collection mission to SPAIN!!!! COMPLETED IT M8

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Next time youre at the checkout and you hear the beep

 

Think of the fun you could be having loading your Spanish booze into your Simca

[egg]

Re: the estranged wife, there's no way a chap driving across Europe in a Brown Simca can hold down a long term relationship - the man's a magnet.

[Split_Pin]

Hi-rollin' times! 😃

[tooSavvy]

2 hours ago, Dave_Q said:

Would rather be doing that than sitting in an office like a big loser.

I couldn't stay still.... Shovelled the Ball n Chain into MrGetz and did Weardale.

Just back to Consett for a bit lunch...

VoonndaLustt 😎

🚙💨

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Done about 240km since the supermarket, mostly looking at the arse end of lorries

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Filled me grits earlier when I got stuck in a traffic jam and we got VERY hot.

Seems to be OK when you're rolling along but traffic jams are a problem.

I figured the electric fan must have carked it. Stopped in the services for a look.

Hmm what's going on here? Followed the extra wires (all properly clipped in btw) and found this!!

'Kinell man, I was shitting myself and all I had to do was press a button. 

Tell you what though, I was glad about those reassurances that you can boil these up like a school dinner carrot and they just don't care. 

Anyway we didn't quite boil up and as soon as we got rolling again it all cooled down.

 

[Supernaut]

I hope you confirmed that the switch and fan actually work, though!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Course I did!!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I think the cooling system is a bit clogged though. I tipped in a bottle of mineral water and the expansion bottle instantly went a cloudy grey colour. Might hose out the radiator when I get to Mutha Bollox's gaff.

[jim89]

1 minute ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Course I did!!

<switching to satellite surveillance mode>

[jim89]

Just now, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I think the cooling system is a bit clogged though. I tipped in a bottle of mineral water and the expansion bottle instantly went a cloudy grey colour. Might hose out the radiator when I get to Mutha Bollox's gaff.

Worth a dishwasher tablet or two in the rinse?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just refilled the tank. We're doing just under 45mpg. I thought it might be a bit rich but it's clearly not too bad.

[jim89]

1 minute ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Just refilled the tank. We're doing just under 45mpg. I thought it might be a bit rich but it's clearly not too bad.

Ms or Ks?

[RoadworkUK]

Do these run on petrol or cheap brown jugs of vin ordinaire?

[tooSavvy]

"We're.." 🤔

Bonding, eh 😎

🚙💨

[egg]

It's a good time to be doing this, any later in the year and it would pretty sweaty in an old car.

[Talbot]

Those electrical connectors... it's like looking under the bonnet of a later Talbot.  And now that you've had that happen, I recall having exactly the same failure of the temperature switch on every Talbot I owned.  Almost all of them ended up with a manual fan over-ride switch.

... but the good news is that the wiring was never an issue on them.  The rubber-sealed spade connectors were actually quite advanced and stopped a lot of corrosion that BL/Lucas cars were suffering from for many many years after that.

I love the little wooshy lines on the fan switch to show it turning!

[Joey spud]

I worked for a Pug/Talbot dealer in mid Eighties and I can't recall ever needing to pull the head off of one of these engines or touch the bottom end come to that. The cam/tappets rattled but continued functioning just fine 

They are tough simple units and their unique raspy engine note is all part of their character much like the trump from a Morris Minor's tailpipe. 

[hairnet]

28 minutes ago, Talbot said:

 a later Talbot. 

 

every Talbot 

Is it only me laughng at talbot talking about talbot

[garethj]

58 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I tipped in a bottle of mineral water and the expansion bottle instantly went a cloudy grey colour.

Probably Pernod in there 👍

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

tipped in a bottle of mineral water and the expansion bottle instantly went a cloudy grey colour

*turns water into brine*

Buying a brown Simca does give you almost Biblical shite-status.

[Talbot]

59 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Just refilled the tank. We're doing just under 45mpg. I thought it might be a bit rich but it's clearly not too bad.

Significant improvement on the Autocar article information a few pages back.

Meant to ask... is this a 1118cc or 1294cc ?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

1118. The engine does have a sort of unburstable feel to it. Mind you I haven't tried to explore its bursting points 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

56 minutes ago, egg said:

It's a good time to be doing this, any later in the year and it would pretty sweaty in an old car.

Not gonna lie it is actually pretty sweaty

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Let me give you a better look at this thing. It's got plenty of blebs but check out those trailing arm mounts

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Right, must crack on

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Look at the glint off that rust bleb

[Pieman]

1 minute ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Look at the glint off that rust bleb

Calendar pic, for sure.

[cobblers]

I've got an engine to pick up from Ripon. It's 2 hours drive away in a 2017 VW transporter with cruise control, air conditioning, a fridge, a bed and a toilet in the back and I still can't be arsed. Don't be like me, be liek bollox