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by Conrad D. Conelrad
Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:58 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15685
Views: 3233833

Re: What did you do today?

My car stereo has no AUX input, although the radio has the capability. Presumably this 20cm of wire was an extra cost option. No big deal - some nice person on the internet has posted the pin diagram. I needed to find a plug which fit the back of the radio, and when I asked at my local computer repa...
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:24 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15685
Views: 3233833

Re: What did you do today?

I replaced a battery on a neighbour's car today and as a thank you they gave me this: IMG_7609.jpg Quite high spec, four electric windows, remote lock, heated mirrors, electric sunroof, air con. My favourite feature is the 3/4 tank of petrol it came with. The paint is poor on the doors because the ...
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:25 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Squire's voitures
Replies: 1601
Views: 592570

Re: Squire's voitures

fried onions wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:48 pmI think this dates the tyre to 1979
fried onions wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:48 pmits cracking
fried onions wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:48 pmwas good for eighty-odd miles an hour
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Fri Aug 23, 2019 4:58 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: What did you do today?
Replies: 15685
Views: 3233833

Re: What did you do today?

I replaced a battery on a neighbour's car today and as a thank you they gave me this: IMG_7609.jpg Quite high spec, four electric windows, remote lock, heated mirrors, electric sunroof, air con. My favourite feature is the 3/4 tank of petrol it came with. The paint is poor on the doors because the p...
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:15 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: EBay Finds
Replies: 12458
Views: 2926903

Re: EBay Finds

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/itEAAOSwXF5dWual/s-l1600.jpg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-403-estate-lhd-french-registered-1959/333301099687 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FNYAAOSwPuhdODnx/s-l1600.jpg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Makita-GA9020S-Angle-Grinder-Soft-Start-230mm-9-240V/153609691004 ...
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:08 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: EBay Finds
Replies: 12458
Views: 2926903

Re: EBay Finds

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by Conrad D. Conelrad
Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:17 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread
Replies: 780
Views: 342855

Re: Out of Jap Tat : a spectral fleet thread

I didn't care what the automotive industry was doing 20 years ago. It will hopefully die off completely and I'm amazed it's lumbered on for so long. My thoughts on the Ford Granada echo Junkman's. They are nothing special, but made a nice cheap quality car to run about in. Note the past tense, that...
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:14 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread
Replies: 780
Views: 342855

Re: Out of Jap Tat : a spectral fleet thread

Buy now, think about whether it was a good idea later.
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:12 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread
Replies: 780
Views: 342855

Re: Out of Jap Tat : a spectral fleet thread

*scrolls through another page of boring gearbox chat*

Have you won that Granada yet, or what?
by Conrad D. Conelrad
Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:37 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Jag! The Ghostly fleet thread
Replies: 780
Views: 342855

Re: Out of Jap Tat : a spectral fleet thread

fried onions wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:02 pm Junkman, why did you go through 14 Grandads?
Ashtrays kept getting full.