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Workmates Chariot de jour.....lent from his Dad apparently so he left the Lotus 7 in the garage.

The skodas still need to be sorted through....

6 hours ago, CarolsHusband said:

 

Dibnah spec.....

2 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

To be fair my U13 was a very nimble car. At $1300 dollars it was a cheap one too.  Fer from standard in the handling dept though.  That changed my view of fwd cars a bit.  The thing I don't like about them is when you exceed your grip limit it's much much harder to regain control.of the situation.

Agreed, our U13 was gorgeous and I was sad to pass her on when the family started getting bigger.

Although there are cars I lust after, this is the only one i would kill my grandmother for....

Luckily my significantly better half agrees so when the opportunity presents itself in the distant future we will go shopping stateside.

2 wheels?  750 Popup Katana.

In a weird way, my 2008 VW Tsi has made me keen to investigate the earlier golfs.  An early Gti would be the shiznit.

I've got some info somewhere on how to tickle up a 998, first 2 fixes were the air intake and the Exhaust (Stage 1) kit.

11 hours ago, xsinclairx said:

No rust is a huge bonus. I'm sure you'll smash it in no time. 

Rust is listed as a spare part in the Haynes manual.

Reading through this makes me miss my mini..... 

53 minutes ago, KP_wag said:

How's that spare

Spacesaver

Whats the entry cost?  It will have to come out of the housekeeping.....

2 hours ago, jesselc said:

3 into 1 maybe turn one into a burnout car or something down the line haha

I have seen the words "Lada" and "Burnout" in the same sentence before, but probably not how you intend.

So three into two, then sell one for funds??

Success breeds success as they say.......so this afternoon with the MIL inside looking after the kids, I grabbed my collection of tools and again headed outside to do battle with the beast.

So in 3 hours I removed and worked on the throttle pulley (sticks like a stick insect stuck on a sticky bun), removed the rear seat to gain access to the boot, unlocked the boot from within (and got showered with rust and crap as it swung open for the first time in decades), started removing the wires and pipes from the fuel tank so it can be removed, drained said fuel tank, removed and flushed radiator expansion tank, and generally just nancied around....

Seeing the boot floor in the cold light of day was a bit of a shock though.

Shouldnt be too hard I suppose.....surely?

I'm "Working from Home" this week so I can see my coffee breaks being taken outside with tools in hand.

1 hour ago, kiwi808 said:

Would love to see a video of it moving. It excites me greatly that it runs.

Actually, I’m so fizzing I’m sitting in church making todo lists on my phone....

/they do go on a bit

Yes, there was much rejoicing.  Up until now it was a real unknown, so the fact that it does run means we have confidence in tackling the bigger parts of the project.

1 hour ago, igor said:

Agnetha, love it.

Named after another Swedish BombShell

3 minutes ago, jesselc said:

As promised, can’t help myself.

I think we need an intervention for you Jesse....personally i think it might be a bit too late.

Thats a decimal point.  Its actually 2 dollars 10.

6 minutes ago, jesselc said:

Yeahnah I'd slam it, everything needs slam.

/Insert Mum joke

Just now, h4nd said:

Guilty. If that's today, had just stopped up the aisle to tell some old ducky she only had 1/3 brake lamps working.

Yep, was right behind you wondering what the hell you were doing....

You had to swerve around a badly parked bus to turn into your street, from memory.

Who is this?  Oldschool sticker FTW

Mocked Mercilessly in the Mirage???

He cant do that, some of that moss has now become close personal friends...it would be like taking Old Yella out behind the woodshed and shooting it.