What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[cort16]

Best served air cooled

 

[Station]

Passed a white mk1 MR2 in my white mk1 MR2 today, he flashed his lights, it was a complete mirror image, made my day seeing that!

[Inspector Morose]

Went for a bimble in the sideboard today. Went to Cosford. Saw bitchin' plane making noise like the sky ripping apart. Met top chaps. Had tea. All in all good day.

 

Still no sloth I.A.B

[Lacquer Peel]

They seem to do decently strong beer in Poland, I keep meaning to go into a Polski Sklep to buy their equivalent of Tennent's Super.

[AlabamaShrimp]

It was heaving at Donny too.

 

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Was going to go to Doncaster tomorrow to see it but if it's that busy I might not

 

Did it the other week and was most exciting :-)

[fordperv]

I saw yesterday that Asda sell toys for svm children

[willswitchengage]

http://utahrails.net/pdf/EMD_567_History_and_Development_1951.pdf

 

If anybody wants a rainy day activity this is a comprehensive read on how an engine is developed (or, how was developed in the 30s). It's the GM 567 engine and I digested this on a lengthy train journey. Was wicked.

[vulgalour]

Got the sill painted on the Princess today, tidied up what I needed of the front wing and was happy to get the car back outside.  In the bright light of the day it looks far better than I thought it might.  Well timed too as a customer's car arrived yesterday that's been off the road since 1995, the owner of which wants it recommissioned so it can be used again.  I may release details on it, have to see.

 

That means I now have my weekends back and the welding work on the Princess now is really just cosmetic stuff.  I'm probably going to fill my weekends with the Renault which I'll be focusing on the mechanics of.  I want it running and stopping before I get stuck in to the gutters, I feel like I need a break from welding for a bit.

[DeeJay]

Have you got the renault engine moving yet? (If I remember correctly it was seized)

[vulgalour]

That's next weekend's job.  Going to get it on the engine stand we've got and have another crack at it.  Pretty sure it's just stuck piston rings, so far the bits you can see that have come off are in pretty good order.

[beko1987]

3 wheels and 3 new tyres dropped off at the tyre place! If their done by lunchtime ill fit them at mums

[Taff]

That's next weekend's job.  Going to get it on the engine stand we've got and have another crack at it.  Pretty sure it's just stuck piston rings, so far the bits you can see that have come off are in pretty good order.

 

Vulg, the engine was stuck on my Galaxie when it arrived. I was advised that patience and red diesel would unstick it, and it worked. I would counsel against aiming to unstick it in a day, leaving it to soak for as long as possible and applying very gently pressure worked for me. "Forcing" it to unseize could damage all sorts of things.

[beko1987]

The ZX is now wearing matching, new tyres! I put the old new tyre on the rear, so the front has brand new ones.

 

Hopefully it will make it feel much less skittish driving home tonight. Was glad to be stuck in crawling traffic this morning with the spare on the rear.

[cms206]

I shall, starting around Linwood and Greenock, moving north for a bit but on Thursday I'll be in Paisley, I think!

 

Meanwhile:

 

www.hhgproject.org/media/Share_and_Enjoy.mp3

Paisley?

 

SCOTOSHITE EGM AT THE TOOSAVVY MEMORIAL BRIDGE

[oldcars]

Test drove my Rover 75 yesterday. Mechanically its spot on, needs some tyres, i need a tetanus jab from what i could catch on the interior, and its keyed but its so nice to drive. I will soon* have it looking spot on.

[bub2006]

Bought a new motor. Auto no less too.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Had to swap from rotten metal bumpers to some plastic Ghia ones a few weeks ago. As a small fixing was missing I had to stick the number plate on, it fell off not long after.

 

 

Had a look and it's about a fiver for a set of them new, I don't have that. What I did have was a very broken Escort bumper I dug up the other week

 

 

10 minutes of messing and breaking plastic I had these and £5 saved

 

[Ghosty]

Walking home past Tesco and their new car wash venture.

 

There's a new RR sitting there all shiny and finished, next to it three car wash employees are meticulously valeting, inside and out...

 

a Daewoo Lanos with Poundland wheeltrims.

 

[Inspector Morose]

Failed to get to the savvy memorial bridge today but I'm at linwood industrial estate again tomorrow (4am start - eugh) so I'll try again after I've woken up a bit in the morning.

[robinmasters]

This week I discovered I've got old and patient enough to undo seized stuff without resorting to brute force & anger.

[fordperv]

The Childish side of me took over at work earlier when I was looking for something for one of the patients to watch, i had to take a picture, the girl I was with laughed as well when I pointed it out

 

[michael1703]

We've got a new pet, a frog has hopped in to the house and gone under the chest in the back room,had a go at getting it in to a box but it's being stubborn, so I think I'll adopt it and call it flangewurzel

[KruJoe]

A few times over the last week or so, some big weird planes have been flying south over our place. They fly slow and low, they have a BFO propeller at each end of the short wingspan. And a wide, flat tail thing.

I'm crap on planes, but they look proper Aeroshite. Any ideas?

[Matt]

Water beading up on a freshly waxed car. I'm weird I know.

 

[fordperv]

I'm with you on the beading, it's a satisfying sight

[andy18s]

A few times over the last week or so, some big weird planes have been flying south over our place. They fly slow and low, they have a BFO propeller at each end of the short wingspan. And a wide, flat tail thing.

I'm crap on planes, but they look proper Aeroshite. Any ideas?

 

Osprey ?  USMC love 'em !

[Noel Tidybeard]

Bought a new motor. Auto no less too.

pitchures or it neva hapened

[bub2006]

There you go frank. Pre face-lift mk1 vectra Arctic auto

[Noel Tidybeard]

oooo cdx alloys

 

i still got a wood dash and nob for one of these

[KruJoe]

Osprey ?

Cool, thanks Andy!

 

 

Anyone see a problem with that?

 

Fear not, Google says it's a "tilt-rotor"

 

 

Fantastic! I never knew that was a thing!

So it's the aeronautical equivalent of my AWD MPV.

 

 

You can fit a Hummer in the back...

 

 

...or fold it up to keep it in your shed! 

 

I want one now. Could I run it on veg?