Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,712
Club RR Member Number: 34
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Mar 25, 2015 21:43:38 GMT
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if you read the title and honestly thought id stoop this low- go flush your head down the toilet a few times. give me some credit!! citroen didnt invent the C4 tag for that lesson in 00's french bland eurobox that currently wears its name. it was recycled from the late twenties/early thirties. and that particular vehicle is much more my cup of leaf based aromatic beverage.....
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Last Edit: Nov 12, 2015 10:22:33 GMT by Dez
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Mar 25, 2015 21:46:48 GMT
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Glad I clicked, look forward to more pictures
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NEED MOAR
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Got to love that hood ornament xD, but more pictures is needed, you know were so hungry for them!
How much displacement and power comes from the late twenties/early thirties.
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I wasn't going to click on this thread... glad I did though! But now the only thing I want is more pics!
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Current: 1983 Volkswagen 1200 Mexico 2021 Kia Niro Hybrid ----- Former: 1989 Volkswagen Jetta 1990 Volkswagen Golf Madison 1996 Volkswagen Golf Wagon Happy Hour 2006 Fiat Panda 100HP 2006 Toyota Avensis Wagon
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+1
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'80 Datsun Sunny B310(totalled)
'82 Toyota Starlet DX 4door(sold)
'82 Toyota Starlet DX 2Door(sold)
'00 Mazda Miata NB(traded for
'95 BMW E36 318is(traded for
'97 Mazda Miata NA(sold)
'83 Honda Accord(now at Honda Heaven)
'91 Honda Accord(current ride)
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brc76
RR Helper
Posts: 1,107
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Mar 26, 2015 14:38:48 GMT
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Yeah, saw the title then who started it, thought it needed to be investigated further.
More pictures please?
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Mar 26, 2015 14:47:07 GMT
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What a bloomin' tease...!!!
Keep us posted every hour of every day...!!!
C'est magnifique...
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Mar 26, 2015 15:36:31 GMT
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Have to pop round for a snoop soon.
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Siert
Posted a lot
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Mar 26, 2015 20:02:22 GMT
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Yeah, saw the title then who started it, thought it needed to be investigated further. Exactly that. Very interesting!
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Mar 26, 2015 21:17:57 GMT
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+1 +1 +1
Oh and +1
(agree with al above!
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Greetz Pieter
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,712
Club RR Member Number: 34
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Mar 27, 2015 10:43:08 GMT
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sorry for the unintential cliffhanger, was busy being ALL TeH ILL. heres the story of picking it up from that there french france. this is a story about me picking up a new car. made in the '30s. in a different country. where i don't speak the language. to use as a daily driver. this was the most 'sensible' solution to a predicament i was left in by some stupid woman deciding that being impatient and driving into my truck rather than waiting for me to get out of the way was a great idea. the aftermath look like this- it don't look a whole lot, but it did both rear tyres, those wheels i custom made so had to be replaced as a pair as i couldnt get just one, it snapped a rear leaf clean in half, shunting the axle back into the fuel tank making that leak and ripping the brake lines out, stoved in the rear cross member and cracked the chassis twice, so damage was pretty considerable- £1800 in parts alone. given i was using this as my daily at the time, it left me with no working car. after 2 months dying of boredom driving around a particularly curse word hire van, this interim payment arrived, to much jubilation- id already decided i was going to blow it all invest it wisely by purchasing another motor vehicle, as id still be able to afford the parts to fix my original truck, i would just be spending the not inconsiderable labour charge on fresh transport. as such, id already paid a deposit on another truck in france based on a few ropey photos from an advert and a brief phone call with the ex-pat seller. but, the price was pretty cheap for what it was, so i figured it was worth the risk. the timescales were pretty tight, the third partys insurance messed me around for weeks, then suddenly gave me the cheque and demanded the hire van back 10 days later. given the sent the cheque on a friday and it wasnt going to clear til the following friday, this isnt as generous as it seems. i ended up booking a ferry and driving down to meet mr. HARDCORE at his house thursday evening based on a cheque that didnt clear til friday......the day we were getting on a ferry to frogland. i dropped the missus, our dogs and the cat off at the inlaws in southend on the way, so that was 150 miles covered already..... some cider, some talking plums about cars and some sleep later, we wake up to a cleared cheque and mantaphil knocking at the door. its half 8 in the morning, we need to be on a ferry at half 11, dover is 2 hours away and the nearest barclays doesnt open til 9.30. so we decide to drive to dover, grab some brekkie and go to the bank there. i get comfortable (well as comfortable as a person with legs can actually be in the back of a frontera) with my view for most of the rest of the day- we clock up another 100 miles driving from brighton to dover ferry port, most of them bemused by Sc3n3 kids with various small hatches on strangely colored wheels (well, the ones that hadnt lost all their wheels on the M20 anyways) and air all going to some european show. then i buy the brekkie on some granny cafe in the middle of dover and trot over to the bank whilst its cooking. after them sh1tting themselves at someone asking for 3 and a half grand in cash (despite me riniging up my bank and asking if i need to pre-book a withdrawal of that much and them insisting not), i leave with the cash, albeit half of it in tenners, just as breakfast is ready. that destroyed, we go get on a ferry. after an hour and a half, we end up here- all i can say is man, what a craphole. as first impressions of france go, its horrendous. thats right, id never been to france before. we head south, it slowly gets greener and more pleasant looking as we pick up the toll road heading down for the boarder of departmente de calais and the somme. a journey made SOOO much better by finding a comedy radio station that played alternating tracks of uncensored american hip hop and french speaking west african rap. a better soundtrack could not be had i don't think. the toll roads are awesome, mirror flat and nigh on empty. i was worried about how much they were going to be seeing as the locals appeared not to use them, it was mostly english cars. so i was more than happy to be charged a whole 3 and a half euros for our hour trip! a few wiggly bits through some villages aiming for a place called le boisle, complete with phils 'michael winner face' moment at some old french guy in a kangoo hooning round a corner towards us in the middle of the road, plus oogling ALL the french tat laying everywhere, and we were there.
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,712
Club RR Member Number: 34
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Mar 27, 2015 10:43:53 GMT
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we'd done about another 90 miles in france, meaning we were knocking on 350 miles by this point, not including the ferry. and this is what we'd come for- its a 1930 citroen C4, converted to a pickup during the war, and now running a pinto and MT75 from a transit. it was given a look over, some tea was drunk, then i got to driven it, albeit 50 yards onto the trailer- then andy and phil strapped it down whilst i went and swapped some pictures of the queen for a bit of old grey cardboard. here is a HARDCORE caught in its natural environment of amusing itself with old chod- and the previous owner saying his goodbyes- we were running short of time for the return ferry by now so had to hot foot it back to calais. the view for most of the way back was this- then, we were back here again- we missed the ferry by 5 mins, would probably have caught it if it wasnt for the guy in the motorhome in front of us arguing weith passport control. but, thanks to the insurance of flexi tickets, all it cost us was a bit of time, so we wandered off to the ferry post to get some really rather delicious and quite cheap food. but be warned, this is what happens when youve been on the road for nearly 10 hours and andy asks you to 'pose for a photo'-
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
Posts: 11,712
Club RR Member Number: 34
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Mar 27, 2015 10:44:33 GMT
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after destroying HUGE portions of pork rib, ratattouie, mushroom sauce and chips, we get on the ferry next to this, and a woman with a car full of kitchen roll. its cheaper in france apparently- another boring ferry trip later, a 2hr drive back to TAB near brighton, and it is dumped off the tailer as phil needs to use it agin in the morning to collect MORE french chod- me and andy then go do some more sleeping at his house, and awaken next morinng and head back to tab to see why the generator light was on when unloading (i had planned to drive back from TAB to colchester). i fit another alternator pirated off a random engine, and still no joy. i appear to have managed to fit another broken one. oh well. its now after midday and i have to leave as I'm going to see the dropkick murphys that evening with the missus in brixton, so i leave it at TAB and plan to return the next day to take a ride home with it on the big yellow taxi. which i did, apart from the breakdown service decide its not covered as its not UK registered (which it does NOT stae in their T+Cs despite them stating otherwise!) so i basically have a drive out to tab and back from southend for no reason. 2 days later i borrow a truck and trailer and do it myself- which goes well apart from one of the dartford tunnels being shut so we get stuck in ALL the traffic which adds 2.5hrs to the journey. back at the workshop and mission complete- so thats it. about 700 miles (not including the wasted trip back down to TAB) over the course of a few days and ive got a 'new' truck. just to make it actually run properly now, and maybe do something about those tyres- aside from that, its all pretty good! great thanks must be paid to andy and phil for their help and hospitality in making this trip possible.
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düdo
Part of things
wide as house
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Mar 27, 2015 10:48:47 GMT
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That is a proper retro-ride! I also thought reading the title that the forum was slowly slipping a bit too far towards the 21st century. Then this is revealed. Good work with the recovery mission. How did you get on to this one then?
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Last Edit: Mar 27, 2015 11:15:07 GMT by düdo
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Mar 27, 2015 12:08:27 GMT
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If Duel was remade starring 'Brum'
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ZXRob
Europe
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Mar 27, 2015 12:32:56 GMT
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Wow! Awesome man! I never knew such a thing existed, not that I know much about French cars from the 30's!On a totally different note how where the Murphys/ That's a band I have never managed to see live.
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Mar 27, 2015 16:02:40 GMT
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Top notch chod relocation efforts *n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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If Duel was remade starring 'Brum' Made me chuckle
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MK2 Cortina Estate
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Nice one mate. To be honest i saw the title in readers rides and didn´t bother opening the thread thinking "hang on - Dez - daily plastic - what´s he been drinking"? But after reading your roadtrip thread in the general section i must apologize for even thinking you would even consider runing something modern like that Bookmarked!! What are your plans for it longterm?
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Last Edit: Mar 28, 2015 5:44:23 GMT by Oldbus
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