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- Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:01 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: What did you do today?
- Replies: 15710
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Re: What did you do today?
I drove a Morris Minor for the first time in my life today. It was only round the site where I work but it was interesting. Later I had the honour of greasing the suspension, propshaft & the handbrake cables. I adjusted the mixture and put a bit of oil in the dash pot. They certainly don’t make ...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:59 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Two wheels good.
- Replies: 5717
- Views: 1080972
Re: Two wheels good.
Try and buy one for £20 now.
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:40 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Classic cars as investments?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 12620
Re: Classic cars as investments?
80’s & 90’s cars seem to be rising in price because the people who wanted them in their youth are now at that age where they have money to spend (kids grown up and fucked off, mortgage paid off). As previously mentioned, fast Fords command higher prices because they were lusted after by a certai...
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:21 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
- Replies: 1299
- Views: 139932
Re: Stupid questions about motorised conveyances
Drivers of the original Defenders wave at each other. A guy wrote into LRO and asked whether drivers of the new Defenders are included. The answer was ‘Fuck off!’.
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:35 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Scrapyard Memories
- Replies: 126
- Views: 11905
Re: Scrapyard Memories
There was quite a few scrapyards in Scunthorpe when I was a youth. Eva Bros. was the main one and there was another couple on Midland Road but I can only remember Waggys. There was a few scrappies down the pit bottom too, but they never really had a lot. Eva’s had cars piled 3 high and segregated by...
- Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:50 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Warren Does A Buy. One Month Update.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 9875
Re: Warren Does A Buy. AS TDW STAFF COOPERATION
As a green oval licker I fully approve with a degree of envy.
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:19 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: What did you do today?
- Replies: 15710
- Views: 3255420
Re: What did you do today?
It’s not the voltage that matters, it’s the power (Amps). Your battery will have a CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) rating. If you have access to a battery tester rather than a multi-meter then check that.
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:05 am
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: What did you do today?
- Replies: 15710
- Views: 3255420
Re: What did you do today?
I see on the telly that you’re getting the European style vans like the Transit and Sprinter over in the States. I do like the style of the indigenous vans, they have a retro charm.
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 6:45 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: Found pics
- Replies: 6671
- Views: 1113629
Re: Found pics
Some Series Land Rovers in there too.
- Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:20 pm
- Forum: Motorised Conveyances
- Topic: 2021 - reckoning up
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10312
Re: 2021 - reckoning up
I invested in a Hawkeye Total. I was able to diagnose the engine issues (mainly MAF and MAP sensors) and touch wood it’s been pretty good ever since.