SAVED for a 2nd time Visa Cabriolet in Edinburgh! - New Clutch fitted

[dave j]

Really enjoying the videos, and love the spirit of shite addition. The inner sills look ok compared to the outers!

[Mrs6C]

It looks clean and tidy in the underbonnet area. Glad the bulkhead looks good too.

[Braddon81]

Fantastic work! As people have said those inner sills look remarkably sound. It doesnt look too grotty in the usual Visa spots underneath the bonnet either.

That water pump leak either looks like a crap paper gasket.. or more likely it hasnt been bolted on properly . Oil leak looks like the filter hasn't been spun on tight enough either.

Edited December 8, 2018 by Braddon81

[DodgyBastard]

Autoshite- Your timecapsules are out concern.

 

What a nice touch. I'm sure the MOT people might find it. Perhaps grin too... or fail it.

 

Nobody will find it, it's been welded onto the inner sill so after I weld the outer sill in place it will be hidden for eternity...

[Fumbler]

Forgot about the "inner" part.

[Mrs6C]

Are you going to paint it AS beige and pick out the lettering in orange, before you hide it from view 'forever'?

[Kringle]

Properly laughing at that!

 

Unfortunately this is now a thing and either we'll have to setup some kind of trust fund or track that car for the rest of time like a migratory bird.

 

Either way I am happy to add to that fund in future.

[DSdriver]

The person who did the crap work on the car before was probably in "that'll do till it goes for an MOT, fails and gets scrapped" mode.

[Zelandeth]

Egads... haven't seen those hose clips outside Skodas and Ladas... they're the invention of the devil himself...

[Rod/b]

“Your motoring is our concern” in action

[Eddie Honda]

... haven't seen those hose clips outside Skodas and Ladas...

Need to get under more bonnets then

[They_all_do_that_sir]

This is fantastic!!!

 

I'd like to donate a tenner on the condition FOAD spends it on cheap haggis and lager to fuel his labour.

 

Welding and fabrication to this standard is not cheap, there's absolutely no way in hell he's ever making money on this if you include his time so anyone suggesting otherwise......

 

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[DodgyBastard]

This is fantastic!!!

 

I'd like to donate a tenner on the condition FOAD spends it on cheap haggis and lager to fuel his labour.

 

Welding and fabrication to this standard is not cheap, there's absolutely no way in hell he's ever making money on this if you include his time so anyone suggesting otherwise......

 

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I think most places charge around £30 an hour and I reckon I've spent around 10 hours on it so far, so that and the cost of the sills, consumables and the costs really start adding up. Luckily I'm an amateur and not charging anything for my time so when it's finished and ends up looking a little bit shit it won't matter so much.

[Rod/b]

Now listen here, we’ve all seen Wheeler Dealers so we all know that your time and skill is worth FUCK ALL and doesn’t count. So back in your unit and get welding.

[DodgeRover]

I think most places charge around £30 an hour and I reckon I've spent around 10 hours on it so far, so that and the cost of the sills, consumables and the costs really start adding up. Luckily I'm an amateur and not charging anything for my time so when it's finished and ends up looking a little bit shit it won't matter so much.

So much per inch in the decadent South.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Now listen here, we’ve all seen Wheeler Dealers so we all know that your time and skill is worth FUCK ALL and doesn’t count. So back in your unit and get welding.

Always makes me laugh when they add up the costs at the end.

 

"Oh and 80 hours of Ed's time at £50 an hour means a profit of......oh fuck."

 

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[dozeydustman]

Egg, I've sent a £5 donation over to this worthy cause as promised earlier in the thread

[5speedracer]

 

 

This is fantastic!!!

 

I'd like to donate a tenner on the condition FOAD spends it on cheap haggis and lager to fuel his labour.

 

 

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Cheap haggis!

Ye blasphemous Sassenach heathen ye!

 

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[egg]

Egg, I've sent a £5 donation over to this worthy cause as promised earlier in the thread

 

And received with thanks.

[dozeydustman]

As others have said if FOAD/shiteknight doesn't require the extra, put it towards the forum hosting, or Captain 70's new engine, or whatever the next shite in the community fundraiser is.

[egg]

There have been 34(!) contributors to the fund now.

 

Total funds raised = £257.72

 

Of which £234 has been transferred to FOAD, as per the weekend update, and £23.72 sits with me while I mop up the odds and ends from donors. This will be transferred to FOAD as needed.

 

Thanks all.

[Datsuncog]

[DodgyBastard]

I've had a bit of a development with the Visa, I have been in contact with the original owner who gave me two options of how to proceed.

 

His words were:

 

"there are 2 options:

a) You keep the car, if you want it.  You have earned it

If you don't want it, we would gladly take it back and finish getting it back on the road.  First the MOT, and when it was legal again, the clutch.  It needs brake pipes, dampers, a wheel bearing and a tyre.    Fairly normal stuff for the sort of cars we drive."

 

 

I'm happy with option B.

[DodgyBastard]

And before anyone complains about being out of pocket, they will get their donation back if they require it.

 

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[Christine]

Did you make him cry again , this time with happiness  ? 

 

Hero

[Yoss]

If they take it back can we have a live handing over ceremony a la Car SOS. With backing music of your choice.

 

You should at the very least introduce them to this place. They sound like they'd fit in, or at least understand the place.

[DodgyBastard]

If they take it back can we have a live handing over ceremony a la Car SOS. With backing music of your choice.

 

You should at the very least introduce them to this place. They sound like they'd fit in, or at least understand the place.

Yes, all of the above!

 

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[Andyrew]

 

Option b, with woollarding.

 

I kind of Hope it goes to the same MOT tester,

 

"So who fixed it?"

 

"Well, some nice bloke I didn't know appeared then took the car away to somewhere I've never been, fixed it and some random people I've never met paid for it. Then it came back"

[DodgyBastard]

Option b, with woollarding.

 

I kind of Hope it goes to the same MOT tester,

 

"So who fixed it?"

 

"Well, some nice bloke I didn't know appeared then took the car away to somewhere I've never been, fixed it and some random people I've never met paid for it. Then it came back"

 

 

It won't be going back to the same tester, they are also the people who carried out the half arsed repair work so far including the brand new water pump that is currently leaking.

The owner feels that the garage will still refuse to pass it because of the lack of rear seat belts (which it doesn't need) and won't take their word for it that it isn't a legal requirement etc.

[Mrs6C]

It won't be going back to the same tester, they are also the people who carried out the half arsed repair work so far including the brand new water pump that is currently leaking.

The owner feels that the garage will still refuse to pass it because of the lack of rear seat belts (which it doesn't need) and won't take their word for it that it isn't a legal requirement etc.

Can you recommend a better MOT place to them?