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Jul 18, 2015 11:04:56 GMT
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We're playing with these at the moment....
Lots of noise, speed and complaints of car alarms going off and decorative plates falling off shelves.....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jul 17, 2015 21:09:46 GMT
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jul 17, 2015 11:14:30 GMT
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Goiod luck in finding anything over 24 yrs old at a reasonable price.... all I'm after is either a Marina/Ital or Maestro van and they seem to start at £1300 for a reasonable one...
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Talking of which, we've condensed the presentation down to one slide, so as not to overload their little executive brains... It's simple, so it should work. ...Thats another keyboard f&*%£D...... It's about the limit for the numpties that run our lot....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jul 13, 2015 12:54:11 GMT
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Well thats this afternoons activities gone then.... knew I shouldn't have thought "I wonder what this is about" and clicked on it!
I suppose one answer for 'persuading' 1800t of freight through that lot would be to build a type of 'brake tender/snow(car/jeepney)plough' device the lead loco pushes - plenty of horns/flashing lights/bright colours would have.... no bloody effect! At least it would save the locos any more damage...
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Last Edit: Jul 13, 2015 12:54:41 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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I see the 'Chitty - Chitty Bang Bang' replica racers are still infesting the place....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Neat solution!
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Are they bolted through the original holes in the frame?
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Or save yourself a world of grief and do this....
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Last Edit: Jul 6, 2015 16:50:17 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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We was at a local diner when a white transit pulled in, he got out, went around and took photos of just the fords. a chap said something like "keen on classic fords then" to which the track suit clad, gold wearing individual looked him up and down, completely blanked him and got back into his transit van. Things like this concern me hugely. ...At which point you photograph him and his van, making sure you get the reg no......
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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I'm with Green Flag now after the AA refused to recover my car on their deal after a spring broke and locked the wheel. I'd even changed the feckin wheel myself before they sent a bloke to pick it up and move it 1.5 miles for £108.... Oh yes, they carefully monitor social media against criticism so that was an interesting phone call......
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Frankly I think Top Gear was dying the last couple seasons Sums it all up... it became a cash cow for the BBC and had deteriorated badly, even to the point I was channel-hopping to miss lumps out of it. As for 'Clarkson will do this' and 'Clarkson will take them here'..... not sure. His track record outside TG isn't good. His books are re-hashed whinges from the Scum (and make good door-stops), his 'chat show' (who remembers that?) died on its ar53; in fact the only thing of note that wasn't TG related is a book he did several years ago "You Got Soul" which is a darn good read. As for 'controversially' promoting their tour... oh yes, smash up the last remaining Marina of its type with a piano and get.... absolutely no reaction whatsoever. Zzzzzzz. It will pan out one of two ways; they will be successful on a 'small' stage or be gone in a year. The majority of people won't give a rats either way. BTW, who owns 'The Stig'? BBC or Wilman/Clarkson?
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jun 18, 2015 17:24:08 GMT
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I reckon you'd do quite well as an aircraft mechanic. Half of my hands-on working life was spent either upside down or working blind and usually not knowing where my hands were by the time I'd got them in position. I've lost count of the number of times I've had to resort to super-gluing fasteners onto my finger tips to get threads started. I used to tape small magnets to my fingers to start nuts in awkward places. Mark of a good engineer is when someone asks "How the f**k did you get that to fit in there?"
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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.... so whose is the motorbike in the front room then???
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Jun 15, 2015 13:24:04 GMT
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'Nuff said.
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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I needed cheering up.... that did it! (and was frighteningly close to 1980's cheesey movies I remember....)
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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May 31, 2015 13:05:33 GMT
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I bought this beast for £150 with a MOT fail list longer than a roll of Andrex... from a main dealer. It actually passed at an independant station with two blown bulbs and new wipers but there you go.. It had two bouts of being renovated in my care, the first time staying Reynard metallic with a vinyl roof, but by the second time it ended up like this because of the amount of tinwork done and I couldn't warrant the cost of a respray. It ended up with an overdrive gearbox, MGB rear axle, ST-spec uprated suspension, recovered MG Metro seats, K&N's and rejetted carbs, Greenstuff pads and modded front discs and MG Rostyles. Only 100mph flat out (at Snetterton) but 105lb/ft torque from 1500rpm to 5500rpm flat line - it did accelerate very, very well... As far as I know its in London awaiting renovation again.... would I have it back... probably for the right price!!!
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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May 28, 2015 13:37:02 GMT
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No pics! Shame, was looking forward to seeing it I heard of a guy up here who used to drag race one of the original works V8 rally cars and died in a crash in it. Hopefully these will work now....
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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May 28, 2015 10:15:56 GMT
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Last Edit: May 28, 2015 13:36:28 GMT by marinanut
Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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I spent one of my birthday afternoons stripping a late Ital van for the telescopic front damper set-up.... suffice to say, parents, wife and kids weren't too impressed at the state of me when I got home late!
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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