What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[gm]

On 1/10/2020 at 12:36 PM, Tickman said:

Excellent news, how big is the garage?

I promise I didn't choose the house just because of the garage

well, not just for the garage, the house is nice too !

it's needing a bit of work on the electrics - the feed from the house is live at one end but not at the other - the cable runs under the patio which is small paving stones, hopefully not too much of a pain to lift and run a new cable. for now, an extension cord out the window was enough to get the lights working

 

[Tickman]

That looks a great space.

Glad the house is ok too

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, PhilA said:

I'm going to look at a car that I don't really need.

 

However it was suggested by the wife and is therefore fully sanctioned.

after the last one, go for it

which decade?

edit or has the catalina finally happened

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, gm said:

I promise I didn't choose the house just because of the garage

That looks ace! Can it be extended?

[richardmorris]

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

after the last one, go for it

which decade?

edit or has the catalina finally happened

Depends on how far gone it is

60's

Nope, wrong brand

[New POD]

On 1/13/2020 at 4:22 PM, paulplom said:

Lol

Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
 

More like Rosemary West 

[LightBulbFun]

7 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

seen a few variations of that here is what I think is the full version

(it would be fun to get a big fuck off high current transformer and actually see how the current figures match up, maybe save for the bullet! LOL)

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said:

seen a few variations of that here is what I think is the full version

(it would be fun to get a big fuck off high current transformer and actually see how the current figured match up, maybe save for the bullet! LOL)

I used to have a couple of BIG transformers at work for the older instruments we had. They were American and needed them to convert from 240v. Weighed about 40kg each!

[richardmorris]

I also like the Lucas parts....

[LightBulbFun]

7 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I also like the Lucas parts....

its via that that I ended up on the wikipedia page for Invacars back in 2015, when @1970mgb showed it to me then  http://www3.telus.net/bc_triumph_registry/smoke.htm

(had a conversation with mum about the Model 70 that used to live on hackney road then it went to the back of my mind until @Zelandeth uploaded KPL to youtube then its history all downhill from there as they say!)

(I still wonder about it from time to time, as one does not simply just reference a W&F Barrett invalid carriage without knowing something about invalid vehicles!)

[steveo3002]

watching this music vid on tv and ooh ooh an old car

then thought about it...at the time of the video the car is as old as my focus lol

 

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, PhilA said:

Depends on how far gone it is

60's

Nope, wrong brand

renault 8 

oh hang on............

[PhilA]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

renault 8 

oh hang on............

Nope, went down that road already. 

 

Gonna keep y'all guessing.

[hairnet]

plymouth fury

dodge dart (i wish)

jeep wagoneer

ford fairlaine 

healey sprite

 

[LightBulbFun]

16 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Nope, went down that road already. 

 

Gonna keep y'all guessing.

https://www.orlandoautomuseum.com/sales/vehicles/3055/1977-ac-invacar

#onecanalwayshope

[scdan4]

[hairnet]

it almost works - til you look at the bottom - on the close up anyway

[PhilA]

3 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

https://www.orlandoautomuseum.com/sales/vehicles/3055/1977-ac-invacar

#onecanalwayshope

No, but surprisingly one of the guesses is correct.

Yes. It's quite rough. That's all you're getting.

 

Edit: Took the long (long, long, long) way home and took a look at it in streetlight. It has some really bizarre holes in the strangest places (rear top corners of roof, for instance). Seller's words: "I don't think anything on it works any more.", which is inspiring.

[vulgalour]

Had to move a kitchen cupboard recently and there was a bunch of paperwork that had fallen behind it in the past.  The best item wasn't the Jersey Zoo postcard from 1994.  The best item was the Stannah stairlift brochure.

We live in a bungalow.

[Rovorsche]

Today I was amused by "Road Karma", bear with me....

I was following an Audi, he overtook a car in front.

Repeat nine(ish) times, some of the overtakes were into oncoming traffic, even staring down 38 tonnes oncoming a couple of times to get a car length in front.

At the next roundabout EVERY single one of the cars he overtook, turned left so I was right behind him once again, I put my front fogs on just for giggles.

[Zelandeth]

Just watched the last video from when I took the little video while out for a run in the Jag, and have just noticed one of the kids we passed clearly shouting "look at that car!" which I never clocked at the time...but they're clearly pointing at me...and not laughing!  That's a bit of a new experience for me.

Got a few glances in the Cappuccino (especially when I fitted the miniature version of the Viper-esque stripes), but this is the first one that people really do look at.  Not sure if the colour really increases that impact.

[LightBulbFun]

10 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Just watched the last video from when I took the little video while out for a run in the Jag, and have just noticed one of the kids we passed clearly shouting "look at that car!" which I never clocked at the time...but they're clearly pointing at me...and not laughing!  That's a bit of a new experience for me.

Got a few glances in the Cappuccino (especially when I fitted the miniature version of the Viper-esque stripes), but this is the first one that people really do look at.  Not sure if the colour really increases that impact.

makes me wonder how they would of reacted had you been in the Model 70  

fewer people these days have seen one/know what it is then they have XJS's!

[wuvvum]

14 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

https://www.orlandoautomuseum.com/sales/vehicles/3055/1977-ac-invacar

#onecanalwayshope

What does "one canal way shop e" mean?

[LightBulbFun]

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

What does "one canal way shop e" mean?

erm not sure! where do ya see that on the page?

[wuvvum]

In your post that I quoted.

[LightBulbFun]

4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

In your post that I quoted.

Oh I get yah LOL

I thought you were referring to something in the link  

its just a bad joke referencing social media "hashtags", if you space it out, it reads "one can always hope"

I should of gone with #foreverhopeful LOL

[vulgalour]

@wuvvum One Canal Way, Shop E.  Probably the first known site of an Invacar catching fire or something.

[Jerzy Woking]

[LightBulbFun]

41 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

@wuvvum One Canal Way, Shop E.  Probably the first known site of an Invacar catching fire or something.

your not far off! LOL

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He used to have it serviced and repaired at a place in Stretford, Manchester which was next to the canal, they eventually shut the place down after two mechanics were
racing them around and ended up in the canal. If my memory still works  I think a customer drove his car in the canal aswell when his accelerator got stuck !!!