The World. As seen by Ceri.

[Inspector Morose]

Another early recipient of the Isuzu:

[Inspector Morose]

The first vehicle on Ceri's spanking new trailer.

[Inspector Morose]

Although all that length can be a bit overkill at times.

[Matty]

9 minutes ago, Inspector Morose said:

Another early recipient of the Isuzu:

Who was that for? One of us?

[Floatylight]

57 minutes ago, Inspector Morose said:

The first vehicle on Ceri's spanking new trailer.

Thought it had the boats over the cab for a second there. 😯

[PrinceRupert]

Super delivery by Ceri earlier this week, thanks a lot! 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Inspector Morose said:

Another early recipient of the Isuzu:

Did it survive the journey or rot on the way?

[AnnoyingPentium]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Did it survive the journey or rot on the way?

Some say only half of it actually arrived, the rest is strewn along the M6.

[NorthernMonkey]

18 hours ago, Inspector Morose said:

Although all that length can be a bit overkill at times.

Is that a recycling bin for @Six-cylinder’s allegro?

[wuvvum]

On 1/27/2022 at 6:48 PM, Matty said:

Who was that for? One of us?

I think @Jikovron bought that, didn't he?

[Jikovron]

I certainly did! It came with a collapsed torsion bar, wrecked tyres and some rust having sat in a field for 2 decades.

Shonky ital lives again

[Dick Cheeseburger]

16 minutes ago, Jikovron said:

I certainly did! It came with a collapsed torsion bar, wrecked tyres and some rust having sat in a field for 2 decades.

Shonky ital lives again

That's impressive! Thread on here anywhere?

[High Jetter]

Mebbe. Try clicking on his linky?

[Jikovron]

I've not updated that thread yet suffice to say @worldofceri and  @Inspector Morose have played a vital and crucially exceptionally professional part in supplying me with last years tide of vehicles!

[High Jetter]

Sorry, I thought that link would go to his thread. Good to see a moving Ital - is the Estelle yours too @Jikovron?

[Jikovron]

Estelle was mine but was sold over the border to dodgy bastard, but I've actually still got a 120LSE 

[Matty]

19 hours ago, Jikovron said:

I certainly did! It came with a collapsed torsion bar, wrecked tyres and some rust having sat in a field for 2 decades.

Shonky ital lives again

Just watched, bloody brilliant 👍

[Angrydicky]

Are you able to quote to bring a non-runner back to the UK from Holland?

[gadgetgricey]

4 minutes ago, Angrydicky said:

Are you able to quote to bring a non-runner back to the UK from Holland?

@worldofceri goes international

 

[worldofceri]

4 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

Are you able to quote to bring a non-runner back to the UK from Holland?

Sadly not, as my insurance won’t cover it.  I can seek assistance  however, it you PM me some details.

[Inspector Morose]

Meanwhile in the present, it was my turn at the wheel this weekend. "collect a Merc from Newquay" it said. I wonder if I'm at the right place?

 

I think I was.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

34 minutes ago, Inspector Morose said:

Meanwhile in the present, it was my turn at the wheel this weekend. "collect a Merc from Newquay" it said. I wonder if I'm at the right place?

 

I think I was.

What a spot! I've never seen that Alpine in Newquay before. Last few MOTs suggest why. Stunner! 

 

[worldofceri]

September 2018.

First thing Monday morning was a trip down to Reading for a broken mk5 Golf.  I forget the cause of the breakdown, but the owner had been recovered to a nearby garage.  The owner’s father – sounded like he would be footing the bill – wanted it taking to his preferred local garage to him, up in Warrington.  As is often the case in these types of situation, the despatching garage were not very helpful, hence the extreme-jacknife attitude required for single-handed loading.

Couple of days later I headed up to Lincolnshire to collect this old Shogun.  Customer was a guy in Birmingham seemingly with a penchant for these things.

The old Fens back roads have a distinct character.  Flat and straight with visibility for miles encourage you to press on, but then all of a sudden a series of alarming undulations threaten to pitch you into the adjacent dyke.

Leaving the Mitsubishi in Brum, I nipped down to Fenny Compton in Warwickshire to pick up this ratty Porsche 914.  Destination was just a short drive to the unit of a guy I’ve known for many years who specialises in classic restorations, mainly of air-cooled VWs. 

The following day I had a run out to near Kidderminster to pick up this Alfa Spider.  Collection address was a proper millionaire’s mansion.  I could drive right up to the house and swing the trailer round on the drive no bother, it was that massive.

Destination was the Warwickshire Event Centre where Classic Car Auctions used to have regular sales. 

The guy with the Range Rover and covered trailer was a London based chauffeur doing a bit of car transport on the side.

[Lacquer Peel]

I hope you are consuming plenty of weak lemon drink. 

[HillmanImp]

On 1/27/2022 at 6:39 PM, Inspector Morose said:

You were beaten by this:

We all know where this one was heading, don't we?

That confused me. Thats mine and it was posted when I already owned it. 

[worldofceri]

24 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

That confused me. Thats mine and it was posted when I already owned it. 

The chronology of this thread is all over the place.

[worldofceri]

September 2018.

Another Monday morning and this time, a run down to St Albans for this behemoth of a Volvo.  Recently purchased, it had developed some malady that required it to be returned under warranty, to the dealer.  In Preston.  A full day’s work there, but no dramas as it did, at least, run and drive.

The following day was a ride around the Birmingham, area to relocate this Beetle.  Something of a family heirloom as I recall, the chap was moving it from a late relative’s house closer to home, with the intention of putting it back on the road.  Sadly, at the time of writing the DVLA still records it as untaxed since 1990.

On the Friday I had a run down to Harefield to see the Lee, the machinery dealer whose acquaintance I’d made over the course of a couple of previous jobs.  He had a towable winching machine that he’d sold to a company in South Wales.  Although the route was a bit ‘out of my way’, it was actually quite handy that I’d be finishing up in that neck of the woods at the end of the week.  My friend ‘Lightning’ and I had entered the HERO Challenge rally in her Austin Healey Sprite.  As she lives near Neath it meant I was perfectly located for me to pick the car up to take to the rally base near Bicester.

I remissively failed to take a photo of the winching machine in transit.  A surprisingly substantial bit of kit, I do recall needing to engage low range to reverse up the buyer’s drive. 

Delivery achieved, I nipped into Neath to pick up ‘Suzy’ Sprite and by early evening was parked up somewhere in a field near Bicester.

The following morning dawned full of promise but sadly, our dreams or classic rallying glory were dashed by lunchtime.  A shattered clutch was our downfall.  Regular readers may recall that I had transported the Sprite to have the clutch replaced only a few weeks prior.  Make of that what you will.

Fortunate really that I’d taken the Sprite up on the trailer. Ordinarily Lightning would have driven her to the event.  The experts from Maulden Garage obligingly rolled around on the floor for a bit while I photographed their backsides, but declined to change the clutch at the side of the road.  So I dropped the car to them first thing on Monday for further transmission fettling.

[Jim Bell]

Pics in the last post arnt displaying for me, which is harrowing because I love updates of this thread. 

[worldofceri]

30 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Pics in the last post arnt displaying for me, which is harrowing because I love updates of this thread. 

Harrowing for me too, since if there's one thing that stresses me out more than having to do a thing, it's having to do a thing twice.

Thanks for the heads up. Should be fixed now.

[High Jetter]

It's fixed. Chronology ain't. Never mind, carry on - great material. Keep posting ( and towing!)