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General Discussion Area / Re: Red Arrows

« on: 06 June 2019, 22:43:04 »

Never realised that the RAF had so many planes.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Some decent cars....

« on: 05 June 2019, 19:32:54 »

Managed to squeeze 100 out of my mk 3 Zodiak loved that car, bench seat, Gollum er I mean column change, (sometimes)     But it was merciless on fuel even in those days. Remember the colour changing rectangular speedo.

Always liked the Mk3 Zephyr and Zodiac.

The Mk4 with the long bonnet and short boot was quite odd.

Yes, and on the four pot you could stand between the rad and the front of the engine to work on it.

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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra specifications: LIFE seems good, why pay mpre?

« on: 05 June 2019, 19:02:53 »

Wow! Lucky I’m still sane after all this

Who said you were.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 03 June 2019, 18:30:32 »

Looks good Henry.

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega replacements- what's yours?

« on: 03 June 2019, 18:26:52 »

Replaced mine this Feb with a 08 Vectra C. Sometimes i like it and others i hate it. Time will tell. Oh, and it has too many pedals.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Some decent cars....

« on: 02 June 2019, 17:34:28 »

I spy one of my favourite classic cars in that pic Dave.  An Austin Westminster; a truly British car!

I spy one of my favourite cars in that pic Lizzie.  An Opel Omega A; a truly British car badge on a russelsheim opel  !

the other rusty junk in the photo is of no interest to me 

Fair enough Dave

Possibly a Wolesley 6/110 from the same era, Lizzie.

Could be Opti, as they all had the same body shell. 

Just  a hunch really, Lizzie. The Wolesley was more upmarket than a 'humble' Austin, and more were presented with two tone paint jobs like the car here....

Ah, but the Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre was even more upmarket, and one that certainly impressed me back in the day. 

My father-in-law owned a Austin Westminster 3 litre, in full two tone grey livery, which I drove during my very early days of driving (after I had broken a tappet on his previous Humber Snip!!), and it was a pleasure to drive.  Heavy on the steering of course as, if I remember correctly, there was no power steering.  But as it was an automatic with column change, I did not have to double de-clutch as I did learn to do in the Humber!

This whole range was luxurious in it's day, but the Wolsley you mention and of course the Vandam Pas even more so.  They were used as ministerial cars and treasured by the upper middle classes.  I loved them all, and started me, along with Bentley's, to love big engined cars. Unlike the Opel  in Dave's picture, they were of course 100% British built, with transmission, engine, and everything else including the leather seats proudly waving the Union Jack!!

Where did those great days of British car making go, with them disappearing in our life times?     

Sounds a bargain then.

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General Car Chat / Re: Phaeton on the way out?

« on: 02 June 2019, 12:49:16 »

I am retiring this year and should really go for something more economical and I did not want to spend more than a certain amount but setting myself a target to try and buy something less than 6 months to a year old. Will enquire about S class repair bills for the longer term.

Go on! Blow ya tax free lump sum on fixing the oversized Passat. You know you want too.

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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra-B, Corsa-C, Saab 95 freebie droplinks

« on: 02 June 2019, 12:43:07 »

Just had mine replaced.  Not a high value item though.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Here we are again

« on: 31 May 2019, 21:10:26 »

Another theory or potential use
as there is trellis retro fitted, climbing plants could be trained through the pipe to grow the plants to form a screen

as for weep vents in a retaining wall ,they would be at the base of a wall,
to drain the water low down, high up weep vents would only drain surface water
the lower down water retained, would freeze, pushing the wall due to frost heave
plus , it looks like a relatively recent, cement mortar wall 

Trust you to spoil all the theories and fanciful ideas with logic and common sense, spoilsport. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mannequins

« on: 30 May 2019, 23:11:37 »

Who cares? 

Besides, they dont represent the typical human form anyway.

Who cares? 

Besides, they dont represent the typical human form anyway.

True you never see a mannequin with thighs like tree trunks,  a big fat arse, huge gut and saggy tits! 

And that,s just the male ones.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Care crisis

« on: 30 May 2019, 23:05:57 »

Im less than half a year away from 60 ! It doesn't seem more than a few years ago that I came to England just before my 20th birthday.
The scary thing is that the older I get, the quicker the time goes. 
I shall soon be sat by the sunny window with a bit of potato stuck to my chin. 

I'm 66 and did a 10k walk in a hour and a half this morning. Stop working 72 hours a week and do some exercise. Now. 

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Can't beat walking I'm out every day for at least an hour with the dog that's after 30 lengths at my local pool I was 65 in March & am probably fitter now than I was in 1989.

I find that i can ride faster and quicker on my bike at 74 than i could when i was in my early 60s. Perhaps it,s because i no longer have to do a full days work now.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 29 May 2019, 19:14:16 »

Annoyingly, it just started first time, and drove home without fuss or drama. Bloody thing.

Yep !
when all the fancy Toys are broke , you can always trust the yoyo (zafira ) 

The hardest bit is usually trying to find where it got left...

Why Do you just abandon it randomly in the Brackley area?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Here we are again

« on: 27 May 2019, 22:20:46 »

Sounds like a rogue builder with a load of pipes to get rid of.

Dave, where are you.

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General Car Chat / Re: Oh how I love garages

« on: 27 May 2019, 18:27:25 »

Go to local fastner supply's take bolt, ask do you have one of these, guessing it's a m,14*1.25

Good idea, ive found a good-looking local place. Cheers

You might be able to clear that thread out if you can source a tap. Do you a friendly m/c shop?

Sadly not, not round here at least (not had chance to make a nuisance of myself yet!). Once I've got the bolt spec, I'll probably just order one from Amazon, given it will probably be a single-use item in my lifetime. 

My main issue is I'm not sure how to determine thread pitch (will Google later) so I'll just goto the fastener place and ask them what they've sold me  . Everything I've tapped before has been M5 / M6 size and threads are either "coarse" or "fine". But I suspect it's a bit more technical than that   

The easiest way is to use a thread pitch gauge, but if you had one you'd have done that already. It's worth buying one for other jobs, as they're cheap. Mine was about £5.


Next is to measure the distance between each thread crest using a caliper -  a cheap digital one will be plenty good enough and you might already have one. You'll be looking at a measurement of 1.25, 1.5 or maybe 1.75 mm.


If you have a decent steel rule you could use that, but it does require a good eye.


While you have the measuring kit out, check the diameter of the thread as well. This will enable you to acquire a correctly sized bolt.

Exactly wot he said.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Resignation aftermath . . .

« on: 27 May 2019, 17:22:54 »

Classy, NOT.