RoadworkUK Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Your usual astounding work, Trig. Looks utterly fantastic. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 What a story. A great read. Well done on all your hard work. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 @trigger I can see the effort you've put into this thread, it's really great to read and you've obviously got some top notch shite repair and resto skills in your noggin. I think it helps that you have a shite-curious wife who is happy to drive the rammel you pass in her direction. It's a great historical record of a heroic shiter, those BL cars look absolutely lovely after your efforts and I bet they're all still working so well done. Keep up the good work! trigger and Essex V6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 Thanks guys, today's MOT test was a big fat fail... I didn't even get it off the driveway until I found a big puddle of oil in the garage! Bugger! The sump has rotted through and is drip drip dripping all over the floor Still better it happens now than on the A12 down to the garage, so new sump and gasket ordered of eBay for £78 and a wait for it to arrive before I can rebook it back in again Shite Ron, adw1977, danthecapriman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 12 minutes ago, trigger said: Thanks guys, today's MOT test was a big fat fail... I didn't even get it off the driveway until I found a big puddle of oil in the garage! Bugger! The sump has rotted through and is drip drip dripping all over the floor Still better it happens now than on the A12 down to the garage, so new sump and gasket ordered of eBay for £78 and a wait for it to arrive before I can rebook it back in again Bad do, but like you said better to know now than too late. Onwards and upwards! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 So Saturday was spent fitting this bastard What a git of a job, every time you pushed the sump into the gearbox end the gasket would push itself off again, after the 4th attempt I managed to fit it without it coming back off and so far it seems to be holding up leak free, whilst the sump was off (managed to push my screwdriver through it so it was definitely rotten) we took the strainer off and gave that a clean, it all looked good though. So with that job sorted I ran it down to my trusty MOT station where I got this! Yay! 4 months of work has paid off, it drives really nicely too, clutch is a little squeaky and feels like it might be dragging which I need to look into but apart from that I'm very happy! 500tops, louiepj, Eyersey1234 and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted Saturday at 23:18 Author Share Posted Saturday at 23:18 More changes in Trig Towers! A friend of the Irish chap who bought my Mondeo had been pestering me about buying my Capri, i had been thinking of selling it as fvrankly i thought it was a bit shit to drive, slow, shit steering and handling and pretty dull, one of them cars which just look better than they drive, god knows why they sell for so much money. Anyway i decided to sell the car to this Irish chap who flew over from Ballymena in Northern Ireland last Sunday morning, i collected him from Stansted airport and he drove the car 550 miles back over the sea again apparently without any problems, so that was nice. but me being me can't have money left in his bank or a space in his garage for more than a few days so i filled this gap with this old crate... danthecapriman, puddlethumper, Semi-C and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted Saturday at 23:21 Share Posted Saturday at 23:21 Sing, singer song... That looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted Saturday at 23:48 Author Share Posted Saturday at 23:48 My mate bought this 1965 Singer Gazelle Series V 1600 back in June last year in auction, the same time he also bought the Mondeo ST200 that i had, it's sat in one of this barns untouched since so i asked if he fancied selling it me, he also agreed to deliver it too for what he paid for it in auction plus a Facebook group which i ran but didn't use anymore (it had 30k members though) which i thought was a good deal considering Popped a battery pack on it and she fired straight into life, unfortunately the brake pedal went straight to the floor but I've since found that to be a knackered rear wheel cylinder, loaded her up onto the truck and dropped it back to mine. The paintwork is flat but It's pretty decent really, came from Bexleyheath it seems. sadly they're isn't any history, I've found old show photos of it saying the previous owners were the second owners (i believe they had it over 30-40 years) and it did have all it's original documentation but it's all missing now I've not had much time on it yet, I've already removed the tow bar, given it a good wash and hoover, found the souce of the brake leak, found a oil leak from the pinion seal and water pump... So a little bit to be getting on with, I'm still not sure why I've bought it or what I'm going to do with it yet though! MorrisItalSLX, Dyslexic Viking, Matty and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted Sunday at 06:20 Share Posted Sunday at 06:20 Love that Singer. I do love a wooden dash, with round dials and leather seats. Looks really clean. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted Sunday at 06:30 Share Posted Sunday at 06:30 6 hours ago, trigger said: I'm still not sure why I've bought it or what I'm going to do with it yet though! Doesn't matter really does it. You enjoy doing them and do them well. If you gel with it then great. If not, you're performing a public service reviving another one. Top stuff 👏 Billy - Medhurst and trigger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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