What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That simca is the absolute bees knees, if I saw it at a show, I would not mind if I got blasted to death by marauding aliens on the way home as it would be the last image that flashed thorugh my mind as my bones turned to vapour.

[Cavcraft]

http://www.swapz.co.uk/swapz/1092424/mo ... an_micra_/

 

'since the opictures i have done all the inside of

 

the car with white gloss (looks the dogs beeps)'

 

[dollywobbler]

This has MoT!!

 

That makes me grin. Pick it up tomorrow. I've never driven it with a non-blowing exhaust so I'm really looking forward to it. No idea what we'll do with it afterwards, so it's probably going to be up for grabs.

 

On the downside, the 2CV lost power today. Fuel starvation or partial seizure? That is the question. Mind you, I'm still grinning because an engine change is a piece of piss and I've got a spare engine sitting ready to go in the garage.

[Tayne]

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[dollywobbler]

Photo was taken last year when it was sitting around MoTless, so I didn't want to leave the handbrake on. (in fact, I do this with all of my cars as they can be left sitting for days, and I like the pikey look).

[Angrydicky]

That^^^ is a fantastic van DW, real style

[dollywobbler]

Fanks. We bought it of a super-hippy friend (who doesn't actually have a driving licence) but we've done very little with it other than lend it to a pair of Norwegians for a weekend...

[Parky]

Hearing a song you really like, not knowing who it is but managing to identify it by googling the three lyrics you can remember.Discovering it is supremely rare and copies change hands for £50 each and then discovering a copy of amazon being sold for a pahnd. Which is now on my hands! Yeah, that makes me grin.Listening to my Wife moaning about my music taste and then discovering her hot mate has similar taste to me. Amazing how quickly my Wife has taken to the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band following that revelation!

[Guest]

Galaxie 500.

[mnde]

They played the opening sequence of K-9 and Company, the 80s Dr Who spin-off pilot, on this weeks You Have Been Watching (watched tonight on Sky Plus) and it caused much grinnage and lolz because was so awful, so I thought I'd share.

 

Watch out for some W reg Mk1 Metro convertible action!

 

Nice.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx3tXw7TU58

 

Don't you just love the 80s?

[trigger]

I have a 1980's Autocar road test of that very Metro and amazingly it still shown as taxed and on the road.I'm happy as it my birthday now, not so happy that I'm 30 but I know I have a big 80's style fancy dress party tonight to look forwards to!

[barrett]

Hearing a song you really like, not knowing who it is but managing to identify it by googling the three lyrics you can remember.Discovering it is supremely rare and copies change hands for £50 each and then discovering a copy of amazon being sold for a pahnd. Which is now on my hands! Yeah, that makes me grin.

i'd be interested to know what that is

Galaxie 500.

agreed

[mnde]

I have a 1980's Autocar road test of that very Metro and amazingly it still shown as taxed and on the road.I'm happy as it my birthday now, not so happy that I'm 30 but I know I have a big 80's style fancy dress party tonight to look forwards to!

Happy birthday Trigger! Enjoy the party tonight I never knew that Metro existed - can you scan in the road test and post it up somewhere on here? It's great that it's still around!Mark.

[trigger]

Thanks! This is the link to the road test, not sure if it will work as I'm on iPod and not near computer, if not search my photostream for convertible conversions.

 

http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/triggersca ... 825508128/

[Tayne]

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[trigger]

Thanks Tayne!

[Cavcraft]

Grafted my knackers off this morning clearing all my old junk out of the garage. Said goodbye to all kinds of crap from BXs, Omegas, Cavaliers, Astras, BMWs and a few more.Finally got room to get a small car in there, or at least lots of breathing space for the scooter.

[barrett]

waking up very early this morning to discover it is an absoluite scorcher of a day, pot of coffee, eggs and bacon, trout mask replica and a couple of fags, now i'm off to get my hair cut and have a pint or two in town and watch the ladies go by. I wish every day was like this!

[ashmicro]

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A ... 192886053f

 

Extreme shite content

[pompei]

Enjoyed that clip but the Acceleration theme tune was drivingme nuts by about 40 seconds

[Mash]

Spanners. There's just something great about taking nuts and bolts on and off. Been messing around on my Triumph again today and I stink of engine oil and old metal.Also, I had an ice cream wafer sandwich today - it was just like being in the 50s.

[Guest]

You know what, I've totally changed my mind how I hate nightclubbing and the whole "Saturday night" scene. Forget everything I've said about loud tossers in sportswear shouting nonsense, rough slags vomiting in the gutter, dreadful music and everything costing a fortune.

 

 

All you need is a bit of lateral thinking.

[outlaw118]

This bloke, Mr B the gentleman Ryhmer, inventor of Chap Hop. kwaliteee.

 

[Rusty Pelican]

Watched a fantastic sunset tonight , something to do with the volcanic ash apparently , very red and quite earie

[Pete-M]

Today I've remembered why I love old cars.As it's the weekend, I thought I'd nip the Rover down to a mates MOT station and plug it into his emissions testing thingy and give the injection a tweak, bit of optimising, as you do.While I was getting everything ready a chap turns up and starts asking knowledgeable questions about the Rover, so I answered and he starts telling me about his cars. An Integrale 8v, a Landy Discovery which he wants chipping, and a couple more things; namely his TVR which he's putting a Cossie 24v in and his other car - which he'll quite probably be bringing to CPOP. You'll like it.Anyway, less of this talk of the future, back to today... I have a fiddle with the injection system and get it a bit more sensible than it was and toddle off home. Car seems a bit happier and that feeling of "This is alright" happens. Ok, the axle whines horrifically at 45 mph and there are a few rattles, but yeah, it's a good old bus.So tonight I went to visit a mate who lives 15 miles away, a 20 minute jaunt. Get on the M62 and accelerate through the axle whine and exhaust boom periods to that sweet 70 mph spot where everything seems to start to come together, just at the beginning of the wind noise from the n/s door or possibly sunroof seal. The 70 mph that on the speedo matches 70 on the sat nav, which is one thing the SD1 does that bugger all else other than the Bentley has managed to do. Anyway, it's at 3000 rpm @ 70, so it's not quiet, but it's all V8 and wind noise so not terribly annoying. Got to my mates, stayed for an hour or so, had a coffee or two and then came home, on the A roads, the NSL ones that I remember well from my pissing about in quick cars days. I'd forgotten how much old cars talk to you. I've been driving the SD1 as if there's been something up with it because it's been sending the signals newer cars filter out unless they're broken.. So I gave it a bit of volume on the loud pedal. Quite a bit. A lot. All of it.5500 rpm in one of the gears (not saying which.)It's going to take a good few hours to remove this grin.

[Claypole]

From Sheffield City Freecycle on Friday. The original advert might be made up but I'd like to think not. and seeing that not everyone out there are out for what they can get:offered: 1970 red e type jag, no tax mot killamarsh s21 hi, my grandad used to love this car and has sadly passed on, it has been stuck in the garage for years and i now need it out of the way, i was going to scrap it but it wont start and has no tax or mot or anything, it is a bit of a heap really. i dont know much about cars but it is red and automatic 1970 e type jaguar 4.2 litre, dont ask me anything else as i dont know much about cars. it is a bit of a heap really but the body work is not bad. maybe someone could use it for parts or do it up, anyway i need it gne so contact me if its of any use to you, thanks, randall Reply later.thanks for the many many replies but a a few of you have told me this is worth a lot of money, i didn't know this so i am going to get it looked at by someone so i know what its worth so i can sell it instead, sorry to dissapoint so many but i had no idea of the value, randall

[seth]

Today I've remembered why I love old cars.

Qual!You should drive them all the time I remember my did hitting 6000rpm or more occasionally

[Parky]

I remember reading about a scam premium phone line advert placed in some classic car magazines a few years ago. It was along the lines of:"E-Type Jaguar for sale, red, good condition, but needs minor fettling £3000".You'd call, a deaf sounding man would say "What, what, oh, erm, is it about the car? Hang on, he's out in the field, I'll just go get him......"The scam of course being you would hold on for ten minutes at a pound a minute before realising that no-one was coming to the phone......no idea if this is urban myth but it sounds plausible and someone might have made a few quid quite quickly that way. Maybe even enough for an E-Type?

[seth]

I often seem to end up working on some right old wrecks, spending hours undoing decades of old bodges.

 

But occasionally something comes along that is just beautiful. Probably not been apart for 50, 100 or maybe 150 years, all its original marked up screws, really high quality parts and finish, just totally gummed up by dried lubricants. No damage or obvious wear. Stripped, cleaned, reassembled and back working like it was new. Lovely job.

 

The automotive equivalent would be something like a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud that did a few thousand chauffeur driven miles before being wrapped up in cotton wool and dry stored for the last 50 years. Excellent, if traditional, British engineering just needing a service to be back to working order.

[Mash]

Really nice engineering always gives me a nice warm glow, I just love the precision of parts that are well made and fit together perfectly. I've really enjoyed overhauling my gearbox and getting it to fit back together nicely.I can see myself grey-haired and pipe in mouth tinkering a in a shed with a lathe in my old age!