sierraman Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 What's the worst bodge you've seen on a car? Ideally by a previous owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Please refer the the DvSa matters of testing site under horror stories Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 But personally I had a Honda customer whose crv failed on a dog chewed seat belt . He turned up for a re test with the damaged bit cut out and the rest hand stitched back around the anchor. Conveniently tucked under the seat . Did wonder why it wouldn’t fasten around me . ( quiet at the back ) Got quite shitty when I failed it and told him that was his free retest and the next time it’s a full test again . Petty I know but who the fuck does that to a seat belt wrenchvolt, Carlosfandango, Aston Martin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Autoshite Body and Electrical plc wrenchvolt, Laseraligningfoofooflanges, brandersnatch and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duck Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 But personally I had a Honda customer whose crv failed on a dog chewed seat belt . He turned up for a re test with the damaged bit cut out and the rest hand stitched back around the anchor. Conveniently tucked under the seat . Did wonder why it wouldn’t fasten around me . ( quiet at the back ) Got quite shitty when I failed it and told him that was his free retest and the next time it’s a full test again . Petty I know but who the fuck does that to a seat belt someone who has never had a back seat passenger other than the dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Child seat on the other side iirc ! And anyway you can’t seriously be defending that !What if they sold the car or just forgot the bodge and have a mate a lift . overrun and timolloyd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Similar with a 1st test Polo. Dog had eaten top of rear seats. 'But I never take passe gers'..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I actually don't take passengers in anything other than the i10. No-one in the family likes my other cars. Their loss. Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 When my 89 Trabbi failed its MOT because it had no rear seat belts, I took out the back seat and it passed. Talbot, Tadhg Tiogar, Lacquer Peel and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Nothing wrong with that barefoot and Talbot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duck Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Child seat on the other side iirc ! And anyway you can’t seriously be defending that !What if they sold the car or just forgot the bodge and have a mate a lift . to be fair i don't think ive ever had anyone in the back of any of my cars, the real issue for me is that stitching up a seat belt probably took more effort than just going to a scrappers and getting a replacement part. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I had a look at the mot horrors - it makes you realise how shit some modern cars are in terms of quality - 10 year old cars failing with rotten subframes and suspension components. I noticed the subframe on our vectra was starting to suffer and if left unattended would have gone eventually.The wooden brake pads made me smile - probably better than some cheapo ones. cros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I had no control over the heater in my senator (big grille model). In 1988 it was quite advanced as it had electronic controls - mine were fucked and I had continuous hot air great in summer when it's 25 degrees and the occupants are sweating like a traveller in a spelling test.Job jobbed. It's not a bodge if it works.Fixed with above for a couple of quid. Turn on in winter, off in summer. danthecapriman, paulplom, UltraWomble and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraybentos Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I have seen an entire 65 mustang floorpan held on with pop rivets... chodweaver, Laseraligningfoofooflanges and purplebargeken 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 The pinch bolt holding the dizzy in my Mk2 Escort snapped while driving, I know it snapped as half of it was still there when I stopped. Half a roll on insulation tape later the dizzy stayed in place enough to run for two days until I fixed it. Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I once had a 'sports car' made up out of chopped up Metros. The front subframe of another metro was placed in the rear. The front hubs still had the CV joints in but minus the driveshafts Under the bonnet where the engine should be was sealed off with riveted panels It drove OK for a lash up Barry Cade, HMC, Lacquer Peel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_E23 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 My brother had an Avenger where the tops of the wings turned out to be made from asphalt. Also, seeing the comments about seatbelts above: my (5 door) Range Rover had rot near the rear seatbelt mounts so I chucked both the seatbelts and the rear seat out rather than weld it up. It was much more useful for carting stuff about once I'd done that. ETA: thought of another. A motor trader friend 'repaired' a viscous fan belonging to an ill-mannered customer by encasing the whole thing in a huge blob of body filler and giving the whole thing a coat of satin black spraypaint. It sounded like a low flying bomber afterwards, which pleased us greatly. ...and another! We repaired a bashed in rear door by applying a dustbin-lid sized amount of filler. It actually looked quite convincing, but whilst we were all sitting in the office congratulating ourselves on a job well done we heard an ominous clonk from the workshop. Our repair had fallen out in a single lump leaving the door looking just as it had when we started. chodweaver, Nyphur, Supernaut and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I once had a 'sports car' made up out of chopped up Metros. The front subframe of another metro was placed in the rear. The front hubs still had the CV joints in but minus the driveshafts Under the bonnet where the engine should be was sealed off with riveted panels It drove OK for a lash up Are you talking about an MGF? Supernaut, D Spares & Tyres, Aston Martin and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I bought an Anglia years ago and the guy had it parked right up against the side of his garage on the left. Didn't think much of it at the time until I noticed the swage lines were a bit squiffy - it had over an inch of filler in the rear quarter where it had been hit, and the panel was actually torn/split from the impact. Just loaded up with plop and painted. I dug it all out, beat the panel back into about the right shape and welded the splits up before skimming and painting. During the sanding for paint I discovered the rear of the car from the bottom of the C pillars back was a different car... Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 D4D2351E-9E19-4E6F-9DF3-7DF10279224E.jpeg Autoshite Body and Electrical plc I once used a red crisp packet loosely taped over the bulb after someone drove into the back of my Imp. Kiltox, John F and Tamworthbay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I have used sellotape and red marker pen in the past HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I may have fixed the internal wing of a rotten ZX with sikkaflex and lead flashing. I may have also fixed a leaking heater matrix by bypassing it with a couple of jubilee clips and some 15mm pipe then selling it soon after. I may also be about to fix the blowing exhaust on the almera with sillicone and scotchcast bandages because they are the same as those exhaust bandages and come in funky colours. louiepj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Are you talking about an MGF?☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Ahhh sikaflex Couldn’t get the new clutch link rod to go on my Kangoo van so just filled the old one with Sikaflex and stuck it on - worked like a charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 The Sierra I bought as a donor for a kit car had plastic milk bottles covered in underseal in several structural areas. I could even date the bodges as one still had the label with a best before date on the other side. dome, Squirrel2, Alexg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 >note to self< Never buy anything off Kiltox. flat4alfa, Minimad5 and SiC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 The gas struts on my fathers B reg montego estate were so worn the popped off their ball mountings that were attached to the car. Two pieces of wood, glued to the metal in the shut stopped them moving enough to come off. It was'nt a total bodge - he painted the wood moonraker blue. privatewire, Lacquer Peel and Angrydicky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 >note to self< Never buy anything off Kiltox.That was the least of its worries - it went to the block missing 2nd gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 my first stag had front outriggers made entirely from filler. nope not me. My brother austin 1100 took a tap up the arse on Kingston bridge and a 2 kilo lump of filler fell out of the back wing. again not me worst bodge I ever did for an MOT, I had a Triumph 1500TC, it was a shed but it was also free. lobbed it in for an MOT and it failed on a missing dust cap on the front nearside hub. tester pointed out - good luck finding one and had I fitted the hubcap then he wouldnt have noticed. somewhat pissed off at the tester taking the piss I retired to atkinsons in collyers wood, loads of dollies and toledos but none had the right dust cap. down to uniprat where the humourless Albert on the parts counter told me NLA, I thought about swapping the front drivers hub cap over but figured the tester would smell a rat, so I swapped the dustcaps over and refitted the hub cap on the drivers side. pass was issued dome, UltraWomble, Tamworthbay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 What was that thread on Retro Rides where some maniac was welding up an old motor (Fiat???) and he was going hell for leather wanging bizzarely shaped plates all over the place, then doing welding that a blind man riding past on a galloping horse would wince at. I've tried searching but had no luck. It really was terrifyingly bad and the guy was really getting stuck in, replaced about half of the chassis legs with washing machine sides just tacked on one of the corners and then leathered with a hammer til it touched most of the way round then snotted on, you could have pulled most of it off with your bare hands no problem. It was like that video where they gave spiders LSD and watched the shape of webs they made. Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, sdkrc, Squirrel2 and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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