What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[seth]

The potent smell that is a mixture of burning rubber, castrol-r and (occasionally) methanol.  That's what was making me grin yesterday.

 

[Louise2cv]

YES.

 

My childhood was castrol-r, steam trains and stale fags mixed with roast dinner smells.

 

 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh happy days.

[Jon]

Thread please, seth.

[STUNO]

Huge grin, no photo YET. 

I popped into a friends house to let him know my new address. He didn't answer the door, so i went round to the back to see if he was in his workshop. No. But under a tarp was a familiar hubcap and a  mudflap with "Princess" on it. I then noticed there was not a mark on the bits i could see. The rest has to be an absolutely pristine Austin.

[STUNO]

Took a photo this morning, from the top of the lookout hill in this town. I went to see if the central island Volcanoes were visible after the huge dump of snow over the last few days. They are about 130 km's away .

The results.

 

1st the general view.

 

 

Then zoom in.

 

 

And then I spotted this.

 

Live in a bus and tow the Niva on an A-frame = The real version of

One Life--Live it !

 

 

 

[cort1977]

Apparently there was some deal in the late 70s/early 80s where the nz milk marketing board was paid in ladas for milk exports. I think. That sounds insane now I have written it.

[STUNO]

Apparently there was some deal in the late 70s/early 80s where the nz milk marketing board was paid in ladas for milk exports. I think. That sounds insane now I have written it.

 

True !!!!    Yes that really is true. There were quite a lot of Ladas about. It was at the time when Russia had no cash.

[fordperv]

Have changed a few of these engines in early galaxy's , used to fail because the relief valve in the oil pump would come undone causing low oil pressure . Would check it on your replacement engine as wouldn't want that to go the same way . Would also be interested to know if that is what happened to your old engine , seemed to be a common thing a few year back .

Cheers for the thought, I have tightened a few relief valves in my time, I fitted a brand new genuine oil pump to the engine that went, before the pump went in I undid it and put a dab of loctite on the thread and tightened it up so i doubt it's come loose

[seth]

Thread please, seth.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/191460/vscc-prescott

[Jon]

Excellent! 

[scruff]

Passed my Transport Manager CPC!!!!!! Hardest thing I've ever done, thank FUCK that's over and done with!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

[anonymous user]

Well done Scruff, I do know what is involved in that (no I'm too thick to do it myself, but my brother and sister did).

 

On a totally unrelated note this morning, while sat in the Land Rover an a retail car-park in Bridgend, I was amused to see one of the Costa "barristas" come out of Costa and go two doors down to Greggs and come out with a bacon bap and a coffee, which he then consumed outside before going back to work in Costa.

[Hertz]

 

Bren, on 08 Sept 2014 - 01:36 AM, said:

Got in from work just before midnight.

 

House to myself - a can and a couple of jack daniels before bed.

 

Listening to music on youtube - dance remixes of crockett's theme from miami vice.

 

Fab.

 

I did this the other night. Fantastic. I was trying to find some late 80's/early 90's dance music with classical Wagner (ride of the valkyries ) in it but gave up after a lengthy search. Sad I know. Anyone remember or know it as I would like to re live my yoof ragging my mum's Renault 11 TXE whilst listening to these tunes.

 

I've only gone and found the fecker! 75p in a Tenby charity shop wielded the name of the group (on some 90's compilation cd). The Time Frequency!

 

I still can't seem to find the Wagner intro tune though but all the other ones seem to fit. Maybe it was a remix type of cassette.

 

Ebay doesn't seem to have any CD's so I'll keep an eye out as the Ultimate Collection CD seems to have all their "hits" on and the one to have.

[Bobthebeard]

Having advertised a 1963 NSU Quickly on ebay and suffered from the classic ebay mongs (howmuch m8, can buy tonite etc) it has finally sold for a decent price. Chap turned up the next day, loaded it into his van and paid cash in full. Result!

[MikeKnight]

This is how Vulg and I generally work on the Renault 6.

 

[Kiltox]

Finding out that a Rover 100 cabriolet exists.... Never seen one before but so much want now!

[Ghosty]

I found a song about DS21s...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WiBxO3nOw

 

 

There's even an interview with the artist, partially about her car:

 

http://www.janechild.com/press_citroen.html

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Coming down to the kitchen this morning, to discover Mrs TW must have been reading my practical classics magazine. She WILL like quirky old cars. Still open on the worktop, next to her hairdryer!

[trigger]

You sure it's not the photo of Matt George that she isn't just perving over?

[Tayne]

Citroen Namco Pony?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

To be fair, I used to have women's hair before meeting Mrs TW, and my surname is George (obviously I retain my screen name of Wogan for public duties). Maybe she was visualising what could have been. At least his surname isn't Jizzum or whatever one of the other writers in PC used to be called.

[danthecapriman]

As reported in the grump thread, I went to the tip this morning. Went with my mum as she's got stuff she wanted rid of so we went in my Granada, nice big estate and her Focus wasn't big enough to fit all the rubbish in.

 

First thing she said when she got into it was ask if it's safe to drive! Yeah ok it looks rough as hell but it's perfectly fine. I think she was a bit embaressed being in it!

Anyway, we get most of the way there and she says 'hmm, this thing lovely to be in!, it's so smooth and comfortable!' She then said it's nicer to be in than her modern Focus.

 

I'm not surprised of course but it just made me laugh!

Not bad for a 31 year old 200k mile old car is it, if it can beat a modern. And, it's bigger than my dad's modern Mondeo estate too. One of the things I took to the tip was the rotten old bonnet off the Granada, it wouldn't fit in the Focus or the Mondeo, it did easily fit into the Granny. Who needs moderns!?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Citroen Namco Pony?

Apparently it's on Zakynthos.

[FakeConcern]

Some friends visited today and gave us some chocolates. We were all amused to see one of them was called "Love Milk"

 

 

[xtriple]

Just been round the block on my 'boot scooter' with Chester. He freaked of course. After three years of inactivity I think it is fair to say,, the battery is fooked! Full charge this afternoon resulted in a about three hundred yards before I thought it expedient to turn round and 'run for home' as it's downhill that way.

 

Anyone want a mobility scooter that splits up and fits in the boot of a car easily? Good condition and the dirt, dust and cobwebs I will throw in for free

[155V6]

The Volvo now has a years MOT   .I left it with the garage where it failed on an ineffective handbrake & was expecting a bill of £200-£250 after they had replaced shoes & cables etc.I got a call yesterday saying it was all done & the cost was £86 including the MOT   .They'd taken it all apart,cleaned it up & re-assembled it & it actually works now.Very happy.

[alf892]

http://ukdrn.co.uk/category/santa-pod-raceway/dragstalgia-2016/

 

950 A Series.......

[vulgalour]

Pot drainage solutions, PSA style.

[RobT]

Finding out that a Rover 100 cabriolet exists.... Never seen one before but so much want now!

 

A fleet of them were available as hire cars in Jersey once.  In fact, a quick search shows one 'Heritage Rover 114 Cabriolet' is still available (which is grin worthy in itself!).

 

http://carhire-jersey.com/cars/

[MikeKnight]