320touring Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Moar pics.. RobT, Cleon-Fonte, Dirk Diggler and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Well bought. I guess everything’s for sale at the right price!! How much for Keith the Woofer? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Excellent! IIRC you had one a while back but it was lost in that fire at your old storage place; great recovery and a great anniversary pressie for the mrs!! 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 This ones for topping up the coolant on a MGF with HGF using sparkling raspberry flavoured water because it's all you have to hand. A couple of chaps on a banger rally i did 15 years ago did something similar. The rad cap on their Bluebird went missing* and the car ejected its coolant. They refilled it using cheap red wine they’d bought in Calais, rammed a cork in the rad and wired it down, then drove to the south of Italy with no issues. Junkman, D Spares & Tyres, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Battery fitted to the Victor.. Skizz now insuring it so we can go home.. wuvvum, BeEP, Junkman and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 (ahm goona be) 500 miles haim in that?? good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Please tell me you bought that lovely Victor. Junkman, 320touring, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Please tell me you bought that lovely Victor.And not another foosty VAG convertible. Skizzer and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Good work on the gowf. The fair lady touring deserves that and much more for putting up with you! Junkman and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Lovely old job .. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Urgh. URGH. Those floppy Golfs are the WORST. DIE WURST. I hate them. Good luck with it! 320touring, Junkman, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Here’s some TOP LEFT to RIGHT Take several photos of a car, not one managing to include the whole car. Awarded with Knights Cross if interior shot consists of standing by the drivers window taking a grainy shot of yourself holding a camera vaguely towards a car Tie an exhaust back on. Awarded with Oak Leaves if hairy string found by the roadside is used The “Dropped the heavy thing on my bloody foot” badge. Awarded with MBE if Talbot based BOTTOM LEFT TO RIGHT Awarded for timely updates on collection missions or friendly chats with the RAC. Awarded with DSO if your phone actually looks a bit like a bat The Microscope and Scissors award. Given for diagnosing and then fixing a head gasket failure by the road using just these two pieces of kit. Awarded with Knighthood if a KV6 was involved The “why the fuck do I bother with cars” badge. Awarded to all with bonus Fray Bentos pie tin lid if bike concerned has been retrieved from a skip in front of the bloke with the skip and in view of your wife, kids, and half the neighbours.I'm late to the party here but I think I've got all those badges in the stock pile here if anyone wants to make this a reality (They're Beaver badges, and they're the old ones to boot. It does mean you've all got the mentality of a 7 year old) GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Confused. Are you going north in a proper Vauxhall saloon or a golfswagen skip? eddyramrod, Squire_Dawson, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 That vw engine isn't turning anytime soon and the Vauxhall would explain all the tools and the smiling female. Junkman, Lacquer Peel, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I have sat in that Vauxhall and it is most excellent Thems my legs Junkman, eddyramrod, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 And here’s what it looks like outside an Essex Pub so you don’t have to.... egg, eddyramrod, Junkman and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Tada... IMG_20181102_164428.jpg IMG_20181102_164744.jpg IMG_20181102_164956.jpg Oh my fuck, that's glorious. Is 'structurally important moss' an MOT advisory? Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 The Victor is the only 'old' Vauxhall that I genuinely love as I have fond memories of my late Uncle's example GES772N. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 And here’s what it looks like outside an Essex Pub so you don’t have to.... There's a black one of those in one of the houses on my estate. I may have to go on a search... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 A herb garden on wheels that gowf I've cast many an admiring glance at that Vauxhall. Well bought. Junkman and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 For clarity, the reference in the the first post to a 'slow burner' collection mission relates to the plans for the Golf. It's not going to be heading north this weekend - the plan is a slow recommission, with the goal to be on the road early next year.. Should be fun! egg, Jim Bell, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 I'mma call this fairly popular.. And for those thinking I'm taking it easy in my old age.. It's not had an MOT in longer than the Burd and I have been together! dome, Jim Bell, egg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 The Vauxhall is staying with me - it’s now my WBOD. We’ll see how we get on with Golf recommissioning tomorrow. It’s not been MOTd for a long time but it has been running quite a lot more recently than that. egg, RobT, drum and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 The Vauxhall is staying with me - it’s now my WBOD. We’ll see how we get on with Golf recommissioning tomorrow. It’s not been MOTd for a long time but it has been running quite a lot more recently than that.They're bloody tough things, my guess is few issues to get it back running and driving ok. My one had been out of service for years and after a bit of kjet coaxing it fired up just fine and drove ok. Took it straight fit an MOT and it only failed on a non functioning rear brake plus a slight blow in the exhaust.The bodywork was remarkable trait, made from thick steel these. Skizzer and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 At least the cambelt looks fairly *recent Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 K-jet, I'm sure you know, but check the metering head is ok, and the lift pump at the back. I've had to replace both in the past on old VWs. The lift pump more than once. I've probably got a can of Helios blue paint, and some karmann gti cab rear lights somewhere if you want.I liked my old cabby. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 Check the lift pump they said... We just fucked some new oil, plugs and fresh petrol egg, Cleon-Fonte, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Getting there. Can I just say though the 'we're off to see the Skizzer, the wonderful Skizzer of chod, because, because, because, because, because, because of the wonderful chod he has' ...is stuck in my head on repeat loserone, 320touring and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 Moar progress! We even have a list of things to tackle this afternoon. The hunt for the locking wheel nut key was successful! RobT, skattrd and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Those look like the correct le castellet alloys for teh rivage as well.I think the Rivage was the only UK car to get them in 15", Scirocco and others got them in 14" 320touring and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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