What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

Is that a scrapyard special wing mirror? Is there any way to remove that yellow paint/tippex without destroying what's beneath?

White spirits, apparently. Steve marks a lot of his stuff like that so he knows what it's for. I kinda like it, I'm tempted to leave it there.

 

R490RVJ seems rather familiar. Great pics by the way.

Similar reg to one that appeared on the tellybox.

[eddyramrod]

I'm back! At least I think I am, but see my next posting in the Grumpy thread (nothing changes eh?). We are in Barrow, in our house, container has arrived with my two cars in and I'm using them, and I've even got a job! Nice to be able to come in with something positive after all this time.

[Albert Ross]

Good stuff.

[Lord Sterling]

Brilliant! Welcome back Eddy!

[sporty-shite]

Top news, Eddy. Good to have you back.

[Cavcraft]

Nice one Eddy.

[dollywobbler]

Welcome back to Blighty. You could have brought some warmth with you! Look forward to pics of the imported fleet once your internet sorts itself out...

[ruffgeezer]

I'm back! At least I think I am, but see my next posting in the Grumpy thread (nothing changes eh?). We are in Barrow, in our house, container has arrived with my two cars in and I'm using them, and I've even got a job! Nice to be able to come in with something positive after all this time.

 

Yay! WinterWonderShitefest at Eddy's!

[richardthestag]

Range rover is working again. Didn't know whether to stick this in the grump thread or not but it is running

 

Last weekend I decided to strip the top end to fix a suspected air leak around the inlet/plenum. Took me 3h of fun to strip it, clean it and get it all back together with lots of blue hylomar. And it started, and ran without all the lumpiness.

 

Then I tried to remove the ecu temp sender which being lucarse and on a 1990's land rover car renders them hugely unreliable. Only dpo dipshit had glued the bastard in because the thread was fucked. So when I tried to remove it the top end just span with no removing going on. So the whole fugging thing came apart again, but this time with the inlet manifold also. I managed to get the offending sender out but with buggered thread and daily driver off the road I opted for a 2nd hand inlet from the bay.

 

Ordered new gaskets, injector seals etc etc and got everything together for a fix it morning yesterday. Inlet manifold went in fine, new injector seals seemed to be made of butter, and for some reason I didn't bother to check for fuel leaks at the injector rail until the whole thing was back together. Started fine but with a fuel leak of BP proportions. SHIIIIIIIIT!

 

So it all came apart again, found one seal had the tinseyest nick taken out of it! Making me very nervous i stripped them all apart again, triple checked them and reseated, no leaks yay. Got it back together for the 3rd time in a week and it purrrrrrrrrrrs

 

So a week of no daily driver and a shit load of work and all because of a previous owner bodge, you gotta love em haven't you!

[Cheggers]

Welcome back Eddy

[fordpoplier]

Just got power back after 6 days, dear god you realize how cold it is with no heating.

[scaryoldcortina]

My debit card is worn out, and starting to go dodgy in the card reader thingies so this afternoon I went onto online banking to order a new one. While there I noticed that I can "personalize" my card with a photo so I sent them this one.

 

[dollywobbler]

Forget the bank card. The story of that car and its creation is still one of the biggest grins on the internet. Especially the devilish underside shot. Must be some years ago now?

[vulgalour]

Still one of my favourite cars for being what a hot rod should be.

[scaryoldcortina]

4 years ago now! I almost used the devilish underside pic for the card, but the aspect ratio was all wrong.

[barrett]

Very long day of 'car stuff' today with some Very Nice People off the internet, taking in two 'events' and getting various bits of car delivered to replace the worse bits of mine. Some uplifting chatting have left me feeling very positive about the stupid plastic thing on my drive and I'm now looking forward to cracking on a bit even more than before. So all the good bits of the online old car scene and none of the nonsense. Lovely stuff!

 

Also, I imagine this must be the only time in history that this exact combination of rubbish cars have shared a car park It's hard to see from this angle but there is a 190-something Olds Curved dash behind the Merc)

unusual car park scene by barrogance, on Flickr

[pompei]

Good to hear from you again, Ed!

[pompei]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5dL4DPm-DE

 

I know this is a pearoast but I hoot with laughter every time I see it The voice reminded me of someone and I've just got it: it's that character who left all those messages to George during the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (one for our younger listeners)

[pompei]

I've missed out on that hotrod story. Is there a link?

[Tayne]

I've missed out on that hotrod story. Is there a link?

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... read=39982

[dollywobbler]

Make plenty of time for that thread. 49 pages. I'm just reading it again!

[Cavcraft]

My lad knocked a CV up and printed a few out yesterday on new printer and we went and handed some out. First job this morning he got a call from a Ford garage offering him a job! It's not quite the position he was after but it sounds good all the same. Told him to whizz up there after and sound the bloke out.

[Largactil]

Myself & Mrs_Largactil decided to conduct our own Skyfall reenactment yesterday, swapping Mr Bond's DB5 for my peasant spec pug, and heading up the A82...

 

Fantastic scenery & roads... And the pug never missed a beat

 

 

 

[cort16]

Have more money than sense and no friends? If so then spend 4000 hours building a 911 with 1 seat and centre driving position.

 

I'm not sure how it took them 4000 hours given the engine's in the back.

 

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11/porsche-center-wheel/

[fotorabia]

Discovering at work today that the company ute Ive already spent at least half a day in driving [half of that lost] is actually a Ford Falcon and not a Holden Commodore...i was so useless with alll the new gizmo's and digital layout I forgot to look at the badges..

[whiskeyonesix]

Well that would have been easy to figure out... A Holden Commodore never would have lasted to half a day

 

Those Falcon Utes are surprisingly light at the back end, Smoke dat bitch

[Tayne]

Have more money than sense and no friends? If so then spend 4000 hours building a 911 with 1 seat and centre driving position.

 

I'm not sure how it took them 4000 hours given the engine's in the back.

 

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11/porsche-center-wheel/

 

 

providing more even weight distribution

 

Why the fuck did you start with a 911?

Could you not have picked something that had better weight distribution to begin with, like a sledgehammer?

[Tayne]

I was asked for ID in Sainsburys tonight.

 

I'm 33.

[trigger]

I was asked for ID in Sainsburys tonight.

 

I'm 33.

 

Welcome to my world, I got asked for ID in the Co-op a few months back for a 6 pack of Fosters and I've even been asked in the last year for ID when buying a lottery ticket!, I'm 32!

 

The lady in the Co-op got to met grumpy Trig when she asked me, Annoyingly she asked In such a high voice that a load of customers turned to look at me and she made me get my drivers licence out for her to then say "you should be grateful that you look so young", "WE'LL I'M NOT" I snarled back before running off with my beer.

[scaryoldcortina]

I've never been asked for ID in a shop. Ever. Looking in the mirror suggests it isn't going to happen either.