DoctorRetro Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 How does one open the bonnet on one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: AX11 TZX I have just got home with the 306 and done 87 trouble free miles this morning. I did not paint the wheels, but did visit a small car show while I was out. I chatted to a couple of people who all though it was a good looking car. Good work. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 52 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: How does one open the bonnet on one of these? Figured it out... Also fixed the loose front bumper. It wasn't broken, just out of place. Easily sorted. Six-cylinder, BL Bloke, Mrs6C and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Saw this and thought of you doc..... Lpg for extra mpg! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254460274870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 16 minutes ago, Wingz123 said: Saw this and thought of you doc..... Lpg for extra mpg! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254460274870 Jebus, how much of a miser must you be to LPG a Move?! ? Would adore that! Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 9 hours ago, TheDoctor said: I'm back home now! Three randoms please mate. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobarb Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I had one of those a few years back. Great little car (until the drive shafts started making an odd noise). You can drive everywhere flat out, scrabbling for grip and everyone will think you are just driving normally. Great fun and amazingly light! Its not until you look closely at the construction, you start to realize how they managed it. The rear boot lid glass is part of the total structure (no frame to speak of) and the rear parcel shelf is a piece of pleather sewn around a metal frame! Happy 2020. Enjoy your new steed! DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Are those steelies still wet in the above bumper pictures? Are you able to take a close up picture? Want to see the finish as need to sort my steelies. What spray paint are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Wingz123 said: Are those steelies still wet in the above bumper pictures? Are you able to take a close up picture? Want to see the finish as need to sort my steelies. What spray paint are you using? Pound shop matt black, then sprayed pound shop lacquer over the top. They aren't quite finished, will take a pic once they're done and fully dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 sand the bonnet and use the £ shop lacquer rather than black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 I'm afraid I don't have the finesse to sand back just one layer, when I attempted it I got to bare metal in some places! ? So just got it as flat as I could and blasted matt black over for now, it's more presentable - from 50 yards... Broadsword, Dan302, SiC and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 19 hours ago, loserone said: Three randoms please mate. I take it back clayts450, Marm Toastsmith, Microwave and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 Done the bumpers too, but will need another blast over. Also, finished the wheels. @Wingz123, you wanted to see closer. Can't say they look great, as I didn't prep them any more than a wipe over. But the combo of Poundland matt black and clear lacquer seems to work OK. Mrs6C, TrabbieRonnie, paulplom and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Looks a whole lot better than nothing given you are on the Poundland paint. Are you tempted to double up on rattle cans at next Poundland visit and blast the bonnet again too? It might even out a bit. DoctorRetro and Wingz123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 25 minutes ago, Broadsword said: Looks a whole lot better than nothing given you are on the Poundland paint. Are you tempted to double up on rattle cans at next Poundland visit and blast the bonnet again too? It might even out a bit. Yeah, that's the plan. It's remarkably good value when you figure a can from halfords is 8 quid for 500ml, and 8 quid gets you 2400ml from Poundland Dan302, Broadsword and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 Forgot to post these pics from yesterday. Dominic said to me 'Don't you need to take one of those pictures with your foot on the bumper for the beige forum?' (He knows he's not allowed to say the forum name) So he took the pic for me. Then he wanted to get in on the action. Face obscured to protect his paranoid mother. ? LightBulbFun, Jim Bell, Wingz123 and 12 others 9 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 That's brilliant ... He knows all the essential life skills Eyersey1234 and HarmonicCheeseburger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 That used to be such a pretty little AX. SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 52 minutes ago, Bucketeer said: That used to be such a pretty little AX. Can't say I remember it back then. I'll do my best to tidy up the little issues it has, on the whole it is quite tidy, it will scrub up nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/28/2019 at 7:23 PM, Wingz123 said: Saw this and thought of you doc..... Lpg for extra mpg! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254460274870 That was in my watch list but ended when I was out the house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/28/2019 at 7:23 PM, Wingz123 said: Saw this and thought of you doc..... Lpg for extra mpg! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254460274870 That was in my watch list but ended when I was out the house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Been pottering around in the AX for the last few days, and I can happily say I think this is the car I should have had years ago. Ironically I turned a G reg one down as my first car in 1999 as I thought it would be too small for me, and bought a 1986 Polo instead. Love the manual choke, lack of power steering, comfortable driving position and squishy suspension. Although I do think one of the rear springs needs replacing as it leans a bit much on left bends, and turning into my street causes a rubbing from the right rear wheel. somewhatfoolish and Craig the Princess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Rear springs? It's a torsion bar, beam, trailing arm Jim Bell, DoctorRetro, spartacus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: Been pottering around in the AX for the last few days, and I can happily say I think this is the car I should have had years ago. Ironically I turned a G reg one down as my first car in 1999 as I thought it would be too small for me, and bought a 1986 Polo instead. Love the manual choke, lack of power steering, comfortable driving position and squishy suspension. Although I do think one of the rear springs needs replacing as it leans a bit much on left bends, and turning into my street causes a rubbing from the right rear wheel. My older brother had two. A very plush 1400 example and when that died a bASe 0.9 (?) that he ran for yonks. He lost on cambelt roulette; the funniest thing being someone fixed it and ran it for years. It haunted him for about a decade in our little town. Somehow I’ve never owned one. I’m hopeful that 2020 sees a few cars come and go so I can get my average up. Somehow I doubt I’ll touch the likes of some but we can have a good go! Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, 500tops said: Rear springs? It's a torsion bar, beam, trailing arm D'oh. Figures What does that mean? Needs a shock absorber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 are we going for "racing stripes Yo!!" on the bonnet???? there is a blue one with alloys slowly turning green next door to my mothers...also a 55 plate grand scenic vvt thingy...both been parked up for 4 years minimum..and get the usual "I'm going to do the up" when asked!!! Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: D'oh. Figures What does that mean? Needs a shock absorber? Maybe a rear arm bearing that's fuct? They seize up quite readily. Tbh a complete recon beam is 250ish and 4 bolts once you've disconnected the brakes. Certainly not the end of the world. When stood directly behind it do you have negative camber, y0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 16 hours ago, 500tops said: Maybe a rear arm bearing that's fuct? They seize up quite readily. Tbh a complete recon beam is 250ish and 4 bolts once you've disconnected the brakes. Certainly not the end of the world. When stood directly behind it do you have negative camber, y0? Not noticeably, both wheels look equal Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 U haz mudflaps for the win ☝️ scdan4, DoctorRetro, 95 quid Peugeot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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