collection mission to SPAIN!!!! COMPLETED IT M8

[tooSavvy]

  On 09/05/2024 at 17:44, Cavcraft said:

I did. Several times.

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Would that have been the 'GIMP motor'....

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[Mr_Bo11ox]

Cheers all!!!

[egg]

What a time to be alive etc. You put a good old shift in today.

[tooSavvy]

  On 09/05/2024 at 18:00, egg said:

What a time to be alive etc. You put a good old shift in today.

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..... I think the 'cranque shaft ensemble' might take a smidge of the credit 🤣🤣

WTG Boll 👍

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[Carl1981]

What a way to bond with your new motor! That’s some cracking scenery you’re driving through, car looks good too 👍🏻

 

[HillmanImp]

15 people liking a picture of some food? What is this friggin Facebook?

What next, some cryptic message like 'SO SAD, WON'T BELEVE WUT HAPPEND.' followed by loads of 'Inbox me hun' posts. 

Made up motivational quotes next to a picture of Robert Opron? 

/s

Anyhow, good work getting this far. It looks too easy, its making me want to do it even more now. 

I'd also like to add that when I went to get that photo I accidentally typed Robert Pron, which brought up loads of gay porn. 😂  

Thats the story I'm telling MrsImp anyway. 

[Cookiesouwest]

Inbox me hun xxx

[High Jetter]

Jeez - 121 likes on one post and at least 3 posts with a 70+ react count in the last 24 hours. No fugging wonder AS is so slow at the moment!

Loving your antics, hope you get a good rest and a stress-free day tomorrow.

[adw1977]

  On 09/05/2024 at 18:48, HillmanImp said:

15 people liking a picture of some food?

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And another 12 likes in the ten minutes since you said that! 😆

[sporty-shite]

  On 09/05/2024 at 18:48, HillmanImp said:

15 people liking a picture of some food? What is this friggin Facebook?

What next, some cryptic message like 'SO SAD, WON'T BELEVE WUT HAPPEND.' followed by loads of 'Inbox me hun' posts. 

Made up motivational quotes next to a picture of Robert Opron? 

 

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U OK HUN

 

More importantly, top.work Monsieur Bolleaux. Looks like you're having a great time. 

[Jenson Velcro]

Just a shame you’re running to a tight deadline and can’t just meander back at a more leisurely pace and enjoy the ambience fully 

[egg]

  On 09/05/2024 at 18:48, HillmanImp said:

'SO SAD, WON'T BELEVE WUT HAPPEND.'

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'what happened hun?'
'he's spent all our holibobs money on an escort'
'do you know who she is?'
'it's a bloody MK5'

[lesapandre]

Michelin tyre pressure chart early 70's - including the 1100 pressures - Simca lumped under Chrysler by this time:

[J-T]

  On 08/05/2024 at 22:34, Mr_Bo11ox said:

RIGHT!!!

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JUDGE JULES BUYS SHIT BROWN SIMCA

Looks an absolute honey that does, Bon Voyage for the rest of the journey!!

[HillmanImp]

  On 09/05/2024 at 19:09, Jenson Velcro said:

enjoy the ambience fully 

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[egg]

  On 09/05/2024 at 19:31, lesapandre said:

Michelin tyre pressure chart early 70's - including the 1100 pressures - Simca lumped under Chrysler by this time:

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1.8 all round then - translates to 26 psi according to Google? Soft ride...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just checked into a very nice B&B costing like €60/night. Bummer is I have to get up sharpish for brekkers then it's MOT time at 8.30!!! 'Kin ell man

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just zipped up about 30km of 'Route Nationale' in the Simca. These are just ordinary single carriageway  cross-country roads where the limit is 90km/h (I think). On these the Simca is totally at home. Just skips across country, covers ground easily and feels exactly right for the conditions in terms of gearing, roll angles etc. Obviously it's not meant for tanking up and down motorways but I just had a taste of it really doing 'its thing' and it was GREAT.

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

  On 09/05/2024 at 20:00, egg said:

1.8 all round then - translates to 26 psi according to Google? Soft ride...

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There's just no weight in it at all, feels like I could pick it up and lob it tbh. I doubt I could though nowadays.

[RobT]

This is fucking amazing.  Feels like a collective dream tbh.

Good luck with the MoT!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

540km covered today 👊

[hairnet]

how much is can of le brown for the rear 

 

[wuvvum]

  On 09/05/2024 at 20:27, Mr_Bo11ox said:

These are just ordinary single carriageway  cross-country roads where the limit is 90km/h (I think).

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Have they got rid of the daft 80km/h limit then?  That's good news.

  On 09/05/2024 at 20:29, Mr_Bo11ox said:

feels like I could pick it up and lob it tbh. I doubt I could though nowadays.

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Where's yes oui si when you need him?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just downloading 500mb of Robert Pr0n

[Mr_Bo11ox]

  On 09/05/2024 at 20:33, hairnet said:

how much is can of le brown for the rear 

 

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About £12 I think. I'm gonna aerosol that I reckon. Had some ideas about taking the wing off to paint it with my spray gun but I think I'm gonna just paint it in situ on the drive with a can like what old giffers have done since the 1930s

[RobT]

  On 09/05/2024 at 20:32, Mr_Bo11ox said:

540km covered today 👊

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Got many aches and pains?  Or is the driving position pretty decent?  

[Mr_Bo11ox]

It's amazingly good actually. I get terrible back pain off lots of cars but I honestly feel fine after I get out of this. Also the drivers windowsill is the perfect height for the classic 'elbow rest' position. It's a surprisingly comfortable car. I expected the seat foam would be completely collapsed  and hopeless after like 46 years but they're ok.

[hairnet]

does mom_blx know youre turning up in toot??

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

  On 09/05/2024 at 16:26, jim89 said:

Ooh now there's a thought..... Additif necessaire Monsieur Cajones?

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Only 'classic car show mentals' use a lead replacement additive nowadays. This must havebeen drinking unleaded for 30 years  right? Alloy head too so I'm sure it's fine on unleaded.

[JakeT]

The seller sounds like the sort of person that would have left some LRP wrongness in the boot if it had needed it. With an ali head I’d stick the usual SP95 in it too.