Summertime I used to leave my AMC in Sainsbury's car park with the roof down - no point worrying really.
Although it's always easier to say that about something that is already fucked, er I mean patinated of course.
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Cold snap ahead.
Been driving all over also. Weather was quite warm today, 19c. Due to be -5 night after tomorrow.
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That'll be good now.Been driving all over also. Weather was quite warm today, 19c. Due to be -5 night after tomorrow.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
I regularly used to see a white '69 Dodge Charger in the Sainsbury's multistorey car park, always made me smile, didn't look big at all compared to modern vehicles.59Impala wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:45 pm Years ago when I lived in Margate I sometimes took my 61 Impala bubbletop to the big Sainsburys store near Ramsgate, I used to park it in the middle of four spaces furthest from the store. That was before they had cameras to spy on you and cars were enormously bloated.
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The 69 Charger is a B body- midsize. It's a fair bit smaller than this one. The B body is about the same size as a Granada.DodgeRover wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:00 pm I regularly used to see a white '69 Dodge Charger in the Sainsbury's multistorey car park, always made me smile, didn't look big at all compared to modern vehicles.
Mind you the Granada was a big car, back in the day...
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Icicles today (only small ones).
Thursday back up to 21c.
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Car started up and idled without complaint thoughThursday back up to 21c.
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The radio had become all crackles and distortion, so I fought with it and won, liberating it from behind the dash.
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I think the damp had gotten into the connections, cleaning the pins up got it sounding good again.
Sat it on the bench for an hour.
Now it glows properly again. Needs a new vibrator for the HT supply and really needs a new speaker.Phil
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The car was stroppy today and didn't want to run. I adjusted the auto choke and it started up but I think it needed fuel.
Also, randomly today, as I was driving, the speedometer quit working. That's great.
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That's because you fixed the radio.
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Progress. Nice to have that working again.
Also fitted a new rear UJ which has stopped the knocking from the back end which is appreciated.
Went hang out at a local meetup which was good fun also.
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