Jim Bell Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 It's a rainy Sunday so I thought I'd have a go at improving the asthetics of the unquestionably ugly Rexton. First, off with the 99p LOL DECALS. For this effort, I will employing heat, and petrol. In that order. Nicky fucken Clarke. Hottest you can get. Jack it up to 11. You first. Unfunny wee bastard. That's better. Factree. Ha haha. No. Delete. Factory settings restored. somewhatfoolish, Lacquer Peel, garbaldy and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 The only bit of chrome on the whole bus is on the grille, which is rather incongruous. I had some pssst psst in the shed so had a crack at dechroming the grin. Oot ya get. Before. Add pssst. After. Represent. RUGGED FINISH VID_20220522_121335562.mp4 All done. Probably needs more black now. Out Run, Shirley Knott, Stanky and 18 others 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 I t doesn't look quite as ugly from a distance. Mrcento, djim, Back_For_More and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/18/2022 at 12:01 PM, garbaldy said: Excellent it's a few years since I've been to crail, one thing I've not missed is that key sound while off roading it used to get on my nerves as I always forgot to remove the jangley bit from mine before launching into the scenery. Aye, that pendulum effect, smashing off the dash and your knees off the tunnel and door card. 😄 garbaldy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/18/2022 at 1:58 PM, garbaldy said: Lets see if your right then after a drumclog day 😉 We'll be fucked, TBH. No winch at all and low hanging diffs. I might scale back my ambition for now and head to Peas Farm (if it still exists), instead. garbaldy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 @Jim BellI reckon your grille would be better grey, like the lower half of the body. Or add more black, like a winch bumper, snorkel, skid plate, modulars, arch extensions, roof rack etc 🤪 louiepj, garbaldy, loserone and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Rugged indeed. Are you going to bedliner the whole thing? I'm still trying to work out how to pronounce Ssangyong. Are you supposed to stammer the Ss like Phil C? Out Run and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 46 minutes ago, Out Run said: @Jim BellI reckon your grille would be better grey, like the lower half of the body. Or add more black, like a winch bumper, snorkel, skid plate, modulars, arch extensions, roof rack etc 🤪 You're probably right. I didn't have any grey paint in the shed thought. And I also didn't have enough bedliner left in that can to do all the lower body plastics. So it's staying the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 20 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Rugged indeed. Are you going to bedliner the whole thing? I'm still trying to work out how to pronounce Ssangyong. Are you supposed to stammer the Ss like Phil C? My mate used to go for the Psy? approach, 'Oppan Gangnam SsangYong style' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 21 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Rugged indeed. Are you going to bedliner the whole thing? I'm still trying to work out how to pronounce Ssangyong. Are you supposed to stammer the Ss like Phil C? No,that's about the end of the can. So that's it. The correct phonetic way to pronounce Ssangyong is: *Sassangey-Jhong* - but you have to say it out of one side of your mouth like Salt Bae saying "Avacado" https://youtube.com/shorts/M7eUWYxEmf0?feature=share Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 49 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: No,that's about the end of the can. So that's it. The correct phonetic way to pronounce Ssangyong is: *Sassangey-Jhong* - but you have to say it out of one side of your mouth like Salt Bae saying "Avacado" https://youtube.com/shorts/M7eUWYxEmf0?feature=share Ah, like Brian Badonde but different. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 It's been mostly quiet on the Rexton front but one large step forward has been ticked off the list of things to do. When I got the car, the 4x4 was not engaging when you pressed the dash buttons for 4H or 4L. With timid aspirations for remedial level off roading and greenish lane bothering, this would not do. A bit of direction from @Out Run saw me off to AliExpress to order some manual freewheel front hubs. I clicked on the SLOW BOTE FROM CHINA option.... Some tools were assembled and then 10 mins of one spanner Haynes difficulty level work unfurled. Bonus shoe. With hubs engaged, 4wd should now work. Sadly, there are as still no drive to the front wheels. We scratched our heads for a bit and decided that there wasn't really much to be wrong (other than me over greasing the hubs) so we popped them off at the side of the road and tried reassembly with the selector switch in the engaged position. And guess what. It only bloody worked. 4x4 now functioning. paulplom, garbaldy, Semi-C and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 Only tried it on a very tame local hill, but all seems functioning A1 5x5. Next plans are for a lift and first some decent all TERRY IAN tryres. Popsicle, AnnoyingPentium, Shirley Knott and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 It's a good bus this. I really like it. As said before, it doesn't do anything great but it has a go at everything without complaint. What more could you ask for from an obscure daft shit old car? Dyslexic Viking, Split_Pin, gm and 23 others 24 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 As it was performing well, I treated it to a posh wash and some hilarious decals. It scrubs up well. A local tourist attraction and feat of ancient engineering, seen here with a lighthouse. OM646, BeEP, privatewire and 26 others 24 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 It's gripped. It's sorted. CaptainBoom, 500tops, AnnoyingPentium and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Good work man. Think the working 4wd will help at Crail? You'll need another showdown with @rml2345 to find out... Jim Bell, rml2345 and 320touring 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, dome said: Good work man. Think the working 4wd will help at Crail? You'll need another showdown with @rml2345 to find out... It might help if they move the drag strip 20 meters to the left and we race up that wet field past the bait van to the chemical toilet trailer. CGSB, dome, rml2345 and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, dome said: Good work man. Think the working 4wd will help at Crail? You'll need another showdown with @rml2345 to find out... May as well select 4L. I doubt it will change the MPH, at the line. 😅 dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 13 hours ago, Jim Bell said: It's a good bus this. I really like it. As said before, it doesn't do anything great but it has a go at everything without complaint. When you flogging it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, paulplom said: When you flogging it then? If history is any reasonable indication, it'll be for sale some time in the next eleven months. Split_Pin, paulplom, yes oui si and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Some pics of the high up countryside from an afternoon delivery mission. Even under the clouds, it's a far better place to be than at work. yes oui si, dome, Split_Pin and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 I know that house! Jim Bell, Lacquer Peel and yes oui si 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, loserone said: I know that house! Looks like a shop to me. Jim Bell and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said: Looks like a shop to me. You and about five people a day *Ding dong* is this a crèche ? *Ding dong* do you sell bottles of pop? *Ding dong* do you have the key to the public toilet? AnnoyingPentium, Jim Bell, yes oui si and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 *Ding dong* can I leave ten years of Car magazine here? Lacquer Peel, Coprolalia, fairkens and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, loserone said: *Ding dong* can I leave ten years of Car magazine here? Guesses you said yes to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 57 minutes ago, loserone said: You and about five people a day *Ding dong* is this a crèche ? *Ding dong* do you sell bottles of pop? *Ding dong* do you have the key to the public toilet? He hasn't even got a bell. You just have to go in and say "Ding dong" yes oui si, GrumpiusMaximus, juular and 6 others 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: He hasn't even got a bell. You just have to go in and say "Ding dong" I have to point out the button to quite a lot of people too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 23 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: He hasn't even got a bell. You just have to go in and say "Ding dong" juular, Coprolalia, Jim Bell and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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