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...you can see your fingers through the sill! The 2CV is more rotten than I thought! Oh well. Had taken it to be sized up for sill replacement, so doesn't really matter HOW rotten they are! Anyone got any others?
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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Man, if a Ford sill looked that bubbly there would be practically no car left underneath ;D
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When you can reach up through the boot floor to release the catch from the inside that was on this heap I was sure I had a photo of that
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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aha! and the bonnet coming off in my hand when I openned it (no photo) This was a one owner 17,000 from new car...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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eddbmxdude
Part of things
Yeah, its a turbo!
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You know its not good when..... ....This is what your jacking points look like!
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Old skool cool!
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bigrod
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You know it's not good when you stick your hand through and aluminium bonnet when you're closing it.
I bled a lot!!!
Happened when we went to look at a P6 Rover for my mate. Needless to say we didn't buy it, nor did I take any pics.
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If I have to explain, you won't understand. Maximum signature image height = 80 pixels
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You know its not good when you remove the bonnet bra from a beetle you're thinking of buying and all the paint and most of the metal comes with it He'd only left it on there when we went to Uni 4yrs previous and never took it off again
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........you are doing 45mph downhill and decide to brake for the busy town centre roundabout at the bottom. Brake pedal produces slight resistance, you feel something go POP, and the brake pedal decends to the floor, never to return. ......or when you are flat out on the A1 when a spot of oil lands on your windscreen. You say to the wife, "somebody is loosing a spot of oil!". WHOOSH, your oil pressure line gives way and an orange mini turns black in about 0.05 seconds. Hint: Do NOT turn your windscreen wipers on if this happens. Also the AA man might not be too eager to go near a car dripping with oil, he may ask you to hook it up to the winch.
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Sing along everybody. "Sala-cadoola-metcha-caboola-bibbity-bobbity-boo!"
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Mr S
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10-4 Good buddy.
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You know it's not good when you tighten up the spare wheel nut in the boot and instead of getting tighter, the boot floor starts coming up through the spare wheel....
In the old BMW2002 I had. Previous owner reckoned it was so rusty because 'he'd left it outside for 3 months'..... lol
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Suzuki GSXR1000 K2 BMW R1150GS BMW K1200RS Chevy K5 Blazer Chevy Suburban LT Jaguar XKR
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pah, minor rust hole, rust isnt terminal till you've had to add bits of wood to stop the carpets falling out, or a dustbin lid in the spare wheel well.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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pirate
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...you know its not good when erm crusing down the m27 in a bmw 318 when the bonnet starts to shake then pops into a nice triangle shape, front edge had rusted then the wind got under and lifted itbut it bent into a tent shape, managed to get off to the hard shoulder, and had to steal the mrs bra to tigh it down....i couldnt find anything else, and it was funny driving with the "cups" flappin about.
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persistant retro offender. 04 laguna load lugger alfa 159 lusso beast 82 austin allegro 82 mg metro
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tofufi
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You call that a rotten sill? THIS is a rotten sill I did all that ^^ with just my bare hands after the initial prod with a screwdriver.. It's even more depressing when this is all that is left of your floors: Still has 9 months MOT on it... (really)
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Last Edit: Jul 4, 2008 15:40:26 GMT by tofufi
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Soopra
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you know its not good when your car empties its entire coolant over your windscreen my white Supra looked like it was covered in blood when it blew its head gasket in spectacular style on a busy A road in Devon sorry no pics, was too peed off to take any
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For mine is the Supra, the power and the glory...
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You know it's not good when you forget to lift the bonnet catch (on the car someone's coming to buy) and it wrecks the windscreen as well. However you know it IS good when you go for a quck blast on the bike you're selling and go through a 40mph speed camera doing 75mph then remember you were facing it and have a dark visor. *Except it's stupid to do 75 in a 40 zone of course.
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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You know it's not good when you jack your Beetle up to change the rear tyre, using the factory jack and jacking points, but after completing said task realise you can't open the drivers door any more, as the entire heater channel / floorpan edge / running board / quarter panel is now an inch closer to the clouds than it was.
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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You know it's not good when you ask the bodyman at the car rental place you work at to do a bit of welding on the MGB you've just bought, and hae comes to your desk about half an hour later with a shovel full of rust and says "this is only part of it" Went on ebay as a project, and cost me dearly
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta 2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van 2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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I don't have any tales of rust, but I didn't think it would be good when the 'STOP' light came on during a full bore 5000rpm standing start at Prescott and it started misfiring. Thoughts of huge mechanical failure were running through my mind. Turned out that the alternator had never been connected and the battery was flat as a pancake! ;D Some nifty bodged wiring sorted that one!
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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you know its really bad when you see what you think is a black dog running full bore down the pavement as you drive past only to realise as it hits a doorstep and goes skyward that its a white weller wheel that bears a striking resemblance to the other three you have on your mini, which your dad has just done the rear wheel bearings on...
(thanks dad! love you really)
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