What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[oldcars]

Snow + Reliant Rialto =       

[Jon]

After a 2 year break from the roads, fixed HGF, cam belt and much, much electrical tinkering into the wee small hours of the morning 6 hours before its test, this bag of bolts passed its WoF (MOT) yesterday:

 

 

 

I drove it home 20 miles on fumes, ignoring the two petrol stations passed as the one closest to home has marginally cheaper fuel. Getting stuck in unexpected road works (single lane, tailbacks of hundreds of metres), philibusmo and I were concerned with running out of petrol and overheating, with the temp gauge not working. As we passed through, the STOP/GO man turned his lollypop to stop straight afterwards and we both let out a massive collective cheer!

 

Just goes to prove that life is better with a little bit of needless, self inflicted tension every once in a while. 

[KruJoe]

Well done on the WOF Jon. Say "hi" to Phil!

 

Anyone else thinking the Visa would look ace with the back wheels spaced out a tad?

The arches might not like it though.

[STUNO]

A spot* this morning , Philibusmo and Jon (specially Phil) deserve huge congrats for getting the work done

 

[Richard]

After the latest update the forum works on Opera Mini again, so I can see the forum on a G connection. Quite handy as I'm going to be in the Highlands all next week.

[michael1703]

Is that Rex Garrod? I used to live just down the road from his place in Mickfield - its a shame if it is, did he not do all sorts of robotic stuff for special effects in big hollywood movies of the 80s and early 90s?

Yep, he's been getting worse, he packed up about 3 years ago, he used to turn bits on a lathe for me and he sold off all his machinery.

 

He still had "brum" in pride of place though

[Stanky]

Thats a massive shame, is he still living in Mickfield or has he moved? His house was/is quite nice if I remember.

 

Also, the road from the A140 to Mickfield, across the fields is an amazing piece of tarmac, my old man used to take me and my brother along there at surprising speed in several of his company sierras in the mid-90s. I terrified an ex-girlfriend by repeating the feat in a Mk3 golf in the mid-2000s. Its especially good in the late summer once the farmer has cut the crops so you have perfect sight over the whole stretch.

 

interesting factoid I recall being told years ago, Mickfield church is built facing west, rather than east as is traditional. As such, it attracted groups of n'er do wells after it was made redundant in the late 1970s who viewed it as having satanic connections.

[beko1987]

Sad to hear about rex. Every now and then I binge on the secret life of videos! Have an appropriate one..

https://youtu.be/oQqNLlgPWks

 

Mot and veg day tomorrow! Will be the first time ever I've driven without an mot (and even then it's a pre booked one...) hoping to have a good poke underneath to confirm the water isn't coming from below

[Eddie Honda]

Prof Hunkin!

[michael1703]

I love Tim hunkins contraptions, we spend lots of time at southwold and he made lots of "arcade machines" for the pier, they are made from bits of washing machines and all sorts of stuff

 

http://www.underthepier.com

[Jimmycrackcorn]

We've had a gorgeous P reg XJ6 sat outside work for a while (there before I started) waiting to be broken. Got in it expecting to have to tow it into the yard to start stripping but with a good battery on it it just fired right up.

Had a play and it drove beautifully and everything electrical worked.

Convinced the boss it was too good to break and put it in at our friendly MOT place next door who do tests for £20 for us.

It only passed, advisory for 2 cracked tyres, rusty fuel pipe and start of rust on sills.

The lad couldn't believe how solid it was, even the brake pipes were original and in good nick. It must have been garaged for most of it's life as the rust on the sills is just surface rust.

Not bad for a £300 breaker.

[michael1703]

If you get any x300 with decent wings... I need a pair

[twosmoke300]

I might know of a x300 being broken for Hotrod bits

[Timewaster]

We've had a gorgeous P reg XJ6 sat outside work for a while (there before I started) waiting to be broken. Got in it expecting to have to tow it into the yard to start stripping but with a good battery on it it just fired right up.

1976 or 1997?

[beko1987]

Bastard it's cold. My screenwash is still frozen and I've just driven 30 miles! Hope the mot tester ignores that...

[michael1703]

Piss in the bottle

[nacho man]

Don't know if anyone watches 'mighty car mods' 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZuShe0gefY

 

Enjoy some electric 80's jdm awesomeness.

[beko1987]

Piss in the bottle

He just decided not to care, his is frozen too...

 

Just flew through the emissions too, so the new exhaust sorted that out. Bit of blue smoke on the hard revs though. Rear brakes are even too now so thanks ruff geezer for the calipers!

 

He's just gone to get his tools to adjust the headlights

[bub2006]

Snow + Reliant Rialto =

I second that. I miss my robin sometimes

 

Anyway last night I was driving the van minding my own business and I was overtaken. Nothing unusual in that,happens frequently but the grin was I was overtaken by a mk2 astravan. I was doing 70 ish and there I no way that had the 1.6 diesel lump in it. He was bloody flying

[beko1987]

 

Thanks Will and Danny!

[Jimmycrackcorn]

1976 or 1997?

97 so not hugely old but just the fact there is barely any rust it's amazing.

[Jimmycrackcorn]

If you get any x300 with decent wings... I need a pair

I think we've one on BRG, I'll take a look on Monday.

[overrun]

Don't know if anyone watches 'mighty car mods' 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZuShe0gefY

 

Enjoy some electric 80's jdm awesomeness.

 

Maaaaaaad!

[eddyramrod]

Danthecapriman and his Mercury.  Nuff said, really.  What a joy.

[cort16]

As it's snowing, it's too early to start drinking and I'm bored I've been looking at a few build threads.

This guys decided he was going to build a car from scratch. Chances are it may end up looking a bit funny but the skill in effort involved is well worth a read.

He has to to get extra points for building his own headlamps.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=1307984&mid=0&i=0&nmt=Scratch%20built%20car&mid=0

[cort16]

If you're up for some more metal bashing porn this thread of a modern dodge charger being re-skinned to look like a 69 Dodge dayton is pretty amazing. It's the detail in making the small things worth that are amazing like sinking the modern wing mirrors into the 69 door. I'd have just sicaflexed them on.

 

http://www.hotrod.com/features/1601-man-resurrects-totaled-srt8-charger-as-a-dodge-daytona/?sm_id=social_aumohotrodsshub_default_20160115_57300346&adbid=10153197805392540&adbpl=fb&adbpr=13601527539#photo-01

[The Moog]

Went to screwfix for some bits and saw a guy climbing out of this.

 

Lovely to see it being used properly

 

[beko1987]

Just picked up £370 worth of Dyson dc39 with a gummed up cyclone for £15...

 

 

As soon as I heard the release valve I said "oh that sounds blocked", the guy said yea, we saw some Dyson repair bloke in Facebook but by the time I'd told the wife we could get it fixed she had bought a new one. I said it was me who fixes them and he muttered under his breath about her but stuck to the sale!

 

Ebay in a few weeks, or another roffle? Is the laguna 2 of vacuum cleaners though...

[andy18s]

Just picked up £370 worth of Dyson dc39 with a gummed up cyclone for £15...

 

IMAG0694.jpg

 

As soon as I heard the release valve I said "oh that sounds blocked", the guy said yea, we saw some Dyson repair bloke in Facebook but by the time I'd told the wife we could get it fixed she had bought a new one. I said it was me who fixes them and he muttered under his breath about her but stuck to the sale!

 

Ebay in a few weeks, or another roffle? Is the laguna 2 of vacuum cleaners though...

 

Do you get any hand held "Animal" in Beko ?

The Mrs bought 1 of those G-Tech thingies and tbf it's shite.......

[hairnet]

Went Wales to buy new bike

 

Small garlic mobile didnt complain