What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Given the slight 'Brendan-ish' style of the clothes I therefore deduce you've bought this...

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-VOLVO-B1 ... 3f1d414b67

 

...and plan on doing an Autoshite version of Coach Trip.

[cort16]

It's the same colour as the car in wuvvums post.

 

Here's another clue

 

[Cavcraft]

An Alex Salmond Fire 250?

[cort16]

Bored yet?

It's a Puma. My Mrs needs a car for a bit and I've always fancied one. This one came up a few miles away and now it's mine, well her's.

 

[Morgan84]

Puma 1.4,1.6 or the ultimate 1.7 ?

[cort16]

1.7. Loads of new bits on it, arches not hanging off it and plenty T&T so should do the job, be a bit of fun and I'll not lose a fortune when I come to sell it.

I'm not a huge fan of modern fords but always fancied one of these.

[Morgan84]

1.7 = FUN !!

 

My friend had one from new,and that car went like the wind;at 6000 rpm in top gear,it was doing 120.I always found it hard to keep it under 35 mph,as they want to 'play'. The headlamps are crap though,and the gearknob is bloody freezing..... Love them !

[cort16]

Cool. Looking forward to it. Should be interesting for the Mrs as the fastest car she's driven is a Citroen C1

[Morgan84]

Rev it to 6000 rpm through the gears and have fun ! They are basically a MK4 Fiesta chassis,so very good on most roads;One day I will have to get one,but im sure id end up bending it !

[ruffgeezer]

Bought another shite box!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

That Puma looks fab. But if ever a car needed black wheels, that's it!

[Cavcraft]

Bought another shite box!

 

Spill the beans...

[willswitchengage]

Bought another shite box!

 

Sorry to be bearer of bad news but it's 5318008 not 5138008

[ruffgeezer]

Bought another shite box!

 

Spill the beans...

 

It isn't that interesting, but should hopefully join the fold next week.

 

Naturally at the moment it doesn't run and has no tax or mot, so just what I needed when 75% of the current fleet don't work or can't be used!

 

Bought another shite box!

Sorry to be bearer of bad news but it's 5318008 not 5138008

 

Shhhhh! they'll notice! I didn't because I'm a stupid stupid bugger

[Negative Creep]

My parents gave me their old Hi-Fi stand. I have now filled it with WIN.

 

[RedSparrow]

Nice collection.

What's the thing next to the dreamcast?

[Negative Creep]

Nice collection.

What's the thing next to the dreamcast?

 

 

Panasonic 3DO, perhaps the ultimate in console shite. Unfortunately I can't get it to work and it seems the controller port may be buggered

[RedSparrow]

I thought it said Panasonic. Never heard of it! Just looked it up here:

http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=38&game=12

 

I regret selling/giving away my collection.

[Guest]

Today has not been great. A slow day at work, I lose half my kebab on the way back in off break and I had some dire news off MM5 about my Wirral based storage arrangements going tits up.

 

However, my FED-1 turned up at work from the Ukraine.

 

 

I did some cross referencing on the serial number (yes, I am that sad) and it turns out I have a FED-1G, produced in 1954 or thereabouts and the last of its type before the FED-2 began production.

It's a half arsed copy of a pre-war Leica III, and having never used an Ablon when loading film or a rangefinder for shooting, I may have something of a steep learning curve with it - although having studied a few how-to guides on YouTube, it shouldn't prove too difficult. The lens is this funny little lockable M39 50mm that you pull out and twist into place. You focus it with that lever wheel thing to the left of the lens body which aligns the LH viewfinder with a ghosted image you overlay, using the RH box to compose the shot, allowing for a bit of parallax air.

 

I'm going to move my OM-1 and FED-3 on pretty soon though, along with some more Corgi and Dinky models from my keeps box.

 

I have quite an odd collection of 35mm camerashite now - it's one of my other passions seeing as how you don't have to deal with nobhead price gouging landlords to keep them around. I really, really want a Rolleicord of some kind - the Lubitels and Yashicas TLRs can go and shit on Len's face for all I care.

 

List now is:

 

1955 FED-1G (boss)

1955 Carl Zeiss Werra Olive (utterly mad little thing)

1957 Halina 35X (shiny and a bit shit)

1966 Zorki 11 (shiny and a bit odd)

1966 Yashica Lynx 14 (finally in the UK after being bummed for £21 between HMRC and Parcelcunt, also broken)

19?? FED-3 (for sale)

1971 Olympus FTL (with shitted up focussing screen - I'm looking for another that doesn't cost £££££)

1978 Praktica EE2 (Pete-M's, has the LOUDEST shutter in the world - CRUNCH)

197? Olympus OM1n - (for sale).

 

2008 Nikon D60 ('shit' DSLR, according to my Canon toting poseur Uni colleagues who can GTF).

[Guest]

I thought it said Panasonic. Never heard of it! Just looked it up here:

http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=38&game=12

 

I regret selling/giving away my collection.

 

My mate Gary at school was Nintendo mad and managed to buy a Virtual Boy in 1996. It gave you a headache after about 10 minutes. I had a Supergun and a few JAMMA boards a couple of years ago which sold for fuck-all on eBay and nearly broke my heart. Bought and flogged a Sega Saturn on for pennies, and had an Amiga CD32 for a bit but sold it on after getting a daft offer on it from a friend of a friend. I'd like to try an Atari Jaguar - that would be a laugh.

[Cavcraft]

Talking of games console things, despite being a bit 'pre-decimal' when it comes to that kind of shit I don't think you'll ever beat Desert Strike and Jungle Strike. The Mga-Drive was quality, my missus used to do her nut when she got up in the morning to find loads of bits of bof roll stuck to the telly screen as I used them as markers for fuel dumps.

There was also an F1 game with a yellow box that was a right laugh for crashing etc, and Road Rash was also good fun. I got as advanced* as a Nintendo 64 when it all cmae horribly on top and my son used to hand me my arse on a plate when he was about 3, so I did that time honoured dad thing and pretended I was too busy to play anymore because I was getting hammered at every game.

[Spiny Norman]

I really, really want a Rolleicord of some kind

 

I was 'investigating' an old box in a cupboard the other day and pulled this out.

 

 

I've got a few old cameras too, that Rolleicord, a lovely old Kodak Retina 11a, a Braun Paxette SLR, and an ancient Nagel Vollanda roll film jobbie. I also have a Lubitel 166 and an old original Lomo somewhere too, not to mention my old 35mm Minolta SRT & XD7s, a Yashica FX3 with all the leather covering peeled off it, and the modern digi stuff, a Nikon D40, a D5000 and a wee Fuji bridge thing I just snapped up on Egay for £37!

 

I'm just starting to get back into photography again after ignoring it for years.

[Tayne]

However, my FED-1 turned up at work from the Ukraine.

 

Is the Ukraine good for camera shite?

I'll be there in a week.

[ashmicro]

My big mate John is well into all things camera, and despite his trying to teach me stuff for about the last 20 years, I still can't use an SLR! He bought a secondhand Lubitel medium format camera for £20, years ago, but it had a light leak, so he shelled out £60 on a Chinese MF camera called a Seagull. I have never seen such quality photos, amazing stuff. One of John's mates bought a Hasselblad DSLR for something bonkers like 20 grand

 

Dunno about Ukraine specifically, but I've been told that the former Soviet bloc was quite good at cameras.

[Tayne]

I know the Soviet bloc made some nice stuff, it was more s question of availability for me (or even cheeky eBay resale).

I'm aiming to pic up a few vintage watches whilst I'm there.

[RedSparrow]

I have always wanted a decent East German Ruhla watch. They were pretty well made though and so fetch high-ish prices.

[ashmicro]

I'm aiming to pic up a few vintage watches whilst I'm there.

 

 

A guy I know spent a fair bit of money on, and waited quite a long time for, a Russian watch called a Poljot, "as worn by Cosmonauts". It was RUBBISH, kept stopping. The supplier eventually replaced it, and the back kept falling off that one. Apparently the ones produced before 1990 are much better.

[retrogeezer]

Nice collection.

What's the thing next to the dreamcast?

 

 

Panasonic 3DO, perhaps the ultimate in console shite. Unfortunately I can't get it to work and it seems the controller port may be buggered

 

 

Is that the one you got from me a couple of years ago?? It was working fine wasn't it?? I took photos before sending it and everything.

[Negative Creep]

Nice collection.

What's the thing next to the dreamcast?

 

 

Panasonic 3DO, perhaps the ultimate in console shite. Unfortunately I can't get it to work and it seems the controller port may be buggered

 

 

Is that the one you got from me a couple of years ago?? It was working fine wasn't it?? I took photos before sending it and everything.

 

 

The controller I got with it doesn't work so I presumed that was buggered. To be honest I forgot about it soon afterwards, but having tried a Mega Drive pad that doesn't work either. Need to get hold of a replacement official pad really but they aren't that easy to come by

[retrogeezer]

oh dear, it was definitely working when I packed it all up, I made sure I played a game on it before hand. The console is working though right?

 

The 3rd party controller did feel pretty cheaply made though compared with the proper one, have you taken the controller apart at all?? I've often found mega drive controllers need a clean on the contacts inside and it might be the same.

 

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