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Rod/b Rank: Renault 16

Rod/b

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12 hours ago, wuvvum said:

This looks cheap.

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Do you think maybe that could be your answer right there??

The rear axle locating arm brackets rot clean off the rear axles on these, its quite a common issue. 

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Dave_Q Rank: Talbot Tagora

Dave_Q

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I'm pretty moist for this, it's been long enough since the last one that I can forget how painful it was to get the bastard through an MOT.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Alfa-Romeo-156-Ti-Sportwagon/124404468231

It's even got nearly a matching list of MOT fails to my last one, 4 tyres, brake and suspension shizz and n/s/r sill/floor welding. 

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Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects):

  • Nearside Front Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure misshapen (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
  • Offside Front Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure misshapen (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
  • Nearside Rear Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure misshapen (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
  • Nearside Rear Tyre has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
  • Nearside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))

Repair immediately (major defects):

  • Nearside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.4 (b) (ii))
  • Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c))
  • Offside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c))
  • Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn Both sides (1.1.14 (a) (i))
  • Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn Both sides (1.1.14 (a) (i))
  • Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))
  • Front Service brake excessively fluctuating Both sides (1.2.1 (e))
  • Nearside Front Headlamp aim too low (4.1.2 (a))
  • Offside Front Headlamp aim too low (4.1.2 (a))
  • Offside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))
  • Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))
  • Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))
  • Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))
  • Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i))

 

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lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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3 minutes ago, petermcpete said:

If not posted already.....

"Morris traveller pickup project for sale 5.000 ono when done worth 15.000 just don't have the time"

Oh dear...hoping it's £5, not £5k for a project.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/268805727766390

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Neither do I. It's a traveller partly cut up which would be better left as a traveller.

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barrett Rank: Lancia Gamma

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I'm too old to get stressed out about people ruining old cars with half-arsed modifications like I used to (certain exceptions apply of course), but I definitely get properly wound up about people making a start on their half-arsed mods and then selling of the project halfway through because they CBA finishing it off. That Minor is an excellent example - it looked like it was pretty much ready to go in the first pic, and a really late Traveller in that proper '70s colour would make such a nice little car to run around in. Now it is literally just a pile of scrap. I suppose if you have a rotten Traveller you could transfer all the rear bodywork over to this one, but then you'd have to paint it and that would destroy the lovely patina... these people are just thick and really shouldn't be allowed to own old cars.

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spike60 Rank: Renault 16

spike60

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48 minutes ago, 320touring said:

For fuck's sake don't @Dave_Q

 

I still suffer PTSD when I hear squeaking after the last one

Been that man. Last of 4 Alfas I owned, sold 9 years ago but I still haven't forgotten the chew on

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lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

lesapandre

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45 minutes ago, barrett said:

I'm too old to get stressed out about people ruining old cars with half-arsed modifications like I used to (certain exceptions apply of course), but I definitely get properly wound up about people making a start on their half-arsed mods and then selling of the project halfway through because they CBA finishing it off. That Minor is an excellent example - it looked like it was pretty much ready to go in the first pic, and a really late Traveller in that proper '70s colour would make such a nice little car to run around in. Now it is literally just a pile of scrap. I suppose if you have a rotten Traveller you could transfer all the rear bodywork over to this one, but then you'd have to paint it and that would destroy the lovely patina... these people are just thick and really shouldn't be allowed to own old cars.

Yup I have not seen a late Minor in that BL colour for ages -I think it is 1970' s Harvest Gold.

On a purely practical basis I have always found estates more useful than pick-ups for general use - so creating a pick-up is not a particularly useful move IMHO.

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BeEP Rank: Renault 16

BeEP

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38 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Yup I have not seen a late Minor in that BL colour for ages -I think it is 1970' s Harvest Gold.

Sorry for being a pedant but it's Limeflower (same as my mk3 ado16); as far as I know Harvest gold never quite made it onto a Minor.  I'd love a limeflower or aqua traveller but fear that ship has long since sailed.

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Ford Prefect

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4 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Found this for sale at a garage just outside Chester...

 

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MOT expired on 31 January 2015. A diesel showing just under 92000 miles at the last MoT test and a pretty good MoT history (but that view may just be a reflection on the cars I've owned)

Polishes up nicely though.

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