BusmansHoliday wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:46 pm IMG_20221026_114400097_HDR.jpg

Just think, you could sit at the table in the back and barbeque your food and keep warm when it catches fire.

I wonder if this is a Jurgens Autovilla from South Africa?
Theres one on SA plates locally that I suspect got marooned here due to covid lockdowns.

'B' badges on a Chrysler 300C intended to deceive cretins into thinking they've seen a Bentley

The traders I knew used to refer to burgundy as 'dustcart red' because at some point in the distant past Kent county council painted their bin lorries that colour and it remained deeply unsaleable. Also, a stolen car was 'moody' or 'chorley'. I suspect that is more gypsy slang though. Any auction wa...

Those weird flower or pawprint stickers all over something like a doom blue Astra because a laydee owns it.

Returning to the subject of signwritten vans: "Specialists in all aspects of [insert trade]".
Well, you're not fucking specialists then, are you?

The first actual launch activity I remember being aware of for was the Ford Fiesta in 1976. One of my classmates bought some of the 'Ford's New Baby' collateral into primary school and I remember it all seeming very modern, both the car and the informal way in which it was presented. The Rover SD1 l...

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:39 pm former boyfriend of disgraced TV weatherman and teacher at Quietside's school Fred Talbot.

Legend says that he's totally up his own arse

Gosh, that was an unfortunate turn of phrase! /mortified

Something YouTube guy misses out is there's a very fine, tiny filter inside the injector that you can pull out like a cork using an appropriately sized wood screw. Replacements come with the rebuild kits available on Ebay and doing so can make a big difference to the amount of fuel the injector will...

...and carrying a can of spinach in case it ever gets into ruts

When you say 'power steering', do you mean blowing the front tyres up rock hard?

Drum's 'addict' picture above really needs some hi-viz and a Tilley hat.

I used to do odd bits of driving for a trader during the holidays whilst at university so got to spend time hanging around these places. Shoreham auction on the south coast had a reputation for shitty stock and we seldom went, but it was there I saw the only Alfa 6 I've ever seen in the metal. It ma...