What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Joey spud]

[Jerzy Woking]

13 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

I've been watching some old Crimewatch robberies and raids from around 1986 on tele via Youtube. There is some proper old rammle on there. Lots of Fords though, plenty of Escorts and later Sierras as stolen/getaway cars.

One reconstruction was about a lone robber who held up cash vans in Middlesbrough/Teesside areas.

What made me kind of grin was, he'd steal older vehicles like old Escorts or Minis etc... he'd tune the engines so they were better condition than before. What thief does that these days? The cars were never crashed, just dumped, but presumably eventually returned to the owner with a better condition engine than before.

That reminds me of a storyline on Crossroads many years ago. Thick handyman Benny had a vehicle that a mechanic in a garage was going to use as a getaway vehicle for a post office robbery. He had spent a long time tuning it up.

The vehicle in question was a Morris Minor van.

[mitsisigma01]

19 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

That reminds me of a storyline on Crossroads many years ago. Thick handyman Benny had a vehicle that a mechanic in a garage was going to use as a getaway vehicle for a post office robbery. He had spent a long time tuning it up.

The vehicle in question was a Morris Minor van.

Was it this one? 

 

[face]

SS1 ?

[Jerzy Woking]

18 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Was it this one? 

 

No, not that one. Was a few years before this one. But thanks for posting that up-a real blast from the past. 

[mitsisigma01]

Opens with a shite Maestro ??then other assorted. 

I vaguely remember the episode you are on about, I was forced to watch Crossroads up to about 81, didn't realise they tried to reboot it in to the 2000s

[Three Speed]

15 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

I've been watching some old Crimewatch robberies and raids from around 1986 on tele via Youtube. There is some proper old rammle on there. Lots of Fords though, plenty of Escorts and later Sierras as stolen/getaway cars.

One reconstruction was about a lone robber who held up cash vans in Middlesbrough/Teesside areas.

What made me kind of grin was, he'd steal older vehicles like old Escorts or Minis etc... he'd tune the engines so they were better condition than before. What thief does that these days? The cars were never crashed, just dumped, but presumably eventually returned to the owner with a better condition engine than before.

You might see my old Cortina estate then. It was used as a getaway car in a supermarket robbery. This would have been about 1996 ish. I had sold it a year or so earlier. It was found and used in the reconstruction on Crimewatch. Definitely the same car as the badges on the tailgate were swapped over. Beige - of course- with brown vinyl top. HLT200V. Had a nasty habit of flooding (TADTS). Would not inspire confidence for use as a getaway car.

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said:

 

I was forced to watch Crossroads up to about 81

Good God, how old are you?

Although I'm sure watching that would age anyone 

[hairnet]

oh @wuvvum wuv

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SF 21

[Roobarb]

Always consider your passengers when you purchase that midlife crisis car...

Call for ‘doggles’ perhaps?

[Shite Ron]

This is the first weekend we are allowed out since lockdown so I took the Cortina estate out on Saturday but it started losing power when warm so only did 25 miles in it. I decided to go for a proper run today in the Granada and went over the Bwlch and Rhigos mountains to Brecon and back.A very scenic route and we were lucky enough to see several interesting cars. Not long after leaving home a Sunbeam Alpine and Gilbern convertible followed us for several miles, they then stopped at the top of the Bwlch then at the bottom of the Rhigos a very nice Anglia Super joined the road behind us and followed us for several miles. On the way back from Brecon we saw a Consul convertible,a few MGB’s a very nice Mercedes plus the hundreds of motorbikes that were out. One of the best grins though was the gleaming Austin Healey driven by a jolly man who waved at us as he passed in the opposite direction. A really nice day out which showed how important old cars are for making everything feel right in the world.

 

[danthecapriman]

49 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

This is the first weekend we are allowed out since lockdown so I took the Cortina estate out on Saturday but it started losing power when warm so only did 25 miles in it. I decided to go for a proper run today in the Granada and went over the Bwlch and Rhigos mountains to Brecon and back.A very scenic route and we were lucky enough to see several interesting cars. Not long after leaving home a Sunbeam Alpine and Gilbern convertible followed us for several miles, they then stopped at the top of the Bwlch then at the bottom of the Rhigos a very nice Anglia Super joined the road behind us and followed us for several miles. On the way back from Brecon we saw a Consul convertible,a few MGB’s a very nice Mercedes plus the hundreds of motorbikes that were out. One of the best grins though was the gleaming Austin Healey driven by a jolly man who waved at us as he passed in the opposite direction. A really nice day out which showed how important old cars are for making everything feel right in the world.

 

Gorgeous car.

I need to get myself another Granada!

[Spottedlaurel]

I used both of these today:

Compare and Contrast by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Compare and Contrast by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Both very pleasurable, but in completely different ways. Lexus is all about the magical way it wafts around with no immediately apparent form of propulsion, with the little 1200 it is the joy of nipping around in an incredibly basic way.

Ultimately both did exactly the same job, starting, going and stopping to take Miss SL to her Sunday job.

[hairnet]

Woohoo

[808 Estate]

[Roobarb]

Okay Dad, I know how to put oil in the car...

Facebook and probably fake, but funny nonetheless. 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 7/11/2020 at 5:46 PM, Crusty Sills said:

Not shite related but.... Got an 8 ft pool to throw the kids in during OMG  heat wave. 

Fuck me 2400 litres is a metric shit ton of water!!!! 

The grin still on rates. ?Anglian water!!! ?????? 3 hrs and still not full! 

Not a shit tonne, it's 2.4 tonne.

Someone's making AS custom steelies in safferland.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A trio of V8s

Alas only one is mine, the one that’s worth less than the cost of the little yellow crest on the wing of the Red one. I left it here last week when I took out the car I drove to France. The Corniche is also in France now, the E430 can stay there until I get back in August, hopefully it’ll be collected by then . But If for some reason I do have to do a C&C ad. I think I’ve got my lead photo!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

13 hours ago, Shite Ron said:

This is the first weekend we are allowed out since lockdown so I took the Cortina estate out on Saturday but it started losing power when warm so only did 25 miles in it. I decided to go for a proper run today in the Granada and went over the Bwlch and Rhigos mountains to Brecon and back.A very scenic route and we were lucky enough to see several interesting cars. Not long after leaving home a Sunbeam Alpine and Gilbern convertible followed us for several miles, they then stopped at the top of the Bwlch then at the bottom of the Rhigos a very nice Anglia Super joined the road behind us and followed us for several miles. On the way back from Brecon we saw a Consul convertible,a few MGB’s a very nice Mercedes plus the hundreds of motorbikes that were out. One of the best grins though was the gleaming Austin Healey driven by a jolly man who waved at us as he passed in the opposite direction. A really nice day out which showed how important old cars are for making everything feel right in the world.

 

That’s lovely, I really like a pre-facelift Mk2 with no extra adornment on the front; fogs, spots, overriders etc. It emphasises what a clean and clever resin the Mk2 was.  Of the many Grannys I’ve had in the past one of my favourites was an S reg 2.8 GL in white with a black vinyl, my Mrs used it for about a year when my second daughter was born , so 30 years ago. It was stolen and joy ridden when I left it at a body shop to have the front valance painted- it was immaculate apart from that, the scumbags put it through a garden wall and the guy at the body shop gave us an SD1  rather than claim on his insurance.

[djb222]

[junkyarddog]

Scruffy down at heel Laguna 2 Monaco,just pulled in beside me in a Aldi car park 

[beko1987]

19 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Scruffy down at heel Laguna 2 Monaco,just pulled in beside me in a Aldi car park 

Crikey I bet that's a bit nice inside! (bar a useless shat nav that's hard to update or play other source music, I don't think a2dp Bluetooth was on them then and the aux hack involves a wire from the boot iirc) 

[Fumbler]

Mishmash of Protect and Survive, other public information films, and a hint of Look Around You. It's brilliant I think.

[155V6]

5 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Scruffy down at heel Laguna 2 Monaco,just pulled in beside me in a Aldi car park 

Is that a special edition?,just had a quick look & couldn't find anything about it.

[junkyarddog]

43 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Is that a special edition?,just had a quick look & couldn't find anything about it.

Yes,All Monaco edition Renault's have a Leather interior,probably other bits n pieces too.

First Monaco edition I've ever seen.

[Remspoor]

On 7/12/2020 at 8:05 AM, castros_bro said:

From where to where?  Were there any restrictions at the border?

No restrictions just crossed the border by car and back. Said to be an outbreak in both Lisbon and Oporto.  Went to the airport but only saw two GNR (cops). One was smoking with his visor half up.?

[beko1987]

Took eva to school this morning, and on the way I passed a skip with some bits outside. Got 2 things

One is this very comfy chair

I'm sat in it now and it's ideal for taking to the fod/here and there. 

There is another thing but ive not got that out the car yet

[paulplom]

Free beer if you can get to NE22.
I'll serve.

[beko1987]

2nd find! 

Little bit of mouse nibblage underneath

Missing one of the retaining nuts though

But my stepdad said he would see what he has in his box of stuff, and my plan B is 2 tidy 10mm nuts and bolts, set it to dead flat, and drill 2 holes, then always take a 10mm ratchet with me when setting it up. 

The cover is just about to come out of the washing machine, if it survives ill crack on. I've wanted one for ages, having slept on one before they are mega comfy. If I can get a free one going enough for occasional use that will do! 

[Floatylight]

Wonder if he gets many takers?

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