What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Jazoli]

Interestingly named guest arriving today

 

 

[ShiteRider]

Facebook oddly. Don't use it myself but a mate put the cortinas of slow sellage on 'unloved retro cars'.

Blue saloon sold pending collection, two different guys want the estate (one coming tonight, one tomorrow if the first guy knocks it).

All gone cheap, but worth it to avoid evilbay.

[dollywobbler]

Just had a Hercules fly over with a yellow. Tail. Wasn't there a discussion on here about it recently? Couldn't find it. It was almost as low as my window. Not quite enough with the camera!

[HillmanImp]

Just insured the MR2.

 

Cost a WHOPPING Â£55.

 

To be fair, I have added it onto a policy thats already running but even prorated over the year its only £66.

 

Result.

[Spottedlaurel]

Looking forward to getting home tonight and sorting the Lexus for trackday antics at Marham tomorrow, in the company of Wuvvum and Baz. Just had a couple of fresh part-worn tyres fitted to my 18's which I need to collect and put back on later, and the garage gave it a precautionary brake fluid change earlier in the week (feels much better as a result).

 

Lexus LS400 - 18" wheels vs. standard 16" by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

It's currently sitting on the driveway looking a bit OMGDRIFTNOTAE86 with odd wheels.

 

I was going to go back to the standard 16's, but it seems the local part-worn place I went to have loads of the 18's in exactly the size I want, so I might keep going with them until the country roads have rendered the wheels utterly useless. And it looks better on the 18's.....

[cort16]

One of the guys at work turned up in his new car today. A find a lot of new cars a bit samey but I'd happily sell all my old shite heaps and probably a kidney to get one of these. I'd go for a fastback though. 

 

[cort16]

We've all thought about doing it but this lot have turned it into a Sport. I hope to see it in the 2020 Olympics but using Peugeot 308's.

 

[320touring]

John's two door is lovely and sounds mental, however Neil's estate is just 'shabby' enough to be perfect as long as no rotor arms need looked at!

 

Photo required for the rotor arm bit!

 

Food was ace and the mini stocks entertainment would have been better with a bit more light.

Its not mine- my bro and I have 50/50 ownership:)

 

but aye, its snug enough in the bay..

[320touring]

We've all thought about doing it but this lot have turned it into a Sport. I hope to see it in the 2020 Olympics but using Peugeot 308's.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XMNeqmRvg

Filmed in Malham?

[Tickman]

Its not mine- my bro and I have 50/50 ownership:)

 

but aye, its snug enough in the bay..

So John owns a large share of BMW win then.

'Snug' is the understatement of the year though!

[fordperv]

We've all thought about doing it but this lot have turned it into a Sport. I hope to see it at shitefest but using Peugeot 308's.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XMNeqmRvg

Fixed that

[panhard65]

We've all thought about doing it but this lot have turned it into a Sport. I hope to see it in the 2020 Olympics but using Peugeot 308's.

 

Many years ago I did this to a mini estate the sill were a bit tough so we used my dads 12 bore shotgun for them. The advent of the petrol powered block cutter made life so much easier for cutting cars up.

[bramz7]

The ZX is now insured. And fingers crossed, will be off for an MOT in the coming fortnight. I was reasonably surprised by the relatively low cost of the insurance but am fully anticipating that I will be a tad worse off when I pass……O WELL

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I've chopped up a lot of cars with an axe and always found the pillars to be quite tough, probably because they were the only bits that weren't rotten. My reason for chopping up? To make manageable bits to fit in my trailer for weighing in single handed.

[beko1987]

I successfully completed a cam belt change on the Colt today. First cam belt ive done. I am officially capable of 4 spanner jobs now.

 

Dead pleased with myself, full report to follow in my thread

Its a good feeling isn't it, I felt it when I did the Meriva.

 

Was a proper bum, bollocks and teeth clenching moment turning the starter afterwards though...

[Fat_Pirate]

I've got ABC's new "Lexicon of Love II" album, it's SUPER.  Very familiar feel, lush strings, and washes away the memory of all the tat they followed the original up with.  Preview it here, I recommend Viva Love and The Love Inside the Love.

[Coprolalia]

Double grin.

Been driving the Scirocco, and it's running the best since I've had it. Has some buttock thrust into bolster action. Timing fettling has got it 95% there, and a new expansion tank cap appears to have fixed the spaffing coolant everywhere problem (many thanks 320touring) at a £2 cost. The idle mixture/ revs aren't quite right yet resulting in a hunting loping idle, but this led to the second grin.

 

I was merrily sat worrying about fuel vaporisation in a standstill queue earlier, and noted an old fella (70+) in a 04ish fiesta behind. He had thumbs up and was rocking from side to side with the burble of the exhaust with a big grin.

 

Motor mojo restored, cheers giffer.

[320touring]

Double grin.

Been driving the Scirocco, and it's running the best since I've had it. Has some buttock thrust into bolster action. Timing fettling has got it 95% there, and a new expansion tank cap appears to have fixed the spaffing coolant everywhere problem (many thanks 320touring) at a £2 cost. The idle mixture/ revs aren't quite right yet resulting in a hunting loping idle, but this led to the second grin.

 

I was merrily sat worrying about fuel vaporisation in a standstill queue earlier, and noted an old fella (70+) in a 04ish fiesta behind. He had thumbs up and was rocking from side to side with the burble of the exhaust with a big grin.

 

Motor mojo restored, cheers giffer.

excellent news!glad the expansion tank cap sorted it oot

[Station]

I made these cool little car turntable things:

 

 

 

Ps are they reslky dark, one monitir is bright but the other one is realky dark. (Ps fuck iphone auticorrect spellung)

[twosmoke300]

I successfully completed a cam belt change on the Colt today. First cam belt ive done. I am officially capable of 4 spanner jobs now.

 

Dead pleased with myself, full report to follow in my thread

 

Good feeling eh ?

One of my old work mates said that you can't consider a cambelt job a success until it's done it's 75k / 8 years or what ever the interval is .

Miserable but correct I suppose

[Eddie Honda]

I've got ABC's new "Lexicon of Love II" album, it's SUPER.

I shall investigate. I have a 7" single of "Poison Arrow" somewhere and "Lexicon of Love" on CD. I don't however own a gold lamé suit.

[twosmoke300]

I've had a good afternoon - firstly I tried on some enduro trousers I bought years ago but they were always too small . Not only do they fit , I had to pull in the waist straps !

I also managed to get 5 brand new Landy wheels and tyres ( Michelin latitudes) for 300 quid ! They were factory fit on a mates Landy who had them swapped for alloys on pdi !

I'm beaming

[jakebullet]

The nitrogen powered engine video on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36398002

 

Wonder what happens if the timing belt lets go?

[strangeangel]

I've chopped up a lot of cars with an axe and always found the pillars to be quite tough, probably because they were the only bits that weren't rotten. My reason for chopping up? To make manageable bits to fit in my trailer for weighing in single handed.

 

I once cut up a VW LT35 with an axe and a lump hammer, while employed at a collapsing West Yorkshire garage as a penniless student. This took a whole day, and the axe had to be sharpened a number of times,  because the miserable arse rag I worked for was too tight to let me use the big grinder lest I used too many discs.

[beko1987]

Something I forgot was on ebay just sold! Thats my shitefest paid for, which is very handy!

[Bren]

 

As you can see I only use the very latest tools and materials....

[beko1987]

[nacho man]

I am such a buffoon.

 

Last year I got the date wrong for the retro rides show, so I drove over to my dads picked him up drove the 2 odd hours there to find no one there. Good job we laughed about it.

 

Today I wake up and try and entice mrs t to go somewhere, she is not fussed "Dad you wanna go a car show" "yeah ok son"

 

We head off to Gawsworth hall as there is a youngtimers show on.

 

Oh its tomo is it.

 

[Stanky]

Following on from the test-run with the Almera a couple of weekends ago, today I set to to wash, clay and wax polish the Saab. I don't have any 'before' pictures but here are some 'after' ones. The paint is now lovely and smooth, with a deep shine and hopefully will stay like this with minimal cleaning until the autumn when I'll have another go.

 

 

 

 

 

I'd really recommend this, the Saab now looks a million pence - even Wife_Stanky is impressed. Its taken most of the day off and on, it tried not to do it in direct sunshine as per the instructions and it knackers your arms as I did it all manually. polishing with a mop would make it substantially easier I suspect. Still hugely satisfying to see it looking this good - hopefully will make you proud @Vantman!

 

Before it was a bit dull and the paintwork was rough to the touch from ingrained muck and dust - now its glassy smooth.

 

Second grin was that we spent the late afternoon at Inlaw_Stanky's as they'd laid on a barbeque, the sausages took forever to cook and we ended up having to bail and finish them off in the nuclear oven as the BBQ just wasn't getting hot. I went out to hve a look and all became clear:

 

 

OH_DEAR. This was after we'd given up and turned the bugger off before someone points out that its set to OFF

 

Also the instructions are pretty accurate - worth putting the sticker on any Laguna for good measure.

 

Final grin, took a borrel of my Elderberry wine round and it was superb - bottled last christmas having been made last autumn and it was A1. Even better than I'd hoped it'd be and fantastic considering it is the first wine I've ever made. It also packs a decent punch too, probably about 14% at a guess but very well balanced.

[quicksilver]

Back from my first visit to Gaydon since it reopened. The main museum hasn't changed much but there's some absolutely cracking hardcore shite in the new Collection Centre, much of which I hadn't seen before. I won't do a photo thread as I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't been yet but here's a taster. This is a car I've read about but never seen in the flesh and some of you might know what it is.