Frankenhealey
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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Jul 30, 2018 14:03:41 GMT
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Some of our older readers may remember the stash of motorcycles I came across last year and sold on to various enthusiasts. Here's the first one to be finished by my friend John, a 1968 BSA Bantam D14/4 Supreme Before and after He reports he's now going through the b@ll-aching job of trying to re-register it with an age related registration as the front engine mounting bracket had been replaced at some time with a D10 bracket, which obviously had a different frame number stamped on.
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Jul 30, 2018 17:28:46 GMT
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John has done a fine job!
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Aug 10, 2018 14:23:15 GMT
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OOOOOOOOOOOOH THAT'S ANNOYING Had to cancel my drive at the 24 Heures du Snetterton as officialdom are due to rock up at work for a visit on 16th/17th and I can't be in two places at once. BUM! And that word reminds me that I now have a redundant pack of the Big Boy's 24 Hour Racing Bladder Leak underwear going spare. Only tried for size. Any takers?
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Aug 10, 2018 14:27:32 GMT
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Hmm, corporate entertainment (or at least a few free beers) at, let's just say for example, Snetterton, followed by a clean sheet on the 18th?
Have I been living here too long?
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Aug 10, 2018 15:11:38 GMT
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Hmm, corporate entertainment (or at least a few free beers) at, let's just say for example, Snetterton, followed by a clean sheet on the 18th? Have I been living here too long? I have a new anti-hero for you. He comes from 'Not The Justice League' and his secret powers are Nylon Shirt Wearing, the Nasal Twang and a complete Lack of Humour Force Shield. Some call him VATMAN.
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Aug 10, 2018 18:48:25 GMT
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Ho that useless prat - I sacked him off a few years ago!
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Aug 10, 2018 21:19:50 GMT
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Ho that useless prat - I sacked him off a few years ago! Yeah but we're on the naughty list as they found they owed us money last time
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Yeah, met him before. Didn't like him very much. Ho that useless prat - I sacked him off a few years ago! You and me both! Yeah but we're on the naughty list as they found they owed us money last time Oh dear, he won't like that very much. If they visit, they're supposed to FIND money, not lose it! Please do not give him my regards! Good luck.
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Aug 12, 2018 20:53:10 GMT
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Bob the Dog and the Rainy Day
A Bob the Dog Non-Adventure
Scene 1 : At home - it's p1ssing down, SWMBO is out so I'm free to play with the fleet but I'm stuck with a canine with the intelligence of a two year-old and the attention span of a whelk. He can't be left on his own or his new and expensive bed will be just stuffing floating gently down in the kitchen.
BtD : Where Dad go? We go for walk? Dad : No, off to work on the cars BtD : Me halp Dad : You'll get bored. BtD : Bob not get bored. Me halp.
Scene 2 : At the Volcano Lair
BtD : Where this? Dad : Here we work on cars. BtD : Looks boring. Where rabbit to chase, where cat to chase, where other dogs to sniff butts, where stiks? Dad : Here we work on cars.
BtD: Bob bored.
2 minutes later
BtD : Bob BORED
2 minutes later
BtD : Bob SO SO B O R E D!!!!
2 minutes later
BtD : Bob eat dead spiders in corner and die. Make Dad sorry. Dad : Shall we go home? BtD : YES go home. Then Bob not bored.
Scene 3 : Immediately back at home
BtD : Where Dad go? Dad : To work on cars BtD : Me halp. Bob not get bored again. Dad : God give me strength!
Repeat Scenes 2 & 3 until dinner time. Bob not bored then.
Work done today on cars equals zilch, nada, rien, nothing. Howver Bob the Dog has been walked three times between home and the Volcano Lair so perhaps he's not so dumb after all.
The producers wish you to be advised that no spiders were intentionally sacrificed for dramatic effect.
Mr. Bob did all his own stunts including being bored and dead spider eating.
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Small update until the next one. As I like sharing stories with you all I thought you'd like this one. My friend Pete Sparrow, of BMW 2CV fame and many other exploits, had to deliver an Acadienne to the Bonhams Auction at the Revival. Many long hours of towing from deepest Herefordshire, dropping the van off and sleeping the night the Transit tow van with a midnight feast of Pot Noodles washed down with lots of Corona Extra led to him waking up the next morning to a new screen message on the van. Not sure Liqui-Moly would be too impressed but an A for improvisation.
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Sept 7, 2018 17:50:04 GMT
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I wonder who could have done that...... Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend) 1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing) 1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Club RR Member Number: 15
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So this year's Malta story. With Pitstop hors de combat, the Lenham still locked up in Pete Farmer's unit and the Healey likely to overheat again, if we were to disallow the Little Grey Fergie as too slow, then the only choice left was the Super Dolly. It needed a little pizzazz so it was going as a Raid car The cutaway rear wings were painted and fitted and the good ol' boys at Nidor bodyworks cut an old pair of front wings to get the raid look Then we needed a new steering lock as the old one was giving up the ghost. Much contortion was needed. An ignition cutout was needed so chose the Armtech Hybrid. Mucho wiring and spaghetti under the the bonnet Old roof off New roof to get rid of the old deckchair material Just canvas and bent tin Problem was the end caps Oh look! Wood screws and, of course, they shear off So while waiting for parts we need to switch the race wheels/tyres on to the Dolly off Pitstop's car. You don't realise it's so low until you can't slide a lightweight racing jack under the chassis.
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Saturday While waiting for the new endcaps, with this not being Oklahoma but Purbeck, where the bracken is as high as a pygmy elephant's eye, so I had to have problems with the Frankenmower. This is one of my typical bitza specials with selected (i.e. working) parts from both a Countax K14 and a C300 carefully melded together with a hammer and prybar. What had let me down was the poxy small 12 volt battery they typically come with but I had a spare full size car battery. What to do as the big battery was waaaay oversize? I then had a eureka moment and decided to channel the mechanical creativity of a certain @johnnybravo of this parish coupled with the sublime workmanship and attention to detail of our favourite Jowett expert @grumpynorthener . Yep, you've guessed it, as I was involved, with my skillset, it was two carefully hacked pieces of wood, a bungee strap and bonnet removal for both clearance and this season's essential redneck look. Frankenmower The awsomeness The problem The result Of course I had my instructions from SWMBO to save the hollyhocks but I may have got carried away and I had to blame the sheep, some rabbits and a vegan buzzard I'd seen hanging around. Have you seen this foxglove? Reported missing.
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That's pretty impressive 😎 Now, the honest truth. Was the bigger battery needed to start it,or to add weight to enhance traction over them there long stemmed weedy flowery herbaceous plant like things? ( Sorry, Horticultural Engineering isn't my thing. Have no idea what those plants are. Probably make you come out in a rash on contact) . . . . Oh, and your hedges need cutting.Right shocking state you have let them get into.🙄 Or,have you been waiting for Dangerous to pop past with the Hiab again.?....😉 Or are the state of the hedges a direct result of you being banned from hedge cutting after your previous attempt at trimming your Lesbitarian neighbor's hedge?
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Last Edit: Nov 6, 2018 4:39:16 GMT by Deleted
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Function over Form =WIN.
Simple really.
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Saturday While waiting for the new endcaps, with this not being Oklahoma but Purbeck, where the bracken is as high as a pygmy elephant's eye, so I had to have problems with the Frankenmower. This is one of my typical bitza specials with selected (i.e. working) parts from both a Countax K14 and a C300 carefully melded together with a hammer and prybar. What had let me down was the poxy small 12 volt battery they typically come with but I had a spare full size car battery. What to do as the big battery was waaaay oversize? I then had a eureka moment and decided to channel the mechanical creativity of a certain @johnnybravo of this parish coupled with the sublime workmanship and attention to detail of our favourite Jowett expert @grumpynorthener . Yep, you've guessed it, as I was involved, with my skillset, it was two carefully hacked pieces of wood, a bungee strap and bonnet removal for both clearance and this season's essential redneck look. Frankenmower The awsomeness Wow - A blind man on a galloping horse would never know that your skills had been applied to such a crafted battery conversion
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Wow - A blind man on a galloping horse would never know that your skills had been applied to such a crafted battery conversion Hey, the seller swore both those bits of wood came off the Le Mans class-winning Jowett
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Frankenhealey
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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Next part of the mega catch-up On this weekend 'off', sans kids, grandkids, dogs, sheep, pigs and relatives I managed to get to go to a local show. Nothing much to report except for a horsebox conversion that SWMBO was taken with. and a motorcycle engine conversion What did I learn? 1) Fob off SWMBO over converting our horsebox and 2) Don't put an industrial diesel engine in a motorcycle. Good fuel consumption, poor performance (sounds like a 2CV) Sunday dawned and I had to be up early to defend my trophy in a Classic Military Rifle Comp. Now this is my sort of a Sunday, manly pusuits, bacon sarnies, no wimmin' and a stop at the pub on the way back. This one was 'allegedly' at Gallipoli hence the Turkish coin let into the stock Surprisingly my mate Rob jumped at the offer of a hard day in the butts Not bad for iron sights over 200 yards with a 102 year-old rifle and military ammo. Lost it on the count back. Typical. This was on the back window of a car in the pub car park. It made I larf! This was on the doorstep on my return. I should have heeded the instructions and not sniffed the contents. 2 hours of runny eyes and napalmed sinuses and they weren't even for me but Pitstop's young man who believes a Phaal is a workaday curry. It wasn't the Chocolate Habaneros that got me but the Naga Vipers
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skinnylew
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Wowsers that's some hotstuff right there! To be fair it's like a Wet Paint sign, you have to just test it, or when they bring out a plate of food in a restaurant and say 'Careful the plates hot' you still have to melt your fingerprints off testing their statement
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
Posts: 3,878
Club RR Member Number: 15
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Wowsers that's some hotstuff right there! To be fair it's like a Wet Paint sign, you have to just test it, or when they bring out a plate of food in a restaurant and say 'Careful the plates hot' you still have to melt your fingerprints off testing their statement True, so true
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