So what have you done to your car today?

[05omegav6]

You could always cover that diamond trim piece too...

Looks good though

[05omegav6]

Put 77 litres of diesel in it...

Whoopdeedoo you may well say, but it only has an 80 litre tank...

Got 550 miles out of that 77 litres though...

[SIR Philbutt]

You could always cover that diamond trim piece too...

Looks good though

Thanks

I'm really liking that, you might get orders for that kind of stuff. Looks top notch work 

Thanks

[SIR Philbutt]

Put 77 litres of diesel in it...

Whoopdeedoo you may well say, but it only has an 80 litre tank...

Got 550 miles out of that 77 litres though...

About 7 miles/ltr which is relatively what I get with petrol/lpg, good to know that

[omega3000]

Polished the Dennis, never know when you might get called to a sudden garage fire.

Oh Mr DTM, I am gonna drive^* to Nottingham and kill you. Then kill you again, just to be sure...

^* If I had a car that could do a 160 mile round trip

[Shackeng]

Fitted polys to the front of the TD, still got a slight rattle though . so drop links next.

[aaronjb]

Washed all three half heartedly .. ok, jetwashed all three. At least the mountain of yellow powder is gone, they still need a proper wash.

Must re-flush the Omega again tomorrow..

Borrowed my Dad and his car w/ pikey bar to drag the trailer down to Pease Pottage and pick up a second lathe:


From a place called "The Motorcycle Workshop" that had a range of bikes outside from a Royal Enfield Sunbeam to BSA, Triumph etc and a Trabant on the road side

[tunnie]

I was hoping that second shot was your driveway, in which I'd be asking for a load of test rides 

[aaronjb]

If I had that lot on my drive I'd be living somewhere like Opti Mansion ..

[TheBoy]

Put 77 litres of diesel in it...

Whoopdeedoo you may well say, but it only has an 80 litre tank...

Got 550 miles out of that 77 litres though...

I got over 57l in the battlebus last week 

[omega3000]

 

Motorcycle heaven 

[Bikerdon]

2.6 estate was in for it's MOT this morning, clean pass with no advisories, tester even commented on how good the overall condition was. 

[Kevin Wood]

"Second lathe" ooh, that's just not cricket. 

Washed all three half heartedly .. ok, jetwashed all three. At least the mountain of yellow powder is gone, they still need a proper wash.

Must re-flush the Omega again tomorrow..

Borrowed my Dad and his car w/ pikey bar to drag the trailer down to Pease Pottage and pick up a second lathe:


From a place called "The Motorcycle Workshop" that had a range of bikes outside from a Royal Enfield Sunbeam to BSA, Triumph etc and a Trabant on the road side

[Marks DTM Calib]

Put 77 litres of diesel in it...

Whoopdeedoo you may well say, but it only has an 80 litre tank...

Got 550 miles out of that 77 litres though...

32 mpg, is that all?

I would expect better so I assume it mush have been all round town?

[aaronjb]

"Second lathe" ooh, that's just not cricket. 

Well, the two will soon become one, so to speak..

The first one I picked up (on the left, in that photo) was manufactured in ~1963 and has had a hard life, there's a lot of backlash, the bed is definitely not bright & shiny anymore but it does have the screw cutting gearbox.

The second one I picked up (on the right) was manufactured in around 1949 and has had a gentle life or been very well looked after; there's minimal backlash, the bed is bright and save a few nicks right up by the headstock in great condition  (and has never had a regrind) and it also has the relatively rare clutch, but it's missing the screw cutting gearbox and the motor is marked "Hoover" - I'll bet that came out of a washing machine somewhere between 1949 and now

So they both need stripping down to constituent parts and rebuilding, really, to leave me with one good lathe with clutch and screwcutting gearbox and one basic lathe I can sell on