Hot Day,Got Drunk,Took Pictures

[clicheguevara]

As the heading says.Its been a really hot day today in NZ and got really drunk whilst doing a garage sort out (bloke beer time) and came over all David Bailey but have hit the Gin and Beer HARD I hope you like the pics,seemed good at the time!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR RETRODUDES!!!!!!!!!!








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[BenzBoy]

Nice garage, packed with good stuff! Happy new year!

[MK2VR6]

That garage is huge! Quality manspace for sure

[clicheguevara]

Just want to big up my Golf.The poor thing thrives on neglect.I've had it for 4 years and have never changed the oil ,just topped it up,it'l run on 20yr old petrol.....neat.BTW its a diesel turbo and it p!sses over most things uphill.Allways starts,basically I love things that do "What they say on the tin" It has not given me a days grief.No filter on the turbo and if I leave the lights on overnight it will still start.Why oh why was my 1st car an R5.Any howI'm still on the sauce but felt that the Golf needed some respect for being a faithful set of wheels.

BTW can you spot the home made Moon Discs?

[yankvaliant]

Jan 5, 2013 11:24:58 GMT clicheguevara said:

Just want to big up my Golf.The poor thing thrives on neglect.

LOL, I used to have a Corolla beater I treated that way! I always said that if I wrote the manual for it, it would read something like this:

1. Abuse and neglect this vehicle until you break something.

2. Fix whatever you broke. (Duct tape, zip-ties and junkyard parts are best.)

3. Return to step 1.

Brian

P.S. Cool garage you've got there. Diggin' the Vauxhall, too.

[speedy88]

Nice tat ;D Also, nice 360! Looks really clean. Get yourself on 300mania if you ever need parts, couple of NZers on there.

[bazzateer]

Nice Victor!

[fred]

That is a proper man cave that!!!
My stepdad gave me his Proton a few years ago when he retired from driving,
I hated it, covered in dents, not been serviced in 7 years, but the damn thing would not die.
even in -20 a couple o years ago, turned the key and it went. passed every MOT it went for.
swear it was a relative of Christine!

[soretro]

There always seems to be those stubborn ones that won't die I owned a 81 kadett 1.3 never really worried about it. A number of years ago the umsunduzi river was in flood I decided to rescue my sisters canoes beforw the water got high and destroyed them. Drove in no problem water up to the floor boards. Put the canoes on the roof and off I went didn't realise how deep the water had gotten in 30min for about 200m had water over the bonnet and then onto the main road had a slight misfire for about 2min and then all good a couple of days later it wouldn't start opened the bonnet and everything was covered in mud the weber 32dir6 had a pancake filter was covered in hard mud and the float bowl filled with petrol soaked soil. Clenaed it up and replaced the filter and off she went sold the car a few years later my biggest regret.

[dapper]

My first W123 had much the same treatment. Got to the first MOT thinking ah well, it only cost 600 notes (should be a pound sign but I'm stuffed if I can find the shortcut on this Aussie keyboard), if it's fooked it's fooked. It's been a good year with the old girl.

Pleasantly surprised when it passed with flying colours.

Got to year two and realised I hadn't even topped up the oil. She was giving me no trouble whatsoever so I thought stuff it, let's see how long she'll go. Again, not even an advisory on the MOT.

Third year and the beeatch went and let me down. A set of wiper blades. How could she? Still no fluids though ... I swear.

Next year's MOT and I thought I'd done well with 250 sheets for some welding on an inner wheel arch. The heating also conked out that year. Did my best to sort it, but a new control and some amateur fiddling in the dash to rectify things failed, so for the most part the heating system sat in the passenger foortwell for the next two years. Blinkin cold on start up in the winter but all was fine once the engine warmed up. You wouldn't get away with just a tee shirt mind you.

Year four and I thought she was starting to take the p1ss a bit as two sills needed rectifying around the jack points. I was going to treat her to a drink and some filters but after shelling out for the cosmetics and a new set of front springs that year I thought stuff her.

She was sold , much to my consternation, after sitting on the old man's back lot a year after I left for Oz. I got 250 large ones on the bay.

I reckon the oil cap would've been welded tight by that point.

Still miss her now.