COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)
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Mr Tidy said:
anyoldcardave said:
Escort3500 said:
Years ago I helped a mate get an A30 through its MoT with copious amounts of Isopon filler and mesh. Getting the rotten curved sills to something like a decent profile took hours of sanding 
Like most cars of the era, they really loved to rust.
A friends father, Irish guy, used to fix rusty sills, with concrete, skim of filler, job done. Like most cars of the era, they really loved to rust. My mate fixes, read bodges, loads of otherwise good Fiesta and Focus with rusty lower front wings, with expanding foam, skim, and rattle can. no mesh needed.
I also used strips of oil can and pop rivets behind the Isopon P40.
Classic car, classic fix.
Wow, they're some lovely cars at that meet! I wonder if that Jensen SP still has the six pack? The Citroen SM looks beautiful and even has the carbon fibre wheels. A really diverse set of cars too, I like that old Chalmers - and my late father would love the Mini Cooper S. He bought a Mini Cooper in 1965 to celebrate passing his university exams.
It is a great meet but I feel that it is now too popular. I couldn’t make it on Sunday but a couple of friends said that the queues for food were horrendous so they left and went on to Alderford Lake to eat.
There are always some nice old classics, some very rare, but far too many modern supercars (which I have little interest in being an old curmudgeon).
There are always some nice old classics, some very rare, but far too many modern supercars (which I have little interest in being an old curmudgeon).
52classic said:
My Anglia 105e featured a concrete floor. In those days (1969) we had to improvise with whatever was at hand! I must have done a good job of replicating the shape of the floor pan with my plywood shuttering 'cos once a copious covering of Tetroseal had been applied the car passed its MOT no problem.
Brilliant, he was not alone then, things had progressed when I got my first MK1 Cortina, late 78, the old men could weld.Must be 15 years ago now, I bought a very unusual, LHD Renault 16,
an L spec car,which I had not come across before, but it was factory black, with a lovely very light cream interior, I was told it was a French diplomatic car, great condition inside and out, drove beautifully, it was my third one, that is now 4, but all been sold.
I was so dissappointed, checking it over for mot, to find about a foot length of floor pan had come away from the inner sill, but it was not rusty, all solid, just a couple if mil gap.
Out came the go to tube, that stuff you cut to size and mix in the hands, resin outer with a sort of powder inner, neatly filled the gap, it matched pretty well, I saw the car a few years ago, still solid and doing the job.
TR4man said:
It is a great meet but I feel that it is now too popular. I couldn’t make it on Sunday but a couple of friends said that the queues for food were horrendous so they left and went on to Alderford Lake to eat.
There are always some nice old classics, some very rare, but far too many modern supercars (which I have little interest in being an old curmudgeon).
It probably was too busy, a mate was coming over but I phoned him to tell him not to as they'd just closed the place because it was so full. Unfortunately there were quite a few youngsters videoing at the exit urging people leaving to "floor it!", and many of those people were obliging, there's plenty of video on FB. Worse than that, though, were a few idiots (not related to the event) who, when sitting behind a bit of a queue of people waiting to turn into the farm, decided to overtake the queue - and not in a cautious fashion, but foot to the floor - which led to a couple of near-misses that I saw and probably more. Then we have those that leave, go up the road, turn round and come back for another fly-past. I expect that sort of stuff is going to cause an issue, while I do actually think some of this more modern stuff sounds great when it's opened up, I hope it calms down before the near misses become something worse.There are always some nice old classics, some very rare, but far too many modern supercars (which I have little interest in being an old curmudgeon).
There was a queue for the cafe out of the door for most of the morning, as I'm only there for two or three hours I didn't feel the need to go and join it. The one time I did try it, it seemed a very convoluted way to get served (which wouldn't have helped the queues) and I wasn't impressed with the price / quality of the bacon roll I ended up with. Maybe they were running out of stuff, maybe I'm just tight, I have been told that in normal times the cafe is very nice.
I get your point about the modern supercars, it was the subject of a chat I was having with a few other people as we stood and generally moaned about the people with expensive cars, but I think the whole "cars and coffee" thing is more aimed at newer stuff like that, rather than older cars. In any case this meeting seems to have always had a strong bias towards the performance end. The organisers did a great job keeping order inside the place, and he was talking about perhaps splitting the meeting between car ages for the future, which would probably address the overcrowding and increase the appeal to those who are more interested in older or newer cars.
spoodler said:
Bit of a cheat, as it was at Wheels Day on good Friday... but thought some of you might appreciate this... I'm so glad we all have different ideas of what's worth saving!
These used to have a weird "feel" to them. The controls (steering wheel, column stalks, gear lever) were all a bit weedy-looking and spindly The engines were clattery old things even when new. However, the ride was composed and comfortable, at odds with the other mechanical refinement (or lack of). They seemed quite robust in period, other than their enthusiasm for rusting.Turbobanana said:
spoodler said:
These used to have a weird "feel" to them. The controls (steering wheel, column stalks, gear lever) were all a bit weedy-looking and spindly The engines were clattery old things even when new. However, the ride was composed and comfortable, at odds with the other mechanical refinement (or lack of). They seemed quite robust in period, other than their enthusiasm for rusting.Sticks. said:
Turbobanana said:
spoodler said:
These used to have a weird "feel" to them. The controls (steering wheel, column stalks, gear lever) were all a bit weedy-looking and spindly The engines were clattery old things even when new. However, the ride was composed and comfortable, at odds with the other mechanical refinement (or lack of). They seemed quite robust in period, other than their enthusiasm for rusting.The service manager in my first job had one as a company car (about an A reg probably). Too early for me to drive but other people, unfamiliar with power steering except on much bigger heavier cars said that the steering was so light that a sharp tug on the wheel made it feel as though it was going to trip over itself
These two facts may be connected
spoodler said:
Bit of a cheat, as it was at Wheels Day on good Friday... but thought some of you might appreciate this... I'm so glad we all have different ideas of what's worth saving!
That's a perfect candidate for the FOTU! Although I don't remember them having 0ff-white bumpers. All I remember is the clattery engines they shared with the Talbot Horizon, that has also all but disappeared.
But when they get that rare it's good to see one or two still running so long as they aren't mine!
Mr Tidy said:
That's a perfect candidate for the FOTU!
Although I don't remember them having 0ff-white bumpers. All I remember is the clattery engines they shared with the Talbot Horizon, that has also all but disappeared.
But when they get that rare it's good to see one or two still running so long as they aren't mine!
From memory the lighter cars had light grey bumpers which faded to off white very quickly.Although I don't remember them having 0ff-white bumpers. All I remember is the clattery engines they shared with the Talbot Horizon, that has also all but disappeared.
But when they get that rare it's good to see one or two still running so long as they aren't mine!
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