Half arsed collection thread

[catsinthewelder]

Off to Bournemouth in the morning to fetch something hopeless.  Loaded a wheel from one of my cars with a slightly less crap tyre than whats on it and a spare battery as it hasn't been charging reliably.  Will hopefully make something MOTable between them.  Hoping it makes it home as I have no recovery and it has a weeks MOT.  The girls are coming so suggestions for entertaining them for a couple of hours in Bournemouth would be great.

[catsinthewelder]

On our way, weather perfect for the beach!

 

[catsinthewelder]

Weather's better on the motorway.

 

[Dave_Q]

We were in Bournemouth the other day, there is a sea life centre on the seafront called the Oceanarium which is £30 for a family ticket and pretty good, has penguins and sharks. Seafront car parks are busy and expensive tho.

Didn't think much of the rest of the town centre although there is a Waterstones and a mixed tat/manga/Pokémon shop my kids liked on this arcade. https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vh8CVgb2n64Sv3Q98

Chodspeed.

[EyesWeldedShut]

15 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Weather's better on the motorway.

Good hit on mobile Autoshite -10/10 to the canny photographer.

I'll open the book on the 'hopeless' car - 1998 Vectra goes in at 100-1

[hairnet]

1985 talbot samba

[Rustybullethole]

Lovely sandy beach. Have you packed bucket and spades? 

[EyesWeldedShut]

3 minutes ago, hairnet said:

1985 talbot samba

Nah - he's posher than that, late model, five door 104 hatch that somebody has dropped the 1.4 twin carb engine in?

[mintwth]

Going to the Costa del sol for a... 

Honda CRX Del Sol

[GeordieInExile]

I think it'll be French but it won't be as fashionable as a Talbot. 

Pug 309. 1.3 base spec. 

[Stinkwheel]

I’m going for a eastern bloc era car, but I don’t know what 

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

Bournemouth, it's a micra or a jazz .

Give either a good poke underneath living by the seaside.

[Rustybullethole]

Berlingo. Also popular retirement conveyance. 

Rot resistant french build quality so no issues there.

[catsinthewelder]

In full scale sensible we stopped halfway down at Bibury and because I'm a clot I lost my bank card, spent ages looking for it and made myself really late.  Just collected the car and stopped at a pub for some dinner.

 

[Stinkwheel]

Wait, this is the one Kitch just dyno’d on his you tube channel right? Well bought if so, total 100% chod  tastic

[Back_For_More]

For a second there I thought you'd grabbed a Dolly....... 

The word legendary is still somehow appropriate! 

Safe trip back. 

[catsinthewelder]

Aye, thats the one 😎

[LightBulbFun]

Your gonna have to change your name to catsinthewhiteestatecar at this rate  but seriously its really awesome to see this one saved!  

here is the video by @richykitchy, referenced above 

 

 

[hairnet]

I aas gonna say eew also

Nice pug ( youve been here before right)

Did daisy give ya a kick to make its got a turbo

[Lord Sterling]

Nice one Rich, I take it there is no 20 pences stuck in the handbrake is there? 

Don't you already have a 405 estate or is that me getting mixed up again?

[Noel Tidybeard]

dorset rego- i wonfer if it was from f.j.chalk

[Bren]

Well done. It harks back to the day when the thought of owning a diesel didn't fill one with terror.

[catsinthewelder]

Stopped in Cirencester for a coffee,  last time we visited there was a classic car show we didn't know about, this time it was a free food festival with live music 😎

 

[brownnova]

Nice!!! 
 

[HillmanImp]

35 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Nice!!! 
 

Nice!

[catsinthewelder]

And we're home 😎

Forgot just how much fun a 405 TD is on the local roads.  Abberley to Pensax is great, Hopton Bank is leveled (the smoke should have cleared by morning).

So what's it like?  Still quick and comfortable at the expense of some extra noises.  The air conditioning is long gone and you can't entirely switch the heating off but out of town it runs fairly cool so is fine with the window cracked open.   You need to shut that window before the door though as the last one smashed due to a worn lifter mech.  The drivers door makes some dreadful noises when opening too.

Its apparently no rustier than when it passed it's last MOT 51 weeks ago.  I've bought it for parts but its tempting to see if a ball joint and a couple of rubber bits would get it one last ticket.  I'll never get the other one or Dacia ready in time for Chodley.  

It drives fairly well apart from the odd clonk from a knackered ball joint and a very worn clutch making gearchanges a delicate operation.

[High Jetter]

I think it wants to live

[GeordieInExile]

On 10/08/2024 at 12:41, GeordieInExile said:

I think it'll be French but it won't be as fashionable as a Talbot. 

Pug 309. 1.3 base spec. 

Not sure if I was right or wrong with this...

[stuboy]

great purchase, i saw a white 405 estate for sale on fbmarketplace and remebered my mates one i used too drive, and thought yeah ... then realised its a petrol not TD.. bugger

[dollywobbler]

Oh that one! And that HubNutter! I see. Good purchasing. Did look very crispy, but in odd places.