What did you do today?

[DodgeRover]

It leaks a lot more than that, is that actually in the manual the 70mm thing as I have had some fail for just a single drip. The diesel leak was from the throttle spindle on the pump. The whole car is a heap of crap but they love it for some reason

Aye.

https://www.mot-testing.service.gov.uk/ ... ection_8.4

75mm in 5 mins

Thanks guys looks like I will be having a little chat with my testing station next time they fail one on an oil leak. I need to have words as they failed a brake pipe today that was really taking the piss as it cleaned up to shiney steel with no pitting easily. Finding a decent mot station is getting harder and harder round here now, I wouldn't dare take any of my mot exempt motors in as no doubt they would fail.

Where does that 205 go for testing? It might be worth asking when they pick it up?

[SiC]

Oh what this also means, along with extra car storage, I'm getting really itchy feet on what to buy next.

Got to be:
a) working and usable (ideally MOT'd)
b) British
c) pre-90s, but ideally pre-80s
d) under 3k

Thinking Spitfire/Midget/Dolly (ideally Sprint)...

I'd love Italian but I could never meet those requirements on that budget.

70's or 80's RHD Yank?
TR7 (stop hissing at the back I like them, ideally in yellow with a black vinyl roof)

TR7 don't do it for me.

I'd love a yank car, but my drive isn't wide enough to work on one properly unfortunately. Also I really want a classic V8 Mustang, but they're a bit too far out of my budget right now.

[panhard65]

There isn't much about in the 3k price band other than lots of midgets with scruffy welding and poor restorations. This old Daimler was winking at me before I did a deal on the Panhard. It had a pretty long mot fail sheet back in 2012 but I wouldn't worry about it as it is exempt now so just needs a common sense approach. It would be a fun drive home from Chelmsford though. The TR7 is a good shout if you want 70's but anything built by BL will be shocking quality as they were crap when new. At leat 1950's cars were made of proper steel unlike the recycled shit they used in the 70's
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/daimler-conq ... 1431.l2649

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[CLINT]

I know of a Rover SD1 Vanden Plas available for £1500. Dry stored many years. Not rotten. Not advertised anywhere. I want it but have enough on my plate. Bargain though.

[John F]

Oh what this also means, along with extra car storage, I'm getting really itchy feet on what to buy next.

Got to be:
a) working and usable (ideally MOT'd)
b) British
c) pre-90s, but ideally pre-80s
d) under 3k

Thinking Spitfire/Midget/Dolly (ideally Sprint)...

I'd love Italian but I could never meet those requirements on that budget.

This ticks most of your boxes but is slightly out of budget (offers over £3000). It needs an MOT and a small amount of fettling, though (according to the advert):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lotus-excel- ... SwY7hdFypD

[mercrocker]

Greased the Cowley this morning. Only one of the 11 nipples was blocked - result. Scraped some old underseal off the inner wings and filled the front corners of the sills with Bilt Hamber, it will need a full injection treatment later in the summer but not today. Today is a beach day - just loading up the T25 and off we go....

[CLINT]

Ha lucky you. We get the keys to the new house on Monday and it needs decorating to p to bottom. This week is rushing to get the cars sorted as I won't be able to do much on them for the rest of the year. Today is welding Citroen ZX day. It got some advisories for rot last year so probably ought to sort them,it's not too long til the next one.

[Guest]

At least you're doing things with cars, all I've done is walk the dogs, argue with the dogs, put the dishwasher to go, do a load of washing and put it in the drier (haven't fixed the washing line) do the weekly shopping (in the Kia, because it was blocking the Chrysler and I was too lazy to swap them around). Now having a nice sit down. I have failed at life.

[LynehamHerc]

Why is having a relaxing day failure?

[John F]

It isn't a failure as far as I'm concerned... you reminded me to empty the washing machine