Afternoon though, had a slap up carvery with a mate and had a look at a Alfa Mito in the showroom only to find that the current motor club discount is getting on for £4k!

 

[Bren]

I thought i'd share a few photos of a van a friend has just bought, it's was Lord Walpole's of Norfolk estate van before being parked up 39 years ago and has only done 16000 miles.

 

It's meant to be the only RHD Moskvich 434 van left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely fucking dreadful. Tell your mate i'll have 7,19 and 21 please.

[Asimo]

That Moskvich is my Van of the week           Pa had a beige Moskvich estate in about 1977, first overhead cam I ever drove

 

Anyway, spent the afternoon dismantling the Subaru's dashboard in search of the starter-relay. No luck yet although I have found a lot of relays and an extra fuse board I didn't know about even though I've had the car 9 years.

Since the starter and it's solenoid are ok I feel a bodge coming on, involving a push switch marked START.

There is no chance of getting it all back together the way it was. None.

[MarvinsMom]

been over to the FiL today, oin the way we passed a dozen or so Mini Mokes, all in bright cheerful colours. orange, yellow, jade green that sort of thing, parked up at the Lion Inn at Blakey, then further down we passed an Austin Healey 100, and further on a proper old school half cab,single decker bus.

 

something like this, well not exactly this one but this sort of thing.

it was minty mint and looked amazing.,

 

they put a smile on my face, nice to see these vehicles out and about

[JohnK]

That might be heading over to Boro for this vintage bus rally tomorrow Jo, there's going to be a load of them about tomorrow and they will be running the old 'trolley bus' routes - free of charge as well for a ride!

 

10am-5pm, they are all meeting at the Transporter Bridge.

[MarvinsMom]

oh thanks for that, i didn't know that was happening! if we get chance to get over to Boro then we will, sounds a lot of fun, if you like old buses!

 

while at the FiL, this wee thing was spreading some fertilizer on the field behind the house.

 

it was great to see this sweetie been put to work, by i'm guessing the old boy who restored it.

 

[HH-R]

Moog/Cort - any recommendations for these tin sheds? I was looking at some largeish cheapish ones .. £400 or so for 10x13 new, or would I be better looking at something s/hand?

 

Apols for OT.

 

My experience is that they're absolutely dire. Replaced a wood shed with one and it went rusty straight away, had the rigidity of a crisp packet and ended up in the front garden one day when it was windy. I reckon if anyone wanted to be in they'd not have much of a challenge. Even the doors were a nightmare to open/close. It got replaced with a wooden one again!

[MarvinsMom]

+1 don't bother with one of them tin sheds. we got one, and its crap. if i had the chance to buy again, then it would be a wooden shed,

[beko1987]

I could be wrong - I'm exceedingly wary of balljoint failure, which is why I was freaking out when the XM developed a horrible clonk (which turned out to be a missing brake pad anti-rattle spring - one heck of a rattle!).

Mo's merc put me off balljoint failure tbh! I have a plan, but it relys on allparts having stock. ECP don't have anything. And I'll have to wait until 8 for allparts to open and phone them, as I cant be bothered with battling monday rush hour traffic into Aylesbury to be told they don't have any...

[ruffgeezer]

I take it my mate didn't get i touch about the Dispatch did he?

He did not I'm afraid.

[dollywobbler]

Mo's merc put me off balljoint failure tbh! I have a plan, but it relys on allparts having stock. ECP don't have anything. And I'll have to wait until 8 for allparts to open and phone them, as I cant be bothered with battling monday rush hour traffic into Aylesbury to be told they don't have any...

 

Do you have decent kit for getting the old one out? Word on the street is that it can be an utter, utter ballache on some Citroens. Another reason the clonk was giving me TEH FEER.

[Stixy]

I thought i'd share a few photos of a van a friend has just bought, it's was Lord Walpole's of Norfolk estate van before being parked up 39 years ago and has only done 16000 miles.

 

It's meant to be the only RHD Moskvich 434 van left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was one of these in Roger Windleys  Lincs  same colour  but very frayed around the edges

[beko1987]

Do you have decent kit for getting the old one out? Word on the street is that it can be an utter, utter ballache on some Citroens. Another reason the clonk was giving me TEH FEER.

Luckily I changed them earlier last year, so can do it fairly quickly, and hopefully everything will come undone.

 

The ease of the job is forming plan c and d currently...

[RobT]

Did my usual thing with new shite and gave the Senator a wash, although it wasn't that dirty, and got all OCD with the interior cleaning the trim and crevices with a bucket of hot water and a toothbrush.

 

As John said yesterday, the centre console surround looks similar to a Jag X300s.

 

 

 

I like cleaning cars as it gives you a chance to check out all the details on them. The flush glass and gutters hark back to the Cd obsessed late 80s.

 

 

Qwality trimz

 

 

I've been told we're going to Whitstable tomorrow for a family thing, so this will be perfect for the 60 mile motorway run down there. GR9 for doing 68mph in lane 1!

[plasticvandan]

The Mosky van is NOT the only rhd one in existence,but finding the evidence may take me a while!

[plasticvandan]

Edit. 2 in this thread alone :

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/125005?page=1

[dollywobbler]

Luckily I changed them earlier last year, so can do it fairly quickly, and hopefully everything will come undone.

 

The ease of the job is forming plan c and d currently...

 

Would be odd for one to have gone already wouldn't it? 

[stuboy]

Forgot to say when on m25 monday i saw a volvo s40 with a coat hanger for an aerial

[beko1987]

Would be odd for one to have gone already wouldn't it?

I thought that, but am poor so will only change the one for now. I did check the drivers side, a d that was fine. Thinking of my commute though, I do throw it around more left handers than right, and they were 9.99 ebay special parts that everybody said would fail in 45 minutes etc.

 

I hope it's not the top mount or anything, I certainly saw the strut move and the wishbone/joint not, but my movement was limited as I was half under it wobbling the wheel.

 

For the cost and the fact that I know how to fit it, I'm gonna change it. I just need to bloody find one now!

[Ghosty]

Edit. 2 in this thread alone :

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/125005?page=1

 

Blue van in the link is the same one Trig's pictured.

[andy18s]

Spotted outside the local co-op

 

V12,which sounded (and smelt) glorious when the driver clogged it up the road....

 

And I got bored whilst the Mrs decided on which shade of paint we need in the living room. ......

 

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[Kiltox]

I've had a Corolla T Sport languishing in my yard for months, always been too busy to get it ready to retail.

 

Decided I'm going to track it inspired by the RAV4 thread, ordered some hilarious* mock shopping list stickers and some company branding

 

Better get it through a MOT first and change all the fluids etc!

[trigger]

I've lost track a bit on here lately, so you've bought the Senator then Rob? That's brilliant, I'm pleased it's stayed inhouse as its such a great looking car. It honestly looks magnificent in those photos all cleaned up!

[Ghosty]

The aux in jack on the Bini's radio has started giving me static shocks for some reason...

[bub2006]

Everytime I wash this car, I'm reminded just how bloody huge it is.

 

Was wondering whether it's worth washing it given it'll be clocking up over 700 miles in the next week. But if you don't give them the occasional wash, they can get spectacularly grim. Kent Monday and Tuesday, Welsh borders Thursday, up to Llangollen for a camping weekend (with caravan) Friday.

I've noticed that with the xantia. Its a big and wide motor. Not sure difference in size between the xm though.

[SiC]

With the successful collection of the v6 French barge, our ever reliable but dull Astra may be up for sale. Providing the gooner doesn't shit itself in the next few weeks... It's become a bit like the spare car on Top Gear challenges - dull, boring, but something you can rely on to get you somewhere. We've never really gelled with it but it's never let us down.

 

However I really don't know what to price this thing up for...

Its an Astra 1.6 16v club. 2 previous owners - the last was my fiancee Grandad who owned it for 10years, we've pretty much owned it for a year ourselves now. Done 64500 miles (he only did 1k p/a on average), cambelt done last year by a garage and it's had yearly oil changes for all the time it's been in the family. Even the aircon fully works!

 

Garaged the time he had it, which explains why the lights & paintwork haven't faded.

 

When I got it, I sorted a bunch of things like rusty rear shocks, replaced rad (weeping), thermostat, new tyres (originals were original - 13yrs old!) and few other bits. Hence last clean MOT.

 

A few, usual giffer scuffs on the paintwork - front plastic bumper (which he badly tried to respray with hammerite) and a dented rear door.

 

What do you guys reckon I should consider pricing it at for eBay + gumtree?

The other ones out there have their prices are all over the shot.

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Got me four of those:

 

[Cavcraft]

That (lovely) Astra wants to be around sort of £450-550 I reckon. I'd try at £595 and see what happens, it does look a treat and the 16Vs are better than the 8V ones imho.

 

 

In other news, the FIAT Punto looks to have found a new home. And in other other news it looks like I've won another eBay car and should have another two coming this week.