♻️ Grizz’s New 4x4 arrived ~~ ASTRO Van 🚙 Renault SCENIC 1.5dci 🚙 1966 Chevy C10 🚘

[grizz]

Video to be pulled together. 
 

By end of play to 7.00pm tonight this wS what tbe scooter looked like. 
 

Last night, I may have bought a Kawasaki KLF  Bayou 300cc  4X4  from a barn 400 miles away 
 

Stashed in the barn, unused 6-7 years. 
 

Collection and hopefully delivery in about 5 weeks from now. 
 

I am hoping to get it started and running. 
 

The seller hasno clue of its current condition.  A bit like the Aprilia scooter I got recently. 
 

Video of scooter progress  tomorrow. 
 

 

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[grizz]

So I made it halfway towards getting the scooter to run. 

I believe the electrical cutting out is cured (till it happens again) 

I also decided that almost two hours of footage over a days worth of work needs editing hard. 
 

So part one is here. 
 

I have another 67 minutes to get reduced to well less than half of that. 
 

2.15pm and I am back indoors after shopping etc. 

I will sit and do the edit and upload now, before I go wrap up the scooter in plastic for a while. 
 

video:

 

 

[grizz]

Seems the scooter is now cured of its electrical gremlin. 
 

Future will tell. 
 

This video is about removing the carburettor, cleaning it and removing the plastics. 
 

Also a couple of test runs  up on the farm. 
 

Easily makes 80km/h or 50mph. 
 

Happy with that. 
 

 

[grizz]

The choices we make. 
 

From abandoned cat who was always a bit sad and aloof, to a playful cat who shadows me. 
Now playing with toys, after 4 years, playing Peek-a-Boo with me in the housr and actually chasing me up the stairs today, ankle tapping me as I climbed up the stairs.  
 

Kindness is so cheap to give. 
 

And though he has lived here for four years, only now is his true playful personality coming out. 
 

Trust - A rare commodity. 
 

Grorge this morning…….. 

 

Rewarding me with play. 
 

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[grizz]

Wheel question Wheel people. 

Are there any car wheels in 12, 13, 14 inch size on a 4x137 bolt pattern ?? 

Steels or alloys. 

I know quads run them.
The Kawasaki KLF 4x4 models run the same size. 

Looking for road going options  

Thanks.

[grizz]

Back to the Chevy for the addicted among us. 

 

Spent a disproportionate amount of time getting the underseal off another panel. 

 

This is the cab side panel of the rear loadbed. 

 

Unfortunately it had a lot of rust on two sides along the folded top section that is in the form of a tube. 

 

Open ends and a position right behind the cab means water often would net dry or evaporate completely, making it a perfect rust trap. 

 

I have cut out the rust, put rust converter on the insides and welded in some fresh metal. 

 

Next job will be the new drum sander and then DA sander to remove the paint and residue from paint and underseal I removed. 

 

Then of course primer, filler, sanding, filler, primer, sanding, filler, sanding, filler, sanding……. And more primer. 

 

Followed by the bedsides and then the bonnet/hood. 

 

Of course the new “Side Quest” may kick off again in 6 weeks. 

Aprilia Leonardo 300 scooter is now wrapped up tight for a while. 

 

Today will be bare metal prep part one. 

 

 

Video:

 

 

 

Photos for those who take the time to look and zoom in. 

 

 

 

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[grizz]

More photos to ZOOOOM into

[grizz]

My new Spanish lodger has lost his 47k Y reg  Pug 307 to a non fault Tesco delivery van altercation.  Car getting written off. 
 

He uses a car for a 15 mile a day commute (sometimes more as he is on call 24/7) and food shopping etc. 

But maybe an occasional longer trip  

 

So wish list is probably going to include the following 

Medium sized 

Think Golf/Focus/307/Astra

Max MOT

Life expectancy 

Not exotic 

Other stuff. 

 

Please point or post if you have cheap or sensibly priced cars in mind  

 

Thanks  

[grizz]

 

 Bootfair was “crazy good”

A few random items for various people. 

A bunch of VW Beetles, bus and a Type 3 

Plus some Coke trucks for Craigs collection priced between a 10p item up to £1.00 for the large Beetle. Mostly 50p. 
Included is a TONKA Beetle  50p

New Garden hat for Kevin £1.00, New Alpaca toiletry bag for my ex wife Nicola 50p . 

Some of my random weirdness included the following. 

Smoking pipe for collection (250 plus pipes) £1.00

Small ashtray £1.00

Small Salter spring scales £1.00

Mercedes Benz hood ornament £2.00

Elephant  £ Free

Wilson bat £1.00

Wallpaper brush 50p 

 

Massive random selection of mainly Hotwheels cars 20p to 50p each. 

Rarity value items NSU RO80 with opening hood and engine on show. 

AMC Gremlin 

 

Next up today will be back to the gsrage and get primer on the loadbed panel. Then filler, sand and repeat.  

 

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[Westbay]

On 22/08/2025 at 19:50, grizz said:

 

Wheel question Wheel people. 

Are there any car wheels in 12, 13, 14 inch size on a 4x137 bolt pattern ?? 

Steels or alloys. 

I know quads run them.
The Kawasaki KLF 4x4 models run the same size. 

Looking for road going options  

Thanks.

Think you'll be looking at adapters from 4x 137 to (suggest)  5x112 (Audi A4 , MINI, some BMW 3 series, VW Beetle (not classic) VW Golf, some Mercedes models ..

[grizz]

23 minutes ago, Westbay said:

Think you'll be looking at adapters from 4x 137 to (suggest)  5x112 (Audi A4 , MINI, some BMW 3 series, VW Beetle (not classic) VW Golf, some Mercedes models ..

 

I saw these for FREE last night. 
 

Gone before I could ask. 

[Westbay]

Bad luck , look like early Cosmic wheels - much sort after ...

[grizz]

20 hours ago, Westbay said:

Bad luck , look like early Cosmic wheels - much sort after ...

Sought after or not…….

 I just want two. 

[grizz]

So back on the truck. 
 

I got to use the Katsu Drum Sander on the load bed rear panel. 
 

The one drum took red paint off one side and scraped residue off thr other side. 
 

at £23.00 each, including an 8% discount and free delivery from Amazon they should obviously cost closer to £28.00 or $37.00  each, its not a cheap way to strip, but if you look at the video, sped up, it is a great result. 
 

I will add photos of how badly worn it ended up. 
 

I bought two originally, and have bought another three, price reduction still in place, free delivery, thanks to Sally’s Amazon Prime. Total £69.00

 

Two full bedsides and hood left to do. 
With paint one side, underseal on the other. 

 

After the Drum sander, followed up with the DA and two 180 grit discs  

Cleaned up  

Primer mixed and painted  

Next job………

FILLER, SAND, Repeat and finally primer for paint. 
 

VIDEO

 

 

 

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[grizz]

And then……

New Respirator mask. 

[MrBig]

I can't think of anything with a 4x137 stud pattern! Classic Beetles and some old Skodas were 4x130 and old Subarus were 4x140 (and I think a couple of old Peugeots were too) but nothing in 4x137.

[grizz]

18 minutes ago, MrBig said:

I can't think of anything with a 4x137 stud pattern! Classic Beetles and some old Skodas were 4x130 and old Subarus were 4x140 (and I think a couple of old Peugeots were too) but nothing in 4x137.

 

It is a modern quad pattern. 
 

If I could find a nice pair of 12, 13 inch steels or alloys for free, cheap I would have them reengineered to that pattern.  

[Westbay]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146794469734?_skw=13+ich+alloy+wheels&itmmeta=01K3JKH3TWRTGK7N7ZC7CKKM2P&hash=item222da1d966:g:WHYAAeSwPDtorS9g&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cglYQjC5Vgm0Ee5MX0Tv91YMBCbLo%2FuGl6%2BX5%2BQmlWlBP4y6NDC%2FLf6jLYHA8g%2FB1EG39udcf7GF9KgDJIf8zdYKQw1CwtMSI00lalSoIUrJjlrqSbAr2KYNBibaUSJFWOeAXYOlQMitTbJrJlGihq4ObyltfIanOPRdUaJUT5HFjFgWIkA0I%2BZNy5dQ5ZRw0A4NT6DLtCJ4kyGCWaLU%2Fnch3A1CxoiA38KTAo%2BMW%2BSUNIwRfhjtzknN5IKD0QAIpEWfEaMQeCVhP1FSb3XEVObVy%2Fy7FYBWnLsudgetVf0A%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_q-xNOcZg

[grizz]

1 hour ago, Westbay said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146794469734?_skw=13+ich+alloy+wheels&itmmeta=01K3JKH3TWRTGK7N7ZC7CKKM2P&hash=item222da1d966:g:WHYAAeSwPDtorS9g&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cglYQjC5Vgm0Ee5MX0Tv91YMBCbLo%2FuGl6%2BX5%2BQmlWlBP4y6NDC%2FLf6jLYHA8g%2FB1EG39udcf7GF9KgDJIf8zdYKQw1CwtMSI00lalSoIUrJjlrqSbAr2KYNBibaUSJFWOeAXYOlQMitTbJrJlGihq4ObyltfIanOPRdUaJUT5HFjFgWIkA0I%2BZNy5dQ5ZRw0A4NT6DLtCJ4kyGCWaLU%2Fnch3A1CxoiA38KTAo%2BMW%2BSUNIwRfhjtzknN5IKD0QAIpEWfEaMQeCVhP1FSb3XEVObVy%2Fy7FYBWnLsudgetVf0A%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_q-xNOcZg

 

Thanks. 
 

Not quirky enough 😉

[grizz]

I Bought a 15” Jaguar wheel with an unused Redline Michelin X tyre fitted today. 

I want the wheel to make an art piece from, so the tyre is coming off. 

Make a display unit for your Hotwheels Redline collection? 

Is it of any value to someone, cash or trade for a couple of red rattle cans of paint?? 

I doubt its worth more than £20.00 to me. 

Send a PM if interested. 

.Rochester Kent area

[grizz]

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Going to try make this thing today or tomorrow if I can get the plasma cutter to work 

I was given a plasma cutter 17 years ago by a friend to use, he declined my returning it repeatedly, eventually telling me he didn’t want it back. 
 

Lets see if scrap can look OK. 

[grizz]

Collected three MG wheels I bought on marketplace last night. 
Hopefully they become something new. 
 

This morning George presented me with a gift. 
 

We proceeded to play with it for a while till. One of us got bored. 
 

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[grizz]

Found a great little car. 

 

£600 FSH 3 owners, 2 families 

 

Lodger chuffed to bits. 

 

93k miles 

 

Compared to what is in the market and on eBay……. I think he has a winner. 

 

2003 Ford Fiesta Ghia. Luxury spec. 

1400cc Petrol/gas, manual. 

 

Cosmetic repair quote was £2-3k for some fender damage and scuffs on both doors. 

 

Instead…… they went down the tried n tested path of financing a 10 year old car, fitted with Fords crap EcoBOOM (ecoboost 1.0 liter) engine for £6k that will cost them £900 for a new wet cambelt in a year from now, plus finance costs, whatever that totals to…….

 

I got a massive “Man Hug” from Pedro when I got back from taking the sellers home. They had driven thr car over on their insurance for me, as Pedro won’t be taxing or insuring the car before he returns from vacation in Seville, Spain at Midnight on the 6th September 

 

Tonight I quickly hit the headlights anf all the scuffs and scratches on all four corners and both doors down the passenger side. I also did a quick test run on one of the front wheels thats obviously not been cleaned EVER and 5 minutes work gave a result. 

 

Tomorrow I will be going full commando and valeting the car. 

 

Because I love polishing turds. 

 

The work I do will add £1k in value. 

 

Crazy, I know. 

 

 

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[grizz]

And a few more 

[SilverMachine]

On 26/08/2025 at 07:49, grizz said:

 

It is a modern quad pattern. 
 

If I could find a nice pair of 12, 13 inch steels or alloys for free, cheap I would have them reengineered to that pattern.  

is it worth looking at some odd caravan or trailer wheel sizes? or a set of weller steels could be redrilled to suit? just a thought

 

also brilliant  results with the g3, is that elbow grease or machine polisher? 

that wheel degreaser looks like a handy liquid to have too!

Edited August 28 by SilverMachine
g3

[grizz]

36 minutes ago, SilverMachine said:

is it worth looking at some odd caravan or trailer wheel sizes? or a set of weller steels could be redrilled to suit? just a thought

 

also brilliant  results with the g3, is that elbow grease or machine polisher? 

that wheel degreaser looks like a handy liquid to have too!

 

I am not very clever. 
 

Always elbow grease 

[SilverMachine]

ill try and remember to measure the stud pattern on the trailer tomorow if i can remember how... and it isnt pissing down again...

[grizz]

For the nosey ones. 
 

Meet Pedro from Spain. 
 

 

[MrBig]

Absolute result on the Fiesta. Great little cars those. Simple and cheap to maintain, easy to get parts, fun to drive and no stupid modern tech (aka ecoboost etc) to cause issues. 

[grizz]

23 hours ago, MrBig said:

Absolute result on the Fiesta. Great little cars those. Simple and cheap to maintain, easy to get parts, fun to drive and no stupid modern tech (aka ecoboost etc) to cause issues. 

 

Thank you. 
 

I spent 24 hours on the final search, MOT HISTORY and  STATUS searches on cars advertised as not what they were. 
 

This one, despite rubbish pics has a great MOT history. 
 

Lets hope