Weird Car’s weird cars! ‘VDP IMPROVEMENTS'

[Carl1981]

4 hours ago, vulgalour said:

If you've the budget for it, get it done via the link @SiC posted, they've got a pretty solid reputation for good work.

I used them (H&H) to sort the spheres on the Metro, when they had fitted the refurbed units the difference was huge. Cost about £500 iirc, well worth it as a hydragas car on knackered spheres is pretty awful.

[High Jetter]

Yup, specialists

[barefoot]

As a curious off topic, Mr & Mrs H&H both showed a couple of interesting Volkswagens at Camper Jam, a couple of weeks ago.

[Weird Car]

1 minute ago, barefoot said:

As a curious off topic, Mr & Mrs H&H both showed a couple of interesting Volkswagens at Camper Jam, a couple of weeks ago.

Sounds interesting, I didn't go, what are these interesting VW's you speak of? 

[barefoot]

15 hours ago, Weird Car said:

Sounds interesting, I didn't go, what are these interesting VW's you speak of? 

[Weird Car]

2 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Big fan of that beetle 🙂

[Weird Car]

Drove the old VDP to my friends house in Bishops Waltham today so we could have a tinker, aux belt replaced with a shiny new one 'though i actually did that yesterday', points were essentially touching so widened the gap a smidge, also got the rear lights working, turned out to be a split right in the middle of the loom, filled the dash pot as it was bone dry and adjusted the little carb so its idling in gear now and actually quite happily goes in reverse, well you have to wait about 3 seconds after selecting reverse and then you'll feel it start to move back which is still a vast improvement over before as it used to only go in reverse on a completely flat level at extremely low revs and even then it was hit or miss , though on the drive back the indicators packed up, hazards still work though so probably knocked a fuse loose when we were messing with them? 

I may have been a little harsh about this car, whist I'm still not madly in love with it, I certainly appreciate it a little more than I did 

[Weird Car]

So after removing and cleaning all the fuses I now have indicators back, and as a bonus it also fixed the 12v socket and horn! 

[SilverMachine]

On 15/08/2025 at 21:58, Weird Car said:

So after removing and cleaning all the fuses I now have indicators back, and as a bonus it also fixed the 12v socket and horn! 

tinkering win! dose the vp have any in car entertainment or do you get to sing along with the gears? (not sure what noises the autos make, but the manuals whine like something supercharged!)

[Weird Car]

1 hour ago, SilverMachine said:

dose the vp have any in car entertainment

It does have a long wave radio that unfortunately only picks up Radio 4 

 

 

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Weird Car said:

It does have a long wave radio that unfortunately only picks up Radio 4 

 

 

 

LW only? Unusual

[Weird Car]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

LW only? Unusual

Well LW & MW technically 

[High Jetter]

2 minutes ago, Weird Car said:

Well LW & MW technically 

Shipping forecast too, then😀

[N Dentressangle]

7 hours ago, Weird Car said:

Well LW & MW technically 

275 285 The Happy Sound

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

17 hours ago, Weird Car said:

It does have a long wave radio that unfortunately only picks up Radio 4 

 

 

 

Steady on there. Nothing wrong with radio 4. 

Also where is the work and pics of repairing the mx5 rusty sills .

[Weird Car]

36 minutes ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

Steady on there. Nothing wrong with radio 4

I must admit the soothing readings of various old worldly stories do fit the vibe of the VDP some what

 

36 minutes ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

Also where is the work and pics of repairing the mx5 rusty sills

Like most things it’s on the back burner, it just got through this years MOT so will definitely require it before next, though what with the international move in the not too distant future and time very limited it’ll probably be a job I’ll end up farming out to be honest, we’ll see though