Sublime Pandamonium II
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I find these "Dub Scene" types hilarious.
A friend took me to a VW thing at Santa Pod the other week and all the T5 vans having to go round speed ramps because they have stupid wheels or ones nicked from an Audi/Bentley was a clear example of Darwinian thinking.
Why do these idiots do it? If they can't cope with a speed ramp at three miles per hour I'd hate to be anywhere near aone if they hit a pot hole at fifty. Van! Just because you've put some Ikea furniture and a bucket in the back does not make it a camper.
Why buy an old knackered builders van for £5,000 spend another £5,000 on rubbish paint (and a wrapped bonnet), suspension that doesn't suspend at all, nicked or stupid wheels, windows cut into the sides without supporting the internal cross members, some folding deck chairs and try to sell it for £25,000 when you or anyone with an IQ higher than a drainpipe can go and buy a camper the same age as your death trap van for £8,000???
Best of all because it's still registered as a van you get speeding tickets left right and centre because you're too thick to realise all the crap in the back means you have to stick to the 7.5 ton limits.
If you want to be a hipster buy and ruin a Golf if you want to go camping buy a camper. If you want to be a hipster camper buy a towing frame for the Golf and pull it with your camper.
Survival of the fittest has become survival of dem birds is like well fit innit bruv, Br-br-br-br-brap! Brap! Chair.
A friend took me to a VW thing at Santa Pod the other week and all the T5 vans having to go round speed ramps because they have stupid wheels or ones nicked from an Audi/Bentley was a clear example of Darwinian thinking.
Why do these idiots do it? If they can't cope with a speed ramp at three miles per hour I'd hate to be anywhere near aone if they hit a pot hole at fifty. Van! Just because you've put some Ikea furniture and a bucket in the back does not make it a camper.
Why buy an old knackered builders van for £5,000 spend another £5,000 on rubbish paint (and a wrapped bonnet), suspension that doesn't suspend at all, nicked or stupid wheels, windows cut into the sides without supporting the internal cross members, some folding deck chairs and try to sell it for £25,000 when you or anyone with an IQ higher than a drainpipe can go and buy a camper the same age as your death trap van for £8,000???
Best of all because it's still registered as a van you get speeding tickets left right and centre because you're too thick to realise all the crap in the back means you have to stick to the 7.5 ton limits.
If you want to be a hipster buy and ruin a Golf if you want to go camping buy a camper. If you want to be a hipster camper buy a towing frame for the Golf and pull it with your camper.
Survival of the fittest has become survival of dem birds is like well fit innit bruv, Br-br-br-br-brap! Brap! Chair.
And breathe out...
...back on topic.
I have washed my Lancia. It's the best way to do a full body paint and M.O.T assessment.
Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa...
Okay the paint will need a few more washes to be presentable but a full respray will be required if I decide to sell. Fiat 296/A White so a nice easy colour to get hold of.
Body, the floor and underside are perfect. Zebarted from new. The top of the drivers door is as bad as the bottom so I think I'll find another one. Just as well the car needs a respray at least the door will be the same colour now.
The only concerning bodywork I need to do is the upper part of the front valance where the radiator is. That has all but rusted away and that will involve a trip to Italy to get the replacement part.
Mechanical, the exhaust had a misdiagnosed crack in the manifold. It's the £3.99 gasket between the manifold and down pipe. The handbrake is rubbish and the rear brakes almost nonexistent. New shoes £6.99, wheel cylinders £8.99 and handbrake cable £12.99. Also one of the tyres is bald due to running flat and where the car has been stood around the sidewalls are starting to perish. £100-£150 for all five.
Now the fun part...
Electrical, it'll be easier to list what works. Engine, electric windows, central locking, windscreen wiper and washer jets. That's it.
I'm thinking fuses and hedgehogs.
The brand new headlights are left hand drive so I'll have to get the old ones out of the boot, clean them up and swap the clear indicators over.
That's about it. £180 car, £200-ish for the M.O.T and £100 paint and supplies.
...back on topic.
I have washed my Lancia. It's the best way to do a full body paint and M.O.T assessment.
Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa...
Okay the paint will need a few more washes to be presentable but a full respray will be required if I decide to sell. Fiat 296/A White so a nice easy colour to get hold of.
Body, the floor and underside are perfect. Zebarted from new. The top of the drivers door is as bad as the bottom so I think I'll find another one. Just as well the car needs a respray at least the door will be the same colour now.
The only concerning bodywork I need to do is the upper part of the front valance where the radiator is. That has all but rusted away and that will involve a trip to Italy to get the replacement part.
Mechanical, the exhaust had a misdiagnosed crack in the manifold. It's the £3.99 gasket between the manifold and down pipe. The handbrake is rubbish and the rear brakes almost nonexistent. New shoes £6.99, wheel cylinders £8.99 and handbrake cable £12.99. Also one of the tyres is bald due to running flat and where the car has been stood around the sidewalls are starting to perish. £100-£150 for all five.
Now the fun part...
Electrical, it'll be easier to list what works. Engine, electric windows, central locking, windscreen wiper and washer jets. That's it.
I'm thinking fuses and hedgehogs.
The brand new headlights are left hand drive so I'll have to get the old ones out of the boot, clean them up and swap the clear indicators over.
That's about it. £180 car, £200-ish for the M.O.T and £100 paint and supplies.
Edited by Liquid Knight on Wednesday 14th October 16:13
james_tigerwoods said:
Liquid Knight said:
Electrical, it'll be easier to list what works. Engine, electric windows, central locking, windscreen wiper and washer jets. That's it.
I'm thinking fuses and hedgehogs.
I've just snorted coffee out of my nose. Thanks I'm thinking fuses and hedgehogs.
Liquid Knight said:
One of the problems all Panda have are the earth hedgehogs getting a layer of cack on them.
Liquid Knight said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Liquid Knight said:
Electrical, it'll be easier to list what works. Engine, electric windows, central locking, windscreen wiper and washer jets. That's it.
I'm thinking fuses and hedgehogs.
I've just snorted coffee out of my nose. Thanks I'm thinking fuses and hedgehogs.
Liquid Knight said:
One of the problems all Panda have are the earth hedgehogs getting a layer of cack on them.
An online search suggested my Y10 was a diesel?
Nope.
The Fizz overheats a bit in traffic and the radiator condition was an advisory item in the M.O.T so time for a new one before it gets cold enough to become an issue.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391046956443?_trksid=p20...
The listing says "Walsall, United Kingdom" but the radiator is coming from Holland and will take up to a week.
Nope.
The Fizz overheats a bit in traffic and the radiator condition was an advisory item in the M.O.T so time for a new one before it gets cold enough to become an issue.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391046956443?_trksid=p20...
The listing says "Walsall, United Kingdom" but the radiator is coming from Holland and will take up to a week.
A job over ran by an hour so instead of doing what I had planned I thought I'd have a look at swapping the Y10's blowing manifold-downpipe gasket.
Turns out it is a pre-sheared bolt causing the issue and I haven't enough time to take the manifold off, extract or drill out the stud and refit it, so I've got nothing done today at all.
Apart from fitting P45T bulbs to the headlights so now all the electrical system works.
I think the exhaust and rear brakes will be all that's needed for the M.O.T
Turns out it is a pre-sheared bolt causing the issue and I haven't enough time to take the manifold off, extract or drill out the stud and refit it, so I've got nothing done today at all.
Apart from fitting P45T bulbs to the headlights so now all the electrical system works.
I think the exhaust and rear brakes will be all that's needed for the M.O.T
Classic cars; classic bodges.
Sometimes when I buy a classic car and see a repair that makes me want to punch someone in the face it's hard to know who aim my frustration at. With my Panda Fizz however this is a non-issue. One owner from new and all servicing, repairs and M.O.T's have been carried out at the same garage all of the cars life.
I wanted to address an M.O.T advisory before Winter set in so bought a new radiator. Gratuitous "old and new" photo's...
...now the bad...
...Radweld!
Seriously? A £50 radiator (trade mark up) plus an hour's labor would be a £100 job including VAT. Radweld? In case of emergency maybe but a previous flush, repair or service resulted in a £2.99 bodge instead of a £100 repair job. What kind of business are they trying to run?
The ugly...
...a Jubilee clip with a mild Steel screw on a coolant pipe!
It's not like the cooling system is Mecca for condensation is it?
Sure enough it was rusted solid, the screw head snapped clean in half and I had to cut it off. Just as well I have a stash of Stainless Steel ones in my shed.
Okay not the worst bodges I've seen but having read some of the bills in the Fizz's history file I had much higher expectations and am bloody glad I do all the work I can myself.
Sometimes when I buy a classic car and see a repair that makes me want to punch someone in the face it's hard to know who aim my frustration at. With my Panda Fizz however this is a non-issue. One owner from new and all servicing, repairs and M.O.T's have been carried out at the same garage all of the cars life.
I wanted to address an M.O.T advisory before Winter set in so bought a new radiator. Gratuitous "old and new" photo's...
...now the bad...
...Radweld!
Seriously? A £50 radiator (trade mark up) plus an hour's labor would be a £100 job including VAT. Radweld? In case of emergency maybe but a previous flush, repair or service resulted in a £2.99 bodge instead of a £100 repair job. What kind of business are they trying to run? The ugly...
...a Jubilee clip with a mild Steel screw on a coolant pipe!
It's not like the cooling system is Mecca for condensation is it?
Sure enough it was rusted solid, the screw head snapped clean in half and I had to cut it off. Just as well I have a stash of Stainless Steel ones in my shed.
Okay not the worst bodges I've seen but having read some of the bills in the Fizz's history file I had much higher expectations and am bloody glad I do all the work I can myself.
https://www.facebook.com/simone.damiano1/videos/10...
There's a scrap Panda 4x4 for sale on eBay. I've been considering a four wheel drive conversion for the Y10
There's a scrap Panda 4x4 for sale on eBay. I've been considering a four wheel drive conversion for the Y10
QBee said:
I know the car well. I appraised it at £1,995 but it's got some new stickers and it's worth twice that now obviously. Back to the Y10 manifold. I thought it would be a good idea to clean the front of the engine before refitting the manifold so a combination of parts washer fluid in an old trigger spray bottle, WD40 and washing up liquid solution later and you can hardly tell any difference. Apart from number two and three spark plug chambers full of fluids. I took the plugs out turned the engine over a few times to blow the worst of it out and while the engine was running up to temperature (checking gasket seals and burning off cleaning stuff from the exhaust) I painted the airbox the same satin black I have for the tailgate. As the insurance company have a pretension that all Lancia's are sports cars I stuck my Hf Elephant on the box while I was at it.
Edited by Liquid Knight on Tuesday 10th November 17:47
So the story behind my rack...
I'd just been made redundant from an engineering firm and was doing the rounds looking for another job. Got through the interview process and one place and was asked to demonstrate my welding. Common practice just because you interview well doesn't mean you can do the job does it?
"There are welders, grinders and PPE and there's a skip full of steel outside. I'll be back in twenty minutes".
An hour and a half later I had made the Stainless Steel rack. The guy got called away to a meeting, I had got bored and there was a TIG welder to play with. He took one look at my rack and said he couldn't give me the job because they were looking for a dogsbody/apprentice and I was too good, but if anything came up he'd give me a call. I asked to take the rack home and it's lived in my shed ever since.
Turned out to be a blessing disguised as a catastrophe because that firm folded three months later. I would have been back to square one.
I'd just been made redundant from an engineering firm and was doing the rounds looking for another job. Got through the interview process and one place and was asked to demonstrate my welding. Common practice just because you interview well doesn't mean you can do the job does it?
"There are welders, grinders and PPE and there's a skip full of steel outside. I'll be back in twenty minutes".
An hour and a half later I had made the Stainless Steel rack. The guy got called away to a meeting, I had got bored and there was a TIG welder to play with. He took one look at my rack and said he couldn't give me the job because they were looking for a dogsbody/apprentice and I was too good, but if anything came up he'd give me a call. I asked to take the rack home and it's lived in my shed ever since.
Turned out to be a blessing disguised as a catastrophe because that firm folded three months later. I would have been back to square one.
Ah the simple jobs eh?
The headlight stalk on the Y10 was broken but the car came with a replacement set of column switches.
Sadly it was to a different Y10, none of the wiring colours matched and only three of the seven plugs were the same. So I've had to pull the arms from both switches, cut the end off the new one, drill a hole down into the centre of the shaft, weld the old pin in the end of the new rod, support the weld with epoxy filler, shape and paint the new shaft ready to retrofit to the original switch.
The headlight stalk on the Y10 was broken but the car came with a replacement set of column switches.
Sadly it was to a different Y10, none of the wiring colours matched and only three of the seven plugs were the same. So I've had to pull the arms from both switches, cut the end off the new one, drill a hole down into the centre of the shaft, weld the old pin in the end of the new rod, support the weld with epoxy filler, shape and paint the new shaft ready to retrofit to the original switch.
Saw this and thought of you -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rover-216-rally-car-hist...
Ideal winter runaround?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rover-216-rally-car-hist...
Ideal winter runaround?
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