Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 29)
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Gordon Bennett dismantled cars take up a lot of room. What with working and the bad weather I didn't get round to selling much. It had to go somewhere and it's everywhere.
Current accounts: car cost £300
Sold the central locking pump for £100
Scrapped the ruins for £138.50.
So £61.50 to break even.
Despite buying fifty quids' worth of locking wheel nut beaters I couldn't get the wheels off but they were poor, the tyres were shot and all four were fronts! The rears are supposed to be a bit wider but they were all the same. The calipers were knackered too. So, y'know, there's trim, bonnet, doors and a sorry-for-itself bootlid plus lots of knick-knacks. If I come out in front I may gear up to doing it properly.
Current accounts: car cost £300
Sold the central locking pump for £100
Scrapped the ruins for £138.50.
So £61.50 to break even.
Despite buying fifty quids' worth of locking wheel nut beaters I couldn't get the wheels off but they were poor, the tyres were shot and all four were fronts! The rears are supposed to be a bit wider but they were all the same. The calipers were knackered too. So, y'know, there's trim, bonnet, doors and a sorry-for-itself bootlid plus lots of knick-knacks. If I come out in front I may gear up to doing it properly.
DickyC said:
Gordon Bennett dismantled cars take up a lot of room. What with working and the bad weather I didn't get round to selling much. It had to go somewhere and it's everywhere.
Current accounts: car cost £300
Sold the central locking pump for £100
Scrapped the ruins for £138.50.
So £61.50 to break even.
Despite buying fifty quids' worth of locking wheel nut beaters I couldn't get the wheels off but they were poor, the tyres were shot and all four were fronts! The rears are supposed to be a bit wider but they were all the same. The calipers were knackered too. So, y'know, there's trim, bonnet, doors and a sorry-for-itself bootlid plus lots of knick-knacks. If I come out in front I may gear up to doing it properly.
Dicky.Current accounts: car cost £300
Sold the central locking pump for £100
Scrapped the ruins for £138.50.
So £61.50 to break even.
Despite buying fifty quids' worth of locking wheel nut beaters I couldn't get the wheels off but they were poor, the tyres were shot and all four were fronts! The rears are supposed to be a bit wider but they were all the same. The calipers were knackered too. So, y'know, there's trim, bonnet, doors and a sorry-for-itself bootlid plus lots of knick-knacks. If I come out in front I may gear up to doing it properly.
I`m convinced you`ll get a profit on the remnants of the SLK.
No matter how shonky the bootlid is, they are a new MB only part & cost upwards of £700.Loads of motors & sensors on the roof mech too, if its anything like the CLK for engineering. Clean the rubberised s
t off the interior bits & they will look tidy & possibly have a wider appeal to the `Wrapped effect` crew.I`ll tell you what I told Bobbers yesterday.......... Relax, this time next year we`ll be Millionaires!!
Thanks, Jim.
The reason I bought this particular one was for the interior. It's the same as Mrs C's and I wanted to put a few bits by. Maybe rotate it with the original as I do with the wheels. Unfortunately, someone has taken it out in the past and not done a very good job.
When I've sold some more I have the black car to strip.
I will get better at it. Two at the same time was a bit ambitious.
The reason I bought this particular one was for the interior. It's the same as Mrs C's and I wanted to put a few bits by. Maybe rotate it with the original as I do with the wheels. Unfortunately, someone has taken it out in the past and not done a very good job.
When I've sold some more I have the black car to strip.
I will get better at it. Two at the same time was a bit ambitious.
Good afternoon chaps 
we went to the New Forest today, had a picnic, read for a bit, spoke to a lovely couple who turned up In a horse and carriage (their horse was a Welsh cob cross called Charlie who looked like a 1/2 sized Clydesdale he was lovely!!!) Then we went to a garden centre for a cup of tea and a slice of cake, whilst there we decided to buy a couple of plants to replace our dead Lavenders, £130 later (yes you did read that right) we have eleventyhundred plants, pots and bags of compost!!!!!! Since getting home 2hrs ago all I've done is plant stuff, dig stuff up and water stuff!!!!
we went to the New Forest today, had a picnic, read for a bit, spoke to a lovely couple who turned up In a horse and carriage (their horse was a Welsh cob cross called Charlie who looked like a 1/2 sized Clydesdale he was lovely!!!) Then we went to a garden centre for a cup of tea and a slice of cake, whilst there we decided to buy a couple of plants to replace our dead Lavenders, £130 later (yes you did read that right) we have eleventyhundred plants, pots and bags of compost!!!!!! Since getting home 2hrs ago all I've done is plant stuff, dig stuff up and water stuff!!!! Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff