Pete-M Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Driving a 1 litre Metro Mayfair though Birmingham five-up the way God intended. I love small cars . Spending the rest of the day driving an LDV 400 may heighten that experence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Living next to a bypassy thing that's quiet and dead straight for a mile or two. Every Friday/Saturday night I get the enjoyment of watching from my window small children in Citroen Saxos with tinted windows attempt "quarter miles". Occasionally they'll bring a friend on one of those Aprilia 50cc OMG SUPERBIKE things. And yes I do realise the following quote can be extracted from the above I get the enjoyment of watching from my window small children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Driving a 1 litre Metro Mayfair though Birmingham five-up the way God intended. When was this? If your passing through Brum again, give us a shout! Someone at work was trying to remember what "Z" stood for in the phonetic alphabet, to which one of the girls confidently replies "xylophone" When I worked at the garage I learnt the phonetic alphabet quite quickly as I got fed up of trying to spell out registrations or using spontanious things like 'M' for mother Well, I've got sounds in my car so thats making me grin ear to ear, I can now select Classic FM for relaxing journeys. Its also one more thing making my car more complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I made this this afternoon. Hopefully the weather on monday will be good enough to test it out for real ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Driving a 1 litre Metro Mayfair though Birmingham five-up the way God intended. When was this? If your passing through Brum again, give us a shout! This afternoon, we were moving a friend from Leicester to Birming with the van, but needed the Metro as people transport. I'll let you kow next time we are that way, would be great to see the fleet. Oh, another grin. A taxi trying to go up the inside of the van coming off the roundabout at New Street then realising it wasn't a good idea as the lanes merged . LDV 1 - LTI 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 i steal a bit of inside space in scary's garage, and as my shitpile expands, i find i'm running out of room; (scarys guitar, not mine) so while he's off picking his welder and making/playing with a BBQ, I decided to make some heavy duty shelves BING, shitspares successfully accomodated the top is not quite finished, as i ran out of joists. I will finish off sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I made this this afternoon.Hopefully the weather on monday will be good enough to test it out for real ;D Make sure you have removed all the rpgs/thunderflashes/sams before lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Nexus Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Helped my friend fit new wheel cylinders and brake shoes to his 1969 MGB Roadster today, he let me drive it for a while, its amazing that a 41 year old car can be so much fun. And was surprised that cars here in the South dont seem to rust like they do in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Went to a friends dad's 80th birthday party last night. The giffer in question is a proper legend, and within minutes of being there he's chatting to me about the Dutton Phaeton he's had in the shed for 20 years, and asking if I want to buy it. Jokingly I suggest that we should fix it up and send him on a track day in it. He likes the idea as it's safer than paragliding, which his family have told him they don't want him to do. So, looks like this is actually gonna happen. Should be fun. Thing has a pretty sorted 1760 x/flow and a short axle ratio. It went like stink before it was parked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Someone at work was trying to remember what "Z" stood for in the phonetic alphabet, to which one of the girls confidently replies "xylophone" O/H tends to drop her 'H's, she was spelling something out on the phone and said "H for 'otel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycox Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Got back at midnight last night after an enjoyable car-collecting day featuring Barrett and The Organist. I'll be really tired today, but it was worth it! Massive thanks again to The Organist for all his help (and Barrett for keeping me sane and taking pictures - hopefully a thread will follow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Four hours in a derelict shopping centre shooting zombies. Win. I read about that, it sounds ace. When I read about it a couple of months ago they didnt know how long it was going to run for as the shopping centre was going to br knocked down. Is that still the case? They're taking bookings through December now, I think they just get a few months of use at a time but talking to a local today the centre has been closed for 14 years and marked for demolition for 8 so in no hurry! And by my calculation they make about £6k a day if fully booked so probably be open a while. Very very very good fun though and the kind of thing you don't get many chances to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 this bloke is off his rocker http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 560&page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 ^ And then some. If there are a supply of pre '73 Fiat 124 Coupes available with 12 months test for £600 then put me down for a dozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 We had a street party on the green outside my house today, It was better then i expected it to be even if it did rain the whole time, I got asked to get my Cortina out and play with my horn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Didn't that KeithRG fella used to keep trying to sell an Alfa that had different problems according to who asked him and the price changed almost daily? Anyhow making me grin today was(is) the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on BBC1. I reckon we're the best in the world when it comes to ceremonies/shows of pride like this and the RPO performing (albeit briefly) on a boat was top draw stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Good God!! http://1st-carreviews.blogspot.com/2010 ... w-car.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Didn't that KeithRG fella used to keep trying to sell an Alfa that had different problems according to who asked him and the price changed almost daily? just had a look through his previous posts on RR. he has attempted to sell about a dozen cars in the last 12 months, but no alfa from his posts he comes across as a first class prick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Driving a 1 litre Metro Mayfair though Birmingham five-up the way God intended. When was this? If your passing through Brum again, give us a shout! Someone at work was trying to remember what "Z" stood for in the phonetic alphabet, to which one of the girls confidently replies "xylophone" When I worked at the garage I learnt the phonetic alphabet quite quickly as I got fed up of trying to spell out registrations or using spontanious things like 'M' for mother Well, I've got sounds in my car so thats making me grin ear to ear, I can now select Classic FM for relaxing journeys. Its also one more thing making my car more complete.Spent yesterday and today diving through Birmingham and Wolverhampton. My current choice of vehicle is an open top and it's been raining all day. Central locks have failed and they seem to have Been spread out all the way through Wolverhampton. Am now parked next to a sewage works and the m54 motorway. Tomorrow is a 20 mile trip to just past Stafford in the rain, outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Am now parked next to a sewage works and the m54 motorway. Ah yes, how is Telford these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Just found this photo on flickr, it was taken at a show up here a few weeks ago. IMG_4560 by grobertson4, on Flickr What does it remind you of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 blue nylon rope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallondrunk Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 reminds me of washing lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris_ital_lover Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Alec Issigonis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Broken Arrow's on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 yeah, for some unfathomable reason mrs S is watching it even though she has it on DVD. Tayne, it reminds me that I should take the capri rostyles off my cortina because they don't fit properly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Am now parked next to a sewage works and the m54 motorway. Ah yes, how is Telford these days? I can tell you, I was there today Had a nice-ish roll up there and back down, with my new/old radio playing Ma's Tears for Fears cassette, as it was a relatives birthday I donned on my 'Arthur Daley' camel-overcoat, that and driving my comfortable British cruiser brought a smile to my face. Only problem is, my trousers were loose due to me seemingly dropping in weight and therefore size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Just discovered the Impreza has electric folding mirrors. Didn't expect that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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