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What did you do today?
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Re: What did you do today?
I really don't want to know about what you and Hooli get up to with your boyfriends if you don't mind.
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Here don't knock it till you try it. You don't miss what your best mate gets etc etc.
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While I was at sixth form doing A levels I was a remarkably restrained driver, probably due to seeing a steady stream of write offs being straightened out, and nobody used to pester me for a drive. One day a mate went out at lunchtime with 6 others in his original Astra and wrote it off badly, wrong side of the road on a bend and left the road hitting something hard enough on the driver side B post to bend both the roof and floor, luckily there were no police present until after several people had fucked off and the worst injuries were bruises and sores
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Found this. Could be handy for ford lickers.
https://freeradiocodes.co.uk/ford-radio-code
https://freeradiocodes.co.uk/ford-radio-code
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My father has fancied a Hillman Minx for years, and after looking at several potential candidates, we had narrowed the search to either a Series IIIC or a Super Minx. He decided he preferred the styling of the later Audax Minxes the best, but there weren’t many for sale. The only IIICs were one at a dealer in Yorkshire and another at a dealer in Lymington which was £3k more. It looked shinier but the panel gaps didn’t look as good and the number plates had been blanked (always a bad sign) and Lymington is many hours from Lincolnshire so on Saturday we drove up to Yorkshire to view the one there.
It turned out to be a very nice unrestored car. It needed a bit of recommissioning work, the brakes were binding and the exhaust and windscreen seal are both on their last legs but it’s mega original, lovely quiet engine with excellent oil pressure, and you could tell the 72k on the clock was genuine. The interior was in lovely original condition apart from the front doorcards which are a bit tatty.
Dad had already made up his mind he was having it before we got there, providing the engine was good and it had no galloping structural rot.
The dealer was able to deliver it today, and it turned up just after lunch.
After quite a search I’ve found a classic exhaust specialist who has the patterns and can produce an OE-spec one for not too much £££ - cheaper than taking it somewhere and having a custom one made anyway.
Dad has just had his first drive up the road in it and has managed to free the sticking brakes (although I am currently building up a full set of replacement cylinders to go on it, as they obviously need attention) and is very pleased with his purchase. He’s going to cut and polish it in the evenings this week with the intention of taking it to a small show at the village hall on Sunday.
It turned out to be a very nice unrestored car. It needed a bit of recommissioning work, the brakes were binding and the exhaust and windscreen seal are both on their last legs but it’s mega original, lovely quiet engine with excellent oil pressure, and you could tell the 72k on the clock was genuine. The interior was in lovely original condition apart from the front doorcards which are a bit tatty.
Dad had already made up his mind he was having it before we got there, providing the engine was good and it had no galloping structural rot.
The dealer was able to deliver it today, and it turned up just after lunch.
After quite a search I’ve found a classic exhaust specialist who has the patterns and can produce an OE-spec one for not too much £££ - cheaper than taking it somewhere and having a custom one made anyway.
Dad has just had his first drive up the road in it and has managed to free the sticking brakes (although I am currently building up a full set of replacement cylinders to go on it, as they obviously need attention) and is very pleased with his purchase. He’s going to cut and polish it in the evenings this week with the intention of taking it to a small show at the village hall on Sunday.
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Was that the dealer that took the photos down that lane near a bridge?
I probably could guess the Lymington. Mixed reviews I've heard on that. No doubt mercrocker will know them more as that's in his neck of the woods.
Speaking of which, I've not seen him for a while?
I probably could guess the Lymington. Mixed reviews I've heard on that. No doubt mercrocker will know them more as that's in his neck of the woods.
Speaking of which, I've not seen him for a while?
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Last login on Thursday.
Wasn't he going away for a long Rocking Weekend?
Skeggy springs to mind although that might be later.
Wasn't he going away for a long Rocking Weekend?
Skeggy springs to mind although that might be later.