Today I have been ?????????????? to my classic

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TerryG
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Re: Today I have been ?????????????? to my classic

#261 Post by TerryG »

The bonnet catch is fine (other than having hurt feelings after I swore at it) My head now has added glue but is OK following a little drive to a local building where they fix DIY related damage.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#262 Post by JPB »

:shock: Please be careful, the forum without its Terry would be like Arthur without his. Permission to find this mildly amusing on the basis that you survived this time?
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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#263 Post by TerryG »

Well the Mrs laughed so no reason you shouldn't. it was only a matter of time before some damage was done. I must have bumped my head on it 100 times over the years. Stupid springy thing is a rubbish design! I think I am going to remove it and just drill a couple of holes then use bail wire to keep the bonnet down from now on ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#264 Post by JPB »

:lol:
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#265 Post by rich. »

i finally repaired the passenger sunvisor on mr 2 cleaned it out again ready for man on tuesday...
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#266 Post by mach1rob »

If it makes you feel better I drew lots of blood after twatting top of head onto door frame when the seal was off. Funnily enough, the missus laughed too when she saw it, I didn't know I'd actually cut it open! :lol:
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#267 Post by suffolkpete »

Today I have been replacing a bracing strut that somewhat embarrassingly fell off my Matra after I went over a speed bump at Scratchwood services on Sunday.
1974 Rover 2200 SC
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#268 Post by TerryG »

I fitted a new starter to the mog today and now it sounds "modern" when it starts :S I am definitely going to have the old one refurbished and put it back on!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#269 Post by rich. »

washed the wifes galaxy yesterday... its silver under all the mud..
does this count?
did the transit & the mower too.. then filled the washer with antifreeze.
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#270 Post by UKJeeper »

Spent some time 'tweaking' my home made storage drawer for the Wrangler, ready for the winter. The drawer holds all of my recovery equipment, and once it's loaded up with straps and chains (oo-er!), etc it gets quite heavy. So much so i needed to beef up the mounts that hold the sliders (old server rack rails) on.

Still a work in progress, hence the lack of paint.

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