What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Speedy]

10 hours ago, paulplom said:

Dig the white walls m9.

There's so much going on here but the standout feature for me is the red brake caliper. Just why?

[Lord Sterling]

I've been watching some old Crimewatch robberies and raids from around 1986 on tele via Youtube. There is some proper old rammle on there. Lots of Fords though, plenty of Escorts and later Sierras as stolen/getaway cars.

One reconstruction was about a lone robber who held up cash vans in Middlesbrough/Teesside areas.

What made me kind of grin was, he'd steal older vehicles like old Escorts or Minis etc... he'd tune the engines so they were better condition than before. What thief does that these days? The cars were never crashed, just dumped, but presumably eventually returned to the owner with a better condition engine than before.

[STUNO]

7 hours ago, hairnet said:

Oh dear

@STUNO turd in post for @cms206 

 

STUNO is NOT a sheep farmer,  There are only cows and Lumberjacks round these parts. And I don't even know any lumberjacks.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

38 minutes ago, STUNO said:

... I don't even know any lumberjacks.

They sleep all night and they work all day. Apparently. 

[robinmasters]

14 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

They sleep all night and they work all day. Apparently. 

Not on Wednesdays. 

[Amishtat]

You know that feeling when you stumble across old photos? Summer 2004

[castros_bro]

On 7/9/2020 at 6:38 PM, Remspoor said:

Yesterday I went to chod land. Portugal. so nice to see a good variety of older cars. Where as here in Spain we have older cars, but the range of brands is much more limited.

From where to where?  Were there any restrictions at the border?

[Austat]

Probably been posted here already:

 

[spike60]

I chased two banks about PPI 3 years ago, one fucked me off and other said they didn't owe me anything but would give me about £1450 because they were nice guys. Right. About a year ago I set the wolves on them as time was running out, the bank that fucked me off did it again to PPI company and it all went quiet on the other bank . On Friday with no warning just over £9500 arrived in my current account with no reference details except PPI.  On Saturday I got a letter from the bank dated June 1  giving payment details saying I had 28 days to appeal the decision or the case was closed . I reckon the PPI company will be in touch real soon! ?

I'm off all week and there's a classic car auction near me on Saturday, on line only mind. Hmm....

[spike60]

And another lesser grin, my 2000 Z3 passed its test on Saturday. Preparation was checking the lights and adjusting the handbrake cables inside the car. May be for sale soon.

[Lord Sterling]

On 7/9/2020 at 10:11 PM, cobblers said:

5 minutes in:

"Towing any kind of load requires extra care. The driver with this boat must be mad to pass a book whilst on the move! Such stupid shortcuts put other peoples lives at risk"

The good old days old motoring offences. 

You wouldn't be able to stick them on a DVD or a USB stick for would you?  Do you have the whole series? I've been looking for a particular chase involving a Mk1 Rover Sterling, an original Mini and a Mk1 Espace. 

[cobblers]

Just now, Lord Sterling said:

You wouldn't be able to stick them on a DVD or a USB stick for would you?  Do you have the whole series? I've been looking for a particular chase involving a Mk1 Rover Sterling, an original Mini and a Mk1 Espace. 

I haven't got a DVD drive in any of my PCs but I could probably do a USB stick. Or I could put them online for you to download privately?

[Lord Sterling]

Just now, cobblers said:

I haven't got a DVD drive in any of my PCs but I could probably do a USB stick. Or I could put them online for you to download privately?

Online would probably be the best idea. Thanks!

[Joey spud]

[Jerzy Woking]

13 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

I've been watching some old Crimewatch robberies and raids from around 1986 on tele via Youtube. There is some proper old rammle on there. Lots of Fords though, plenty of Escorts and later Sierras as stolen/getaway cars.

One reconstruction was about a lone robber who held up cash vans in Middlesbrough/Teesside areas.

What made me kind of grin was, he'd steal older vehicles like old Escorts or Minis etc... he'd tune the engines so they were better condition than before. What thief does that these days? The cars were never crashed, just dumped, but presumably eventually returned to the owner with a better condition engine than before.

That reminds me of a storyline on Crossroads many years ago. Thick handyman Benny had a vehicle that a mechanic in a garage was going to use as a getaway vehicle for a post office robbery. He had spent a long time tuning it up.

The vehicle in question was a Morris Minor van.

[mitsisigma01]

19 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

That reminds me of a storyline on Crossroads many years ago. Thick handyman Benny had a vehicle that a mechanic in a garage was going to use as a getaway vehicle for a post office robbery. He had spent a long time tuning it up.

The vehicle in question was a Morris Minor van.

Was it this one? 

 

[face]

SS1 ?

[Jerzy Woking]

18 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Was it this one? 

 

No, not that one. Was a few years before this one. But thanks for posting that up-a real blast from the past. 

[mitsisigma01]

Opens with a shite Maestro ??then other assorted. 

I vaguely remember the episode you are on about, I was forced to watch Crossroads up to about 81, didn't realise they tried to reboot it in to the 2000s

[Three Speed]

15 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

I've been watching some old Crimewatch robberies and raids from around 1986 on tele via Youtube. There is some proper old rammle on there. Lots of Fords though, plenty of Escorts and later Sierras as stolen/getaway cars.

One reconstruction was about a lone robber who held up cash vans in Middlesbrough/Teesside areas.

What made me kind of grin was, he'd steal older vehicles like old Escorts or Minis etc... he'd tune the engines so they were better condition than before. What thief does that these days? The cars were never crashed, just dumped, but presumably eventually returned to the owner with a better condition engine than before.

You might see my old Cortina estate then. It was used as a getaway car in a supermarket robbery. This would have been about 1996 ish. I had sold it a year or so earlier. It was found and used in the reconstruction on Crimewatch. Definitely the same car as the badges on the tailgate were swapped over. Beige - of course- with brown vinyl top. HLT200V. Had a nasty habit of flooding (TADTS). Would not inspire confidence for use as a getaway car.

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said:

 

I was forced to watch Crossroads up to about 81

Good God, how old are you?

Although I'm sure watching that would age anyone 

[hairnet]

oh @wuvvum wuv

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SF 21

[Roobarb]

Always consider your passengers when you purchase that midlife crisis car...

Call for ‘doggles’ perhaps?

[Shite Ron]

This is the first weekend we are allowed out since lockdown so I took the Cortina estate out on Saturday but it started losing power when warm so only did 25 miles in it. I decided to go for a proper run today in the Granada and went over the Bwlch and Rhigos mountains to Brecon and back.A very scenic route and we were lucky enough to see several interesting cars. Not long after leaving home a Sunbeam Alpine and Gilbern convertible followed us for several miles, they then stopped at the top of the Bwlch then at the bottom of the Rhigos a very nice Anglia Super joined the road behind us and followed us for several miles. On the way back from Brecon we saw a Consul convertible,a few MGB’s a very nice Mercedes plus the hundreds of motorbikes that were out. One of the best grins though was the gleaming Austin Healey driven by a jolly man who waved at us as he passed in the opposite direction. A really nice day out which showed how important old cars are for making everything feel right in the world.

 

[danthecapriman]

49 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

This is the first weekend we are allowed out since lockdown so I took the Cortina estate out on Saturday but it started losing power when warm so only did 25 miles in it. I decided to go for a proper run today in the Granada and went over the Bwlch and Rhigos mountains to Brecon and back.A very scenic route and we were lucky enough to see several interesting cars. Not long after leaving home a Sunbeam Alpine and Gilbern convertible followed us for several miles, they then stopped at the top of the Bwlch then at the bottom of the Rhigos a very nice Anglia Super joined the road behind us and followed us for several miles. On the way back from Brecon we saw a Consul convertible,a few MGB’s a very nice Mercedes plus the hundreds of motorbikes that were out. One of the best grins though was the gleaming Austin Healey driven by a jolly man who waved at us as he passed in the opposite direction. A really nice day out which showed how important old cars are for making everything feel right in the world.

 

Gorgeous car.

I need to get myself another Granada!

[Spottedlaurel]

I used both of these today:

Compare and Contrast by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Compare and Contrast by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Both very pleasurable, but in completely different ways. Lexus is all about the magical way it wafts around with no immediately apparent form of propulsion, with the little 1200 it is the joy of nipping around in an incredibly basic way.

Ultimately both did exactly the same job, starting, going and stopping to take Miss SL to her Sunday job.

[hairnet]

Woohoo

[808 Estate]

[Roobarb]

Okay Dad, I know how to put oil in the car...

Facebook and probably fake, but funny nonetheless. 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 7/11/2020 at 5:46 PM, Crusty Sills said:

Not shite related but.... Got an 8 ft pool to throw the kids in during OMG  heat wave. 

Fuck me 2400 litres is a metric shit ton of water!!!! 

The grin still on rates. ?Anglian water!!! ?????? 3 hrs and still not full! 

Not a shit tonne, it's 2.4 tonne.

Someone's making AS custom steelies in safferland.