♻️ Grizz’s ~~ ASTRO Van 🚙 Renault SCENIC 1.5dci 🚙 1966 Chevy C10 🚘 1991 Oldsmobile 88 🚙 8/5/26 NEW INTERLOPER PURCHASED 💩

[grizz]

Couple of AA badges and a vintage one added. £10.00 for two modern ones and £10.00 for vintage unit. 
 

I also added some vintage spotlights to the For Sale section. 

[grizz]

5x120 wheel spacers
20mm thickness. 
I will include 9 long wheel bolts (no idea where no 10 has gone) 

I would like £20.00 please. 

Collection at St Mary Hoo area of Rochester. 

If interested in buying them at the advertised price, please send a Messenger message.

[grizz]

Those little jobs that take time. 
 

I noticed one of Pedro’s rear lights was not working. 
So a quick lightbulb change meant removing the complete unit (Torx screws) to unplug it. 
New bulb fitted, tested before reassembly. 
Works. 
Reassembly…. No Worky. Bugger. 
Disassemble. 
Inspect. 
Fault found. 
A part of circuit broken. 
Now go to garage. 
Soldering iron, melt plastic and reassemble. 
Refit, Test, Success. 
 

 

Back to my next job. 
 

Vertical Strawberry planting for Sarah. 

Her 92 year old mum is struggling in the garden now to go to ground level and then getting up again. 
So why not raise the beds up to her level. 
 

I also have collected and traded a load of scaffolding poles and fittings so that I can create a upright space with wires like a washing line for the  Raspberry canes to be grown on. 

I got two 200 liter drums. 
 

Plan, Measure, cut, Melt, Ream, Shape, Repeat. 
 

VIDEO. 

Second drum to be done later as other jobs are also in line. 

Messaged Sarah with Video and photos. 

I had two empty containers to put inside the drums to displace some space so she doesn’t need as much soil inside drum  

She needs to find some more  surely I don’t have to do everything   

Happy girl. 
 

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[grizz]

Two pictures. 

OK, I lied…. Three  

Those in the inner circle……… Sshhhhhh….!! 
 

When progress is not. Or is it??

 

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[93fxdl]

Hope you have plenty of fine line tape

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

On 26/02/2026 at 00:13, 93fxdl said:

Hope you have plenty of fine line tape

Ttfn Glenn 

I actually don’t have any. 
 

But I have time to order and buy. 
 

Low tac tape…..?? 
 

Experience, opinionz?? 

[grizz]

Bit of a slow week. 
Two steps forward and one step sideways. 

Got a box hand delivered by my local (dare I say Good, Evri courier) 

Swapped around my vehicles. 
Astro parked in “Pedro’s parking”

Scenic over the street but up the alleyway afterwards. 
 

Oldsmobile reversed down to the garage. 
Up onto some ramps and off with the original silencer which had a few leaks. 
 

Then test fitted the new silencer. 
 

It was a fail because I need some pieces to connect the new silencer to the original pipe and also a new exit tip. 
 

Ordered off Ebay. 

90’ bend £13.00

Short 65mm dual slip over connector and clamps. £23.00 delivered. 
 

Delivery hopefully Saturday. 
 

I made a 90 second video of engine sound with leaking original silencer and then engine minus silencer. 
 

I loved it there for a few moments. Not sure a road trip would be fun though. 
 

VIDEO

 

I also started another job which I guess you guys can guess already. 
 

More about that later. 
 

Happy Friday 

 

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[Westbay]

As your new silencer is basically straight through , will it actualy 'silence' anything ? 

[grizz]

12 minutes ago, Westbay said:

As your new silencer is basically straight through , will it actualy 'silence' anything ? 

Obviously not you 😉

 

You know my motto…….

[Westbay]

20 hours ago, grizz said:

Obviously not you 😉

 

You know my motto…….

[93fxdl]

On 27/02/2026 at 10:26, grizz said:

I actually don’t have any. 
 

But I have time to order and buy. 
 

Low tac tape…..?? 
 

Experience, opinionz?? 

https://ebay.us/m/A06PcX

The stuff I used, did the job needed. Can't give a review as such because I haven't used anything else as don't do much painting 

Think I bought it solely on low price, but no complaints 

Might be an idea to get a couple of different widths if you want to do tight curves 

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

I have added three woodworking tools to my list. 
 

Prices in the screenshot. 
 

Biscuit jointer UNUSED/new

Bandsaw comes with 6 new, unused blades and one fitted. 
 

Fretsaw is hardly used. 
 

PM if interested in any of these please. 
 

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[grizz]

Postman delivered two parcels. 

 

Small

 

Large 

 

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[grizz]

Oooooohhh

Girth mister. 
 

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[grizz]

46 minutes ago, 93fxdl said:

https://ebay.us/m/A06PcX

The stuff I used, did the job needed. Can't give a review as such because I haven't used anything else as don't do much painting 

Think I bought it solely on low price, but no complaints 

Might be an idea to get a couple of different widths if you want to do tight curves 

Ttfn Glenn 

x5  Ordered. 
 

Thanks. 

[93fxdl]

1 hour ago, grizz said:

 

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Will you now be singing agadoo?

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

3 hours ago, 93fxdl said:

Will you now be singing agadoo?

Ttfn Glenn 

Sorry. 
 

Lost on me. 

[grizz]

Ended up just laying the pices out. 

 

Then remembered I had a couple of sets of tailpipe tips. 

 

One set Corvette tips, planned as side exits, a bit like a NASCAR Boom tube, on my 66 C10 Resto. 

 

I actually think the oval tip suits the car much better. 

 

The original tip just dips down to the ground. 

 

The exit bend and tips were not slipped together. 

 

Opinions? 

 

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[auntiemaryscanary]

1 hour ago, grizz said:

Sorry. 
 

Lost on me. 

If you really need to know search YouTube for "Agadoo" by Black Lace. The greatest* song of 1984.

[grizz]

41 minutes ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

If you really need to know search YouTube for "Agadoo" by Black Lace. The greatest* song of 1984.

OK. Band name. Thanks

[grizz]

Facebook and the internet never forgets. 

 

10 years ago @pauly and I rebuilt the engine with a slightly naughty cam in the expectation that it would be back in the truck before the year was out. 

 

Of course, all that was out was my marriage. It hit me hard as my commitment to it was complete. 

 

Many other distractions, Covid  and builds later I am back on it. 

Waiting for winter cold to dissipate so that I can get back to the C10 Resto. 

 

Some photos, including baking the VHT paint in the kitchen in my oven. (Not the reason my wife left to get married a 5th time) 

 

 

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[Westbay]

26 minutes ago, grizz said:

(Not the reason my wife left to get married a 5th time) 

Must be easier ways of satisfying a wedding cake fetish ! 😊

[Westbay]

One vote for the 'letter box' exhaust tip/end ... 😇

[93fxdl]

Just shows how sad I am

Ttfn Glenn 

[auntiemaryscanary]

2 hours ago, 93fxdl said:

Just shows how sad I am

Ttfn Glenn 

I'm sure you can find the 7" single @grizz at any charity shop or car boot sale for 10p.

[Rustyrotavator]

59 minutes ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

I'm sure you can find the 7" single @grizz at any charity shop or car boot sale for 10p.

...But would you want to as they were latterly allegedelly  a stain on Nottinghamshire (well mansfield)  due to underage sex to the extent they now have to play in leicestershire ...https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/black-lace...

[auntiemaryscanary]

8 hours ago, Rustyrotavator said:

...But would you want to as they were latterly allegedelly  a stain on Nottinghamshire (well mansfield)  due to underage sex to the extent they now have to play in leicestershire ...https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/black-lace...

Oh s*#@, not realised that. I'm Mansfield born too.

[grizz]

And just like that……..,

 

It was the next day. 
 

No black lace

 

Gone

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[grizz]

Remember the silver paint and rattle cans that I bought last week? 

Wednesday was 16’C outside for a short while. Opportunities ehhh? 

Took some 600 grit to the roof. Got old damage sanded back, removed silicone above the front windscreen,  paint hates silicone.

Cleaned off, masked car, panel wiped, mixed paint and painted it by 3.30pm with a gun.

Big mistake? Well, yes and no. 

More work generated. 

The wind (breeze)  blew up plastic onto the C-pillar wet paint. So I fixed it too good with more paint 😉 So I will have to fix it differently with some lowrider paint technique.

After 4.30pm the temperature dropped enough to make some of the silver paint react on the roof. I will have to repaint that. 

The total cost of paint, cans and mixing cups was under £50.00 or $52.00

500ml of Silver paint was £38.00 including tax. 

I used 250ml with 20% thinners/reducer. 

Pictures below. 
 

VIDEO:

On Thursday, Kevin came around to visit. 
 

I wanted to check what colours the rattle cans were, so created a Silver backdrop, masked some bands to show silver contrasting stripes. Thanks to Kevin suggesting that I should do that. 

So now I know what’s in the cans. 

I will probably use some of them for the lace painting too. 
After all I have already paid for them.  
 

The first 6 colours are definitely useable for this paint project. That last two are lovely Olive green and a cammo desert sand colour. I will use them another day. 
 

 

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[grizz]

Next day unmasked and colour palette created.

Fishnet stocking solution for C-Pillar