What did you do today?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Because from the twenties through to the sixties the manufacturers could build a base on which to dump this year's outer body panels, and tell the consumer what they wanted.

By the seventies they were telling the public they wanted some seriously ugly vehicles based upon older technology, and the old recipe no longer fit the bill.

Volkswagen played no small part in the demise of that.

My ideal car collection would feature a lot of US stuff. '62/63 Continental hardtop, A Coupe DeVille from the year before, that Cord, the first year of the Toronado. '65 Riviera, '49 Cadillac Sedanette and even a '71/72 LTD, Galaxie or even a Custom 500 - and most definitely a 70-72 E body Mopar although I prefer the Challenger to the Barracuda.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Today I drove to High Wycombe and wasn't in a hurry

That's understandable.

The only time I was in a hurry to get to Wycombe was to shag some bird who lived on Micklefield Road.

That Corden cunt harks from there I believe.

[Jerzy Woking]

Started my ride up to La Rochelle in France from Elx in Spain. As predicted, the rain started 10 miles from home. Not heavy, just persistent on and off all day. Nothing that could get through my €3 waterproof jacket.

So little traffic, especially from north of Requena in Valencia.

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A couple of towns were busy, but as soon as I left Teruel, I saw few vehicles, maybe a couple every 10 or 15 kms.

Stopped for tonight at a nice hotel in Daroca. Nice walled town, steeped in history, but very few bars!



No rain forecast in any regions on my route up through the Pyrenees tomorrow. Will be riding to a village near Mont de Marsan for the evening.

[xtriple]

Went and had the new Avon tyre fitted, drove there expecting a queue and was seen straight away! Nice bloke came out, windy-gunned the wheel off after carefully placing the jack and the new tyre was on the wheel and back on the car in about ten minutes! He checked all the tyre pressures for me and so, I slipped him a fiver... now sadly missed (sob!).

The tyre he took off looked just as good as the one he was putting on, just that bloody setscrew, gutted.

As I started the car, just to add to my current fiscal embarrassment, the fuel light came on so HAD to go and buy fuel... went to the garage and waited with the nozzle in the tank, and waited... and waited, and then... waited. Turned out the bloke in the shop in charge had no idea how to work the fucking pumps!

I, along with everyone else on the forecourt finally drove off and found another petrol station where I paid at the pump purely, so I didn't have to leave the car and hence, have to put the roof up to stop the Phantom Bella from leaping out of the bloody car. Even though at no time was I further away than 3 feet, she was still standing on my seat with her front paws on the roof cover.

She is a bloody pain. Good job she's cute... but then I've ended up with women for much the same reasons!

[PhilA]

Having a somewhat blah day on the car front.

I've burned through a pair of front tires on the Pontiac because the front end is so worn and all out of alignment. Needs transmission looking at. Brake drums need turning. Brakes need adjustment.

Basically I need to throw about 1200 bucks at it to put it through safety inspection, which is due at the end of the month.

On the upside, I spent a little while leafing through Summit Racing's catalog and surprised myself with the volume of parts and spares available for the car; for instance I could fit 4 wheel power disc brakes to it for about $1500 which is impressive for all new parts (known brand too, Wilwood). Could put adjustable front arms, racing dampers and an electrically operated locking diff too.

However, I need to focus on the slightly more mundane- floor pans and trunk need sorting first...

[DodgeRover]

What's involved in the safety inspection in your state Phil?

[PhilA]

What's involved in the safety inspection in your state Phil?

About the same as MoT there, except the brake test doesn't have to be done on rollers.

[xtriple]

Took the Jag to the car hospital (that's the proper name) for the boot lid to be re-painted, gonna be away for a couple of days and I'm expecting perfection (they are VERY good and don't abuse me too much for being a mega fussy old twat) and then that's every imperfection on the body fixed.

Then get the roof lining repaired (place in Bovey Tracey seem to get the nod) and it wants new discs and pads as they are lipped, and I want new back tyres as they are hoo flung dung shit and I don't like them, and they don't match the front Bridgestone's and I really am a fussy old twat, I can't even like myself so it's no wonder everyone hates me!

[SiC]

Then get the roof lining repaired (place in Bovey Tracey seem to get the nod)

West Country Trimmers?

If so they did my Boxster hood. Recommended by SCS Porsche in Honiton.
It was repaired well, it hasn't leaked since and I can recommend them.

[PhilA]

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Repaired the front seat on the golf cart. Cost $26 in new bolts, the old ones had rusted away. I hate upholstery.