United States of GRIZZ - Just how random do you want it?

[Grizz]

Some days

Some days do start well.
This pic taken at 7.45 out the window with my iPhone, no filter before sunrise made me smile.

Amazing what nature can do.



Same evening I moved the Astro and Peugeot away from the fence as there was a storm and winds were up to 100mph or 160km/h
Next morning 4 panels blown out and another damaged further up.
Glad I went out at 10.00pm to move them as damage would really have angered me.



And during the day I received three unused batteries and a charger (free for cost of postage) for the action camera @nickwheeler gave me last year for my YouTube channel movies.



George being George,

Loves chocolate and will steal or insist on trying to get some when he can.

I let him have part of a Toblerone mountain to himself, the rest goes in the bin.



In other news, keeping busy, there is always work to be done.
Plum tree never got pruned in Autumn so did that.
Fell off the ladder while pruning the tree in October 22 but landed well by luck.

So I decided to cut it back real hard this year, robbing the wood pigeons of their nesting tree where they fledge two lot of chicks each year.



Next job, cut up all the thin stuff with a hedge trimmer and cut logs for the fireplace.



Today is a good day, breezy but said to be up to 12’C
Maybe take the Astro out for shopping.

LATER: Took the Caddy. Perfect.

[FatherJack]

The Astro also had an LPG kit fitted
It used a gas cylinder small enough to give 50 miles of range but big enough to mean you couldn't put anything in the boot.

The fact the LPG worked at all was, in the cold light of day quite astounding.
The most jaggedy, hammer and chiselled wound on the boot floor allowed the naked pipes off the tank to go where they needed to go.
If the tank shifted 10mm in its clamp, this would make short of the pipes filling the van with gas, what could possibly go wrong ?
Fully ScotchLok equipped for the electricals too (I bloody hate these things"

I fitted it with a stainless side pipe with not as many silencers as it used to have and sold it on Ebay.
Some bloke from Lithuania was very pleased with it, cannot remember if I made or lost money on it but it wasn't weighed in.

He asked me to show it running so we went for a short blast round the village, a bit like an A-team parody in metallic purple flake.
Lit the rears to set the mood and fishtailed every 90 degree turn.

I was never certain if he was actually pleased with its performance or just scared into buying it, but before I had even switched it off he was fumbling out a wad of cash.
"Take my money, please don't go round again"

I have also had a G20 V8 and an Aerostar V6 X-L-T.
Some friends, after a few beers, pulled the badge off and with the aid of superglue rebadged it as a Ford ratArseo.

[FatherJack]

This needs a caption, maybe "Dawn, just before the Zombie apocalypse"

[Grizz]

The Astro also had an LPG kit fitted
It used a gas cylinder small enough to give 50 miles of range but big enough to mean you couldn't put anything in the boot.

The fact the LPG worked at all was, in the cold light of day quite astounding.
The most jaggedy, hammer and chiselled wound on the boot floor allowed the naked pipes off the tank to go where they needed to go.
If the tank shifted 10mm in its clamp, this would make short of the pipes filling the van with gas, what could possibly go wrong ?
Fully ScotchLok equipped for the electricals too (I bloody hate these things"

I fitted it with a stainless side pipe with not as many silencers as it used to have and sold it on Ebay.
Some bloke from Lithuania was very pleased with it, cannot remember if I made or lost money on it but it wasn't weighed in.

He asked me to show it running so we went for a short blast round the village, a bit like an A-team parody in metallic purple flake.
Lit the rears to set the mood and fishtailed every 90 degree turn.

I was never certain if he was actually pleased with its performance or just scared into buying it, but before I had even switched it off he was fumbling out a wad of cash.
"Take my money, please don't go round again"

I have also had a G20 V8 and an Aerostar V6 X-L-T.
Some friends, after a few beers, pulled the badge off and with the aid of superglue rebadged it as a Ford ratArseo.

Funny as fuck.

And so accurate.

[Grizz]

Had a few comments about the rear door seals on the van.

Took a few pics to illustrate what I have to work with.

Based in part on the insane prices of the seals, finding a matching profile to use or actually rebuilding parts, like this corner with the original piece and some silicone to recreate the profile, we may be in business.





The left hand, first to close door uses pins to secure and locate that door also an upper rain rail and seal in place.





Some parts of the seal obviously are a tight fit.



I will look at all of this in order to seal and repair all of what is needed.

Once again a nice way to start the day.




Plan is to wash and clean the van today and use it tomorrow for a breakfast meeting up near Gravesend for American cars.

Roads are clean again and as I refuse to drive the van on salted, gritted and wet roads, trying to look after it.

Maybe a few pics too.

[Hooli]

The front of that van looks like a gurning Mk2 Transhit there.

[FatherJack]

The recessed headlight setup is a Yank thing for pedestrian safety.
US import Rover SD1's required these because the nasty hurty big glass headlights could be an issue when pedestrians got skittled at speed.

[Hooli]

There's a long thread on here somewhere all about headlights and how only a few designs were legal in the US for years. So all their cars had round ones or the same little square ones.


Found it, in case you've got an hour spare https://thedarkwob.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=719

[cuntbuster]

There's a long thread on here somewhere all about headlights and how only a few designs were legal in the US for years. So all their cars had round ones or the same little square ones.


Found it, in case you've got an hour spare https://thedarkwob.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=719

Oh god no fuck that.

[FatherJack]

Light Bulb Fun in any form should be nipped in the bud.