What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[andy18s]

12 consecutive wins......

[richardmorris]

12 consecutive wins......

 

 

Yes, quite the turnaround in the second half.

[andy18s]

What's that number???

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Might want to add the 90s to that if my Primary School was anything to go by...

[Tamworthbay]

I just can't think why anyone thought that a good idea

Nor me but some work has gone into it.

[eddyramrod]

Bump, just for Marvin's Mom....

[MarvinsMom]

the reason why i wanted to know where the "grin" thread. i put this over on the open forum, but its JUST such a great picture it should be here on the main board.

 

taken on Tuesday 19th, on the Wensleydale Railway, the Tornado GR4's had just over flown RAF Leeming, a former home of the Tornado F3 when they flew over their namesake, 60163 Tornado....

 

[LightBulbFun]

this song is fucking amazing 

 

[DeeJay]

 

It would have to be done.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

the reason why i wanted to know where the "grin" thread. i put this over on the open forum, but its JUST such a great picture it should be here on the main board.

 

taken on Tuesday 19th, on the Wensleydale Railway, the Tornado GR4's had just over flown RAF Leeming, a former home of the Tornado F3 when they flew over their namesake, 60163 Tornado....

 

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Is it steaming backwards or is there a strong wind from behind?

[LightBulbFun]

 

 

[New POD]

Went to a funeral on Friday and was invited to my Dad's cousin's daughter's wedding.

Then I realised that my parents and my sister had been invited 3 m9nths ago to the main event and I'd just been invited to the evening do.

I also found that they booked themselves into a hotel, without mentioning it to me.

That.should make me grumpy.

 

No, my wife encouraged me to ring my sister and ask why they didn't ring me to ask me if I wanted a room too.

 

She was proper squirmy and appologetic, with some pathetic excuse.

 

Given that I don't actually know my second cousin at all, I can't be arsed to go anyway, but this gives me great insight into my parents and sister.

 

I feel free.

[Richard]

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I just can't think why anyone thought that a good idea

Bit of a stretch to the indicator switch.

Nor me but some work has gone into it.

It's a conversion kit for rural mail deliveries in America, so they can deliver letters without getting out. The picture has been flipped, it's actually a left hooker converted to RHD.

 

https://www.postalthings.com/right-hand-drive-kits

[JeeExEll]

^ Interesting pics on that site. It doesn't let you download pics. All nice safe plastics and airbags, then all this ironmongery bolted between the dash and the driver.

Pedals get moved too, obviously. Would be a bit awkward otherwise.

 

Having two steering wheels and sets of pedals could be a bit of a laugh in something fast like a Nissan Skyline. A really fast cross-country drive would be 'entertaining'.

(off to check prices again . . .)

[Tamworthbay]

It's a conversion kit for rural mail deliveries in America, so they can deliver letters without getting out. The picture has been flipped, it's actually a left hooker converted to RHD.https://www.postalthings.com/right-hand-drive-kits

Wow! You learn something every day.

[Sheefag]

^ Interesting pics on that site. It doesn't let you download pics. All nice safe plastics and airbags, then all this ironmongery bolted between the dash and the driver.

Pedals get moved too, obviously. Would be a bit awkward otherwise.

 

Think laterally. If you put 'right hand drive kits' into Google images, they're all there.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en-GB&biw=1440&bih=826&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=f29yXMufNMCI1fAP_IW38Ao&q=right+hand+drive+kits&oq=right+hand+drive+kits&gs_l=img.12...0.0..7610...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz-img.9CvjoSnW9e0

[Sheefag]

[Richard]

^ Interesting pics on that site. It doesn't let you download pics. All nice safe plastics and airbags, then all this ironmongery bolted between the dash and the driver.

Pedals get moved too, obviously. Would be a bit awkward otherwise.

 

Having two steering wheels and sets of pedals could be a bit of a laugh in something fast like a Nissan Skyline. A really fast cross-country drive would be 'entertaining'.

(off to check prices again . . .)

You used to get road sweeping lorries with full dual controls from the factory. I don't think there was anything to stop two people driving at once.

[dozeydustman]

Might want to add the 90s to that if my Primary School was anything to go by...

 

I bet you went to Whitehill

[PhilA]

Wow! You learn something every day.

Really common here. Buying a new RHD car or buying the parts to properly convert a LHD model of car to it's correctly manufactured RHD counterpart with factory parts is prohibited, yet fitting a giant fanbelt with woodscrews to the dash and steering with it isn't.

 

Phil

[Tamworthbay]

Really common here. Buying a new RHD car or buying the parts to properly convert a LHD model of car to it's correctly manufactured RHD counterpart with factory parts is prohibited, yet fitting a giant fanbelt with woodscrews to the dash and steering with it isn't.

Phil

That is crazy

[PhilA]

Especially as most of the carriers here use Jeeps of some description, which have definitely had RHD type approval.

 

Ends up with a dashboard full of warning lights (airbag removal, seatbelt warning system etc etc) but by the time the car's some with it's usually so far gone it's worth just having flung the fanbelt option on and rolled around in first and second gear constantly on the brakes with the window open in all weather.

 

You can imagine how nice* second hand ones are.

 

Phil

[Richard]

Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.

[clayts450]

On Tuesday night I drove over summat in the Streetwise which caused a minor thump underneath the car. 10 mins later the gear changes started getting really noisy, sorta metallic sound when changing down/up. Didn't sound healthy at all. Fearing the worst, I parked it up outside and pushed the 620 into commutawagon duties.

 

Finally had a chance to get under the Streetwise today. World's simplest fix evah. The exhaust heatshield had been whacked by whatever I hit and was rubbing against the gear linkage. Bent it back. Job's a good un.

 

Gotta love simple fixes

[PhilA]

Crepes.

[PhilA]

Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.

Prohibited for vehicles under 25 years unless you go through the expense of Federal homoglation.

 

(All part of "imports aren't going to hurt our car economy", whereby the manufacturers then went to Mazda and Mitsubishi etc and bought their designs to build)

[MarvinsMom]

Is it steaming backwards or is there a strong wind from behind?

i'm guessing that Tornado is running tender first in that picture.

[DodgeRover]

Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.

Postie vans are (or were) RHD, there's one nearish to me, must get a photo next time I see it.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Just seen a Sierra BASE in Shaun the Sheep the Movie

 

(Well, I'm pretty sure that's what it is)

[Tamworthbay]

Managed to get a mahoosive splinter yesterday in my finger right on the bone. No way was it moving yesterday. A soak in a very hot bath followed by some judicious poking has finally got the bastard out.