Worst bodge you have seen
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Here's a self bodge I had to do on the truck a few years back.
Traveling back from Lincoln to Norfolk a few years ago, I hit a piggy on the A47.
The little barst had obviously escaped from one of those free range farms and hopped the barrier right in front of me.
It was either Armco, oncoming traffic or Pork/Truck interface.
I had some parcel tape in the truck so this got me home.
I was racing that weekend and so with no time to import a new bumper, it's Frankentruck time.
Note the paint matching use of Duct tape
Redneck Chicken wire grille. Perfick.
Red Barron stylee. Truck = 1 Porky = 0
Held up nicely till the parts arrived
Traveling back from Lincoln to Norfolk a few years ago, I hit a piggy on the A47.
The little barst had obviously escaped from one of those free range farms and hopped the barrier right in front of me.
It was either Armco, oncoming traffic or Pork/Truck interface.
I had some parcel tape in the truck so this got me home.
I was racing that weekend and so with no time to import a new bumper, it's Frankentruck time.
Note the paint matching use of Duct tape
Redneck Chicken wire grille. Perfick.
Red Barron stylee. Truck = 1 Porky = 0
Held up nicely till the parts arrived
HD Adam said:
Here's a self bodge I had to do on the truck a few years back.
Traveling back from Lincoln to Norfolk a few years ago, I hit a piggy on the A47.
The little barst had obviously escaped from one of those free range farms and hopped the barrier right in front of me.
It was either Armco, oncoming traffic or Pork/Truck interface.
I had some parcel tape in the truck so this got me home.
I was racing that weekend and so with no time to import a new bumper, it's Frankentruck time.
Note the paint matching use of Duct tape
Redneck Chicken wire grille. Perfick.
Red Barron stylee. Truck = 1 Porky = 0
Held up nicely till the parts arrived
Top bodging Traveling back from Lincoln to Norfolk a few years ago, I hit a piggy on the A47.
The little barst had obviously escaped from one of those free range farms and hopped the barrier right in front of me.
It was either Armco, oncoming traffic or Pork/Truck interface.
I had some parcel tape in the truck so this got me home.
I was racing that weekend and so with no time to import a new bumper, it's Frankentruck time.
Note the paint matching use of Duct tape
Redneck Chicken wire grille. Perfick.
Red Barron stylee. Truck = 1 Porky = 0
Held up nicely till the parts arrived
. I'd have shelved the new bumper until sale time and kept it as "repaired".
The aerial in my van has broken off in a car wash under previous ownership. I assumed that's why the reception was s
te
Oh no.
Changed the stereo yesterday and found an Allen key wedged in the aerial socket on the old one! The antenna wire plug has been chopped off and the wire just dangling behind the dash!
te Oh no.
Changed the stereo yesterday and found an Allen key wedged in the aerial socket on the old one! The antenna wire plug has been chopped off and the wire just dangling behind the dash!
Ones I've personally done...
- Buzzed a hole in the edge of my intercooler and buzzed a hole through the front crossmember and attached with jubilee clips.
- Packed an old T-shirt into my rear underseat storage on my first GSXR 600 in order to hold the tail light in "securely" one day before selling it.
- Hammered a wheel rim straight(ish) again after bouncing it off a kerb whilst texting on my phone in the middle of the night (I was a mega dhead when I was 17)
- Helped a friend after he'd hit a kerb in his Clio - re-stitched his seat up where the side airbag had gone off and removed the SRS bulb behind the dials.
- Superglued, cable tied and gaffer taped the EGR valve back together on my friends Evo IX on the way to the Nürburgring last year (this genuinely worked quite well!!)
And probably my favourite one that I've seen... A friend couldn't be arsed to properly bolt his spoiler back on to his beaten up daily driver Avensis so he decided to Araldite it on, spreading probably 50% of the resin all over his bootlid! To this day it still has big yellow drips of Araldite all down the rear quarters, it's fantastic!!
- Buzzed a hole in the edge of my intercooler and buzzed a hole through the front crossmember and attached with jubilee clips.
- Packed an old T-shirt into my rear underseat storage on my first GSXR 600 in order to hold the tail light in "securely" one day before selling it.
- Hammered a wheel rim straight(ish) again after bouncing it off a kerb whilst texting on my phone in the middle of the night (I was a mega d
head when I was 17)- Helped a friend after he'd hit a kerb in his Clio - re-stitched his seat up where the side airbag had gone off and removed the SRS bulb behind the dials.
- Superglued, cable tied and gaffer taped the EGR valve back together on my friends Evo IX on the way to the Nürburgring last year (this genuinely worked quite well!!)
And probably my favourite one that I've seen... A friend couldn't be arsed to properly bolt his spoiler back on to his beaten up daily driver Avensis so he decided to Araldite it on, spreading probably 50% of the resin all over his bootlid! To this day it still has big yellow drips of Araldite all down the rear quarters, it's fantastic!!
Bought a Corrado G60 a few years back, driving along and suddenly the car dropped at the front left and dived into the curb.
Turns out the previous owner had crashed badly at some point, cracking the sub-frame right near the wishbone, got it through the fresh MOT by covering it with filler!
Same car, previous owner fixed the leaking offside rear brake caliper by crushing the brake line with a hammer.
Turns out the previous owner had crashed badly at some point, cracking the sub-frame right near the wishbone, got it through the fresh MOT by covering it with filler!
Same car, previous owner fixed the leaking offside rear brake caliper by crushing the brake line with a hammer.
About 3 years a go I helped to restore a MK1 RS2000. Most people will know that these are notoriously rusty. However, what none of us anticipated was finding six layers of welding plate, filler and other random st (newspapaper/fibreglass holding the car together. Might have explained the weird handling.
The front of the car was so bad that one of the blokes helping, who was an MOT tester, reckoned that even a low speed crash would've sheared the front of the car off.
The wiring loom had also been badly bodged with dodgy soldering and normal i.e., not electrical tape, so much so that their was a smell of burning almost every time the car was started.
The whole thing had to be replaced in the end and the auto electrician said that he was amazed the car hadn't already burst into flames.
At least the car's finished now (after several thousand hours) and is a show winning minter.
t (newspapaper/fibreglass holding the car together. Might have explained the weird handling.The front of the car was so bad that one of the blokes helping, who was an MOT tester, reckoned that even a low speed crash would've sheared the front of the car off.
The wiring loom had also been badly bodged with dodgy soldering and normal i.e., not electrical tape, so much so that their was a smell of burning almost every time the car was started.The whole thing had to be replaced in the end and the auto electrician said that he was amazed the car hadn't already burst into flames.
At least the car's finished now (after several thousand hours) and is a show winning minter.
jogger1976 said:
About 3 years a go I helped to restore a MK1 RS2000. Most people will know that these are notoriously rusty. However, what none of us anticipated was finding six layers of welding plate, filler and other random st (newspapaper/fibreglass holding the car together. Might have explained the weird handling.
The front of the car was so bad that one of the blokes helping, who was an MOT tester, reckoned that even a low speed crash would've sheared the front of the car off. The wiring loom had also been badly bodged with dodgy soldering and normal i.e., not electrical tape, so much so that their was a smell of burning almost every time the car was started.
The whole thing had to be replaced in the end and the auto electrician said that he was amazed the car hadn't already burst into flames.
At least the car's finished now (after several thousand hours) and is a show winning minter.
Do you have a before and after pics - that sounds like an epic restoration
t (newspapaper/fibreglass holding the car together. Might have explained the weird handling.The front of the car was so bad that one of the blokes helping, who was an MOT tester, reckoned that even a low speed crash would've sheared the front of the car off.
The wiring loom had also been badly bodged with dodgy soldering and normal i.e., not electrical tape, so much so that their was a smell of burning almost every time the car was started.The whole thing had to be replaced in the end and the auto electrician said that he was amazed the car hadn't already burst into flames.
At least the car's finished now (after several thousand hours) and is a show winning minter.
Do you have a before and after pics - that sounds like an epic restoration
Welshbeef said:
jogger1976 said:
About 3 years a go I helped to restore a MK1 RS2000. Most people will know that these are notoriously rusty. However, what none of us anticipated was finding six layers of welding plate, filler and other random st (newspapaper/fibreglass holding the car together. Might have explained the weird handling.
The front of the car was so bad that one of the blokes helping, who was an MOT tester, reckoned that even a low speed crash would've sheared the front of the car off. The wiring loom had also been badly bodged with dodgy soldering and normal i.e., not electrical tape, so much so that their was a smell of burning almost every time the car was started.
The whole thing had to be replaced in the end and the auto electrician said that he was amazed the car hadn't already burst into flames.
At least the car's finished now (after several thousand hours) and is a show winning minter.
Do you have a before and after pics - that sounds like an epic restoration
t (newspapaper/fibreglass holding the car together. Might have explained the weird handling.The front of the car was so bad that one of the blokes helping, who was an MOT tester, reckoned that even a low speed crash would've sheared the front of the car off.
The wiring loom had also been badly bodged with dodgy soldering and normal i.e., not electrical tape, so much so that their was a smell of burning almost every time the car was started.The whole thing had to be replaced in the end and the auto electrician said that he was amazed the car hadn't already burst into flames.
At least the car's finished now (after several thousand hours) and is a show winning minter.
Do you have a before and after pics - that sounds like an epic restoration
Nearly there
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Trying to turn her over for the first time
Finally finished
Out with it's mates.Furthest leftEdited by jogger1976 on Wednesday 13th May 20:25
Took my car to the garage down the road the other day to get a fuel pump fitted on my old MK1 Focus. I'd do it myself but you have to drop the tank, which is a PITA without a lift. I'd heard of garages cutting the floors on MK1 Focuses before in order to gain access the pump, I mentioned this to the mechanic when I dropped the car off. The chap then went on to tell me this is in fact the best way to replace the pump on a MK1, and he wasn't willing to drop the tank! I ended up walking. The car is still awaiting the fresh pump.
The result would have looked something like this, but probably not as tidy judging by the blokes attitude.
The result would have looked something like this, but probably not as tidy judging by the blokes attitude.
Edited by lee_erm on Wednesday 13th May 23:16
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