Shitting in the shallow end. *Collection*

[stuboy]

where these ones with 2 temp rear seats?

[loserone]

Aye, though if I got travel sick driving it as I did last week, I wouldn't fancy being in the boot much at all.

[Jim Bell]

22 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Christ, it's not exactly Santa Pod smooth is it?

It's closer to the surface contours of earths moon. But it's cheap and very cheerful. 

 

[wuvvum]

I love how the camera mic can't cope with the OM612 roar...

Looks to have quite a decent turning circle for an ess you vee, or is that just an optical illusion?

[Jim Bell]

Just now, wuvvum said:

I love how the camera mic can't cope with the OM612 roar...

Looks to have quite a decent turning circle for an ess you vee, or is that just an optical illusion?

I've not been hindered by it so it must be decent enough. I've not done any U Turns in narrow lanes but it manoeuvres ok for its LUMP. 

[loserone]

Oh, @Jimbob McGregor and I took some photos of it last week.

 

 

[loserone]

[gm]

2 hours ago, loserone said:

 

 

looks like you were passing my way, you should have called in for a cuppa 

[paulplom]

How much you wanting for that merc? Asking for a friend..

[Jim Bell]

1 minute ago, paulplom said:

How much you wanting for that merc? Asking for a friend..

It's on eBay on a £999 start auction at the mo man. Due to finish on Friday. It's a bit more than I paid (imagine that!!) But it's been MOTd and the market has gone a bit bonkers value wise in the last year. 

[paulplom]

3 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

It's on eBay on a £999 start auction at the mo man. It's a bit more than I paid (imagine that!!) 

That's not allowed!!

I really need to go and see what's happening with the 300c. He's had the fucker since before Christmas. I miss not having a toy.

[garbaldy]

Is anyone else having trouble viewing these vidoes/clips whatever the youth call them theses days.

The you tube one worked fine just the others,   wish I had known this was on as I had a lazy weekend for once.

[Jim Bell]

14 minutes ago, garbaldy said:

Is anyone else having trouble viewing these vidoes/clips whatever the youth call them theses days.

The you tube one worked fine just the others,   wish I had known this was on as I had a lazy weekend for once.

 

Just for Gary. 

Weardale toddle:

 

 

Arrival at Crail:

 

In Car Rexton Vs 740:

 

 

 

Biggest loss ever recorded on a drag strip:

 

 

[garbaldy]

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.

[Jim Bell]

35 minutes ago, 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.

How did yours get on with off roading man? Was it a decent turn? I'm hoping to take mine to Drumclog once I have some decent tyres. 

[garbaldy]

Ive not had a sangyungdung yet however i have used an L200,  jago nissan navara ford ranger  suzuki vitara and jimny  landrover 90 and 110  rangrover landcruiser Amazon and a landcruiser Colorado which was the only one I never ever got stuck apart from sinking it that is.   Drumclog is great llamanacha was also good there was also one down your way but forgotten it's name.

[Jim Bell]

43 minutes ago, garbaldy said:

Ive not had a sangyungdung yet however i have used an L200,  jago nissan navara ford ranger  suzuki vitara and jimny  landrover 90 and 110  rangrover landcruiser Amazon and a landcruiser Colorado

 

See, if youd bought a Ssangyong first, you wouldn't have needed the jago, Navara, Ranger, Vitara, Jimny, Land Rovers and Landcruisers!

[garbaldy]

Lets see if your right then after a drumclog day 😉

[Jim Bell]

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. 

[Jim Bell]

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 

 

All done. 

 

Probably needs more black now. 

 

[Jim Bell]

I t doesn't look quite as ugly from a distance. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Out Run]

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. 😄

[Out Run]

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.

[Out Run]

@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 🤪

[Dick Cheeseburger]

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? 

[Jim Bell]

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. 

[Out Run]

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'

[Jim Bell]

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 Cheeseburger]

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]

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.