Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 28)
Discussion
GOG440 said:
Very late to this, but as TT's resident wedger I have to say what a cracking job you did there, that early tasmin looks lovely, I do like those original style wheels. I had a dhc tasmin that was only a year younger than yours but it spontaneously combusted.
I now have a later 350i
Back in the day, 1981 to be precise, I was in a position not dissimilar to Dicky C's @ Million Dollar Motors for 'Jolly' John Britten, purveyor of 'Trevors' , Morgan & the MG based Arkley SS at Arkley (oddly) in rural Hertfordshire. It was a roving brief, in other words nobody else will do it so I had to!I now have a later 350i
Edited by GOG440 on Thursday 27th July 12:10
I well remember the day in winter when I was asked to move a brand new one that was outside the showroom. I got my feet trapped behind the pedals because it had such bad water ingress the carpet was frozen solid so I just slipped across it
I also remember our registration sequence for that year started with ULC.
Brian our chief Tech, the only man I ever met who could tune a Pre HE V12 Jag by ear, saying it was an apt set of initials for the cars: Useless Load of Crap!!
Mine is sort of watertight in that I only get a light drip on the drivers side but it doesnt really matter because I wouldnt plan on driving it in the wet.
My first one I bought from suffolk and drove back to west yorks in a torrential downpour, it was like chinese water torture, I had a constant drip onto my right forearm about every 5 seconds for 4 hours despite the hood and seals being pretty much as new.
My first one I bought from suffolk and drove back to west yorks in a torrential downpour, it was like chinese water torture, I had a constant drip onto my right forearm about every 5 seconds for 4 hours despite the hood and seals being pretty much as new.
GOG440 said:
Mine is sort of watertight in that I only get a light drip on the drivers side but it doesnt really matter because I wouldnt plan on driving it in the wet.
My first one I bought from suffolk and drove back to west yorks in a torrential downpour, it was like chinese water torture, I had a constant drip onto my right forearm about every 5 seconds for 4 hours despite the hood and seals being pretty much as new.
Don't think the FHC was much better, boot was the issue there iirc.My first one I bought from suffolk and drove back to west yorks in a torrential downpour, it was like chinese water torture, I had a constant drip onto my right forearm about every 5 seconds for 4 hours despite the hood and seals being pretty much as new.
Was once sent to Harrogate to collect a Morgan of some sort too.... My body did the journey for days after!
Who buys those things?
king Pelican!
g3org3y said:
lucido grigio said:
Aha,a TT housewarming beckons........
Congrats,double garage is awesome 1 car n room for stuff or 2 cars and less stuff.
Thanks! Hopefully picking up the keys later on today. Will update. Congrats,double garage is awesome 1 car n room for stuff or 2 cars and less stuff.
Edited for correctly rotated imgur link.
Edited by g3org3y on Saturday 29th July 08:18
Well i'll be blowed.....
....channel surfed a bit ,saw that Everton played some friendly game against a team I've never heard of and a
bloke looking a lot like Wayne Rooney was interviewed.
I had no idea he's gone back there.
Sorry to mention football at the TT bar ,I'll banish myself for the rest of the month.
Although I might have a lead on the whereabouts of the TT Ransomes mower.
On the antique road trip show I watched earlier a Ransomes mower seat was found in East Anglia........
Battert has family in both Diss and Ipswich ,a likely suspect ?
....channel surfed a bit ,saw that Everton played some friendly game against a team I've never heard of and abloke looking a lot like Wayne Rooney was interviewed.
I had no idea he's gone back there.
Sorry to mention football at the TT bar ,I'll banish myself for the rest of the month.
Although I might have a lead on the whereabouts of the TT Ransomes mower.
On the antique road trip show I watched earlier a Ransomes mower seat was found in East Anglia........
Battert has family in both Diss and Ipswich ,a likely suspect ?
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