Ghosty Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I'm at Shitefest. JohnK gave me a lift here. At my place he said he'd buy the S90 when I was done with it. We get here in richbraiths Proton. Next day, rich and John go out for lunch in the Proton and come back with two cars. Second is John's. I like it a lot. Swap it for the S90, he says? Deal, I say. It's vegetarian. Luton Festival of Transport tomorrow. strangeangel, spartacus, Dirk Diggler and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Sounds like a plan. Neighbours will love you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Still think it was a very bad idea you emptying out the structural mud up inside those wheel arches! busmansholiday, BorniteIdentity, wuvvum and 3 others 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillOrange Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Knew the S90 will get into JohnK's hands eventually. I think we exchanged quite a few swap messages few years back. Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 A303.... The Moog and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 That can't be the A303, there's no traffic jam. busmansholiday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 rockring or something drewd, 500tops, Brodders and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 5 tickets please Ghosty loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faker Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I sooo want thon thee-o-five!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Milling about Luton Festival of Transport for a bit. Bumped into Quicksilver and Slowsilver who'd happened to head over for the first time in years. Decent enough show. Off to the Vauxhall Heritage Collection now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodders Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Now that is a quality motor. Completely different from the S90, but strangely appealing in its own way. Well swapped. The Heritage Collection is pretty good; I was there earlier and really enjoyed taking a look around. May be a bit different now as the day has gone on, but there were some interesting cars in the carpark too, so be sure to take a look around there too. Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 GRIM. Well purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Hang on, I know my memory is fucked but when the shitting hell did you get a S90?? Have I been in a korma for an age? Possibly. Anyway, liking the Big Pug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 I got it off stillOrange but arranged it through the Dark Wob. He needed shot of it more urgently now he's permanently exported himself. I mentioned it on news 24...Offered it up for free, it was only on the other side of Manchester to me so I took it. Engine fan is blown up as the relay was waterlogged so it overheats in traffic. Owes me about £100 so far. John saw the S90 on my neighbours' drive (they offered me the space) when he and Rich got here. Said it was nice, I said it was ex-stillOrange and he said he'd have it when I was done with it. JohnK went out to get lunch with richbraith at Shitefest, 4 hours later he comes back with the 305. He'd found a garage full of slowly decomposing chod, went round the back, found the owner washing the 305 and asked if he'd sell it. He agreed and John brought it back. I saw it, said I liked it, Beko started vacuuming it with a borrowed Henry, I dried out the drivers' footwell (pressure washer 'overspray' not a leak I don't think), dusted off the dash, took out the seat covers etc. I grabbed a petrol 305 Haynes that was lying about and slung it in. KruJoe found it to be Bosch pumped. Comments were made that it is a very good running XUD, too. John says, want to swap it for the S90? I accepted, and spent most of the rest of the evening scrubbing it up. So we are in Wetherspoons in Luton, en route to my house to make the swap. Dan_ZTT, tonedepear, djim and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 That’s an epic win right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Nobody's mentioned the number plate yet. It was mentioned a number of times at SF. Suitably shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 The front plate is something to behold...We're northbound on the M1. paulscavalier and beko1987 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I wasn't expecting to have the pleasure of examining this fine conveyance today. On the bus back from Vauxhall, I spotted it and thought "there's a beige 305 just like the one JohnK bought at Shitefest yesterday". Went for a closer look and realised it was the very same car (should have guessed by the Proton behind it), then bumped into Ghosty a bit later and found out he is now the proud owner. Both front wings really are works of art and I see from the above it even manages to look scruffy in the dark, which is quite an achievement! It should have been brought into the showground to really lower the tone though. Brodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 My former girlfriends mum had one, in a pale gold if I recall correctly. Ace things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 The interior scrubbed up well didnt it! When the front footwell dries out, scrub it whilst dry with a stiff brush and vacuum it again and it'll come up nicely, tbh taking the seats out wont be a bad idea, it was properly honking in there! The outside though? DO NOT WASH! Maybe service it though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdelmonti Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 That is some proper shite! Very jealous, a 305 is on my list of cars to own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Woodhead. Almost home. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 If dicky can't kill it in the next 20 minutes it's never going to die. Poor things probably gone faster in the past 24h than it's gone in the last 24 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 JohnK drove the last bit. It looks as if it might be changing hands again anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Mrs L1 says it's beautiful. Thats a good job really! Ghosty, holbeck and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I'm quite jealous Mr L1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 15 hours ago, Ghosty said: very good running XUD, too. There is no other kind, surely? Quality acqusition there, Max! Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Fuck Yeah. I have a thing for slowly dissolving cars with XUDs! Want one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 This leaves me on Saturday to head even further north. Old Man's just not having it. Shame, as it made sense, but apparently I'm not allowed to have the T5 kept off the road instead. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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