HMC Motors- Mystery machine

[DavidB]

What mpg does this revolting looking thing provide?

[HMC]

on a bit of a road trip. Collected a door for the clapped out piece of shit, briefly visited Shelsley Walsh (Bugatti’s owner club plus various Italian cars) These fucking roads are shite. Lovely B road Im on (various warnings about biker deaths- always ominous) some fantastic curves but TEH van was talking a hammering as it appears the b4203 was last resurfaced in 1982. After another big thud into a hole in the road I could hear all was not well.

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Alas, my cobbled up exhaust repair wasn’t up to it. Maybe MIRA should relocate as the B4203 Basically is the belgian pave bit with added cow shit.

Anyway excuse me whilst I cobble up a repair to my repair by the B4203.

[panhard65]

I think you mean Prescott rather than Shelsley as that is the Bugatti owners club and they have the French and Italian weekend this weekend. I normally go every year but with the hearse playing up I didn't book it this year.

[HMC]

That would explain how quiet it seemed- went down the main entrance lane, it was my first visit- on the spur of the moment when I saw it on the map. tbh was not particularly in the zone for automotive haute couture in my dilapidated van. I googled the venue....

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Must be some sort of cross link or something? Would you recommend it? - never been to a hill climb before.

And decided I couldn’t be bothered, did a u turn and went for a cycle by the river wye instead.

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[HMC]

Ps - exhaust still attached to van

[HMC]

What mpg does this revolting looking thing provide?

I haven’t brimmed it, but I put about 10 gallons in and (pretty vague) did 400 miles on that so roughly 40ish mpg- give or take.

I also passed near Cleobury Mortimer (I think that’s the place) and swear I could hear a mig being fired up near a Renault 16.

[83C]

Saw you on the A30 about 25 mins ago near Cheriton Bishop. Quite unmissable in the van!

[HMC]

Small world! Just made it back and swapped the door over. Now for food and beer.

[CLINT]

Should have popped in for a cuppa, Shelsely is just up the road from me

[HMC]

SLowly, this looks even worse but starts to get better at the same time.

A few lucky (Vito bits seem cheap but these panels were CHEAP) e bay parts has seen all the doors with the exception of the rear ones binned and decent ones in their place. Decent but the wrong colour. I have no idea what the right colour is either, since quoting the vin will provide a drab dark green to be found in door shuts, behind the fuel filler and a other places.

The exact origins of the current home brew paint job are a mystery. In the end, I decided to Chuck the fuel filler flap in the post; one of those clever paint places that match paint from a sample are sorting me out with some cellulose for me to do a a quick blow over with. Normally I’d be a bit hesitant about it but the home brew paint job on it is so dire it an only be an improvement!

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A van of many colours.

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New door rot free, the orphan from a workshop fire that destroyed the vehicle it was intended for. Dynax s50 because 90s merc.

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Door bottoms? Nah