RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 25 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Sounds like the PC was probably the Ford Anglia of the locomotive world. I was thinking more of the Vauxhall Viva. Jamie 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: The day has not started well. I have broken a toilet seat hinge. a pain in the a**e. brownie That really improved my breakfast. 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: I was thinking more of the Vauxhall Viva. Jamie My first car! Brown, so the rust didn't show! Bill 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, bbishop said: My first car! Brown, so the rust didn't show! Bill I thought it was all rust instead of paint. See also just about every American built Ford between 1970-1980. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Stubby47 said: ..........so one has been ordered for delivery tomorrow. By Yodel (not my choice!). Sometime between 7:30 and 21:00. Nothing like a nice tight delivery slot to screw up your day..... 2 hours ago, jamie92208 said: I was thinking more of the Vauxhall Viva. Jamie A friend once smashed into the back of his bosses' shiny new Hillman Imp (IIRC); the body shop had to put a new rear wing(s) on it - they showed the old ones to the owner - they were rusting nicely on the inside cos' they weren't even painted. He'd only had the car a matter of weeks. 4 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 The combination of McPhereson front suspension struts and unpainted insides of panels on some Fords could be catastrophic. A colleague of mine once had the whole top mounting of one of the front struts on a Mk. 2 Cortina break off the surrounding metal and punch up through the bonnet as the car lurched viciously to the left. Fortunately no-one was hurt but the car was a write-off. But even the worst Fords couldn't compete with the Vauxhalls when it came to rust bucket status. Dave 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: The combination of McPhereson front suspension struts and unpainted insides of panels on some Fords could be catastrophic. A colleague of mine once had the whole top mounting of one of the front struts on a Mk. 2 Cortina break off the surrounding metal and punch up through the bonnet as the car lurched viciously to the left. Fortunately no-one was hurt but the car was a write-off. But even the worst Fords couldn't compete with the Vauxhalls when it came to rust bucket status. Dave My first car was an Austin 1100 the front almost fell of when someone ran a red light and hit me. The rear of both the front wings had rusted through and it had been held together with filler 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, coastalview said: My first car was an Austin 1100 the front almost fell of when someone ran a red light and hit me. The rear of both the front wings had rusted through and it had been held together with filler My first car was a Morris 1100. Bought for £50 in 74, rusted to bits, the rear floor was flapping in the breeeze when I scrapped it 8 months later for £8. Liked thd bench seat though. Jamie 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 26 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: But even the worst Fords couldn't compete with the Vauxhalls when it came to rust bucket status. We had assorted Fords, Vauxhall’s and and a Volvo that all rusted In the late 1990s we got a Renault. That didn’t rust. Since then I don’t think any of our cars have had corrosion problems. Our Ford Fiesta is a 2012 model and is fine. Whatever they do to car bodies now seems to work. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: My first car was a Morris 1100. Bought for £50 in 74, rusted to bits, the rear floor was flapping in the breeeze when I scrapped it 8 months later for £8. Liked thd bench seat though. Jamie Back in the 80's a friend had a 2CV - the front wings were sewn on with stainless steel locking wire.... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 29 minutes ago, Tony_S said: We had assorted Fords, Vauxhall’s and and a Volvo that all rusted In the late 1990s we got a Renault. That didn’t rust. Since then I don’t think any of our cars have had corrosion problems. Our Ford Fiesta is a 2012 model and is fine. Whatever they do to car bodies now seems to work. I drive a 19y.o Freelander without any visible rust, even the odd dent hasn't broken through the paint. I had a few Peugeots (309/306/406); for a while I would park my completely rust-free 12y.o 306 at work, next to a 10y.o Mercedes C-class which had holes in the wings. Of course that may say nothing about MB and everything about people who wash the visible shiny bits of their cars to impress the neighbours but never clean them underneath. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Northmoor said: Of course that may say nothing about MB and everything about people who wash the visible shiny bits of their cars to impress the neighbours but never clean them underneath. I believe my car is black under the spiderweb and Saharan sand weathering effect. . Interior is clean though. 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 29, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 I've owned two Fiats, as has my daughter. Never had an issue with rust, I was impressed by their reliability and performance, although some years ago, this performance did get me a speeding ticket on the northbound A470, by the top reservoir on the climb up to Storey Arms. 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 If we're talking speeding tickets in unlikely cars, I got one in my Mum's 1100 Allegro... 3 2 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 10 hours ago, polybear said: A friend once smashed into the back of his bosses' shiny new Hillman Imp (IIRC); the body shop had to put a new rear wing(s) on it - they showed the old ones to the owner - they were rusting nicely on the inside cos' they weren't even painted. He'd only had the car a matter of weeks. Back in the early 70s, when the car registration year started on August 1st, we were on holiday at the back end of August, and came across someone with a "new" Moskvitch (remember those ?) which had the rust showing through the paintwork. Adrian 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2021 If you drive over the Avon M5 bridge at Portishead, you can see acres of 'new' vehicles parked up. Similarly, Google Earth views of old airfields show the same. When you buy a 'new' car, how long has it been sat around in the open air? 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) There are similar fields full of cars along the M18/M180 that have come in via Immingham. They start from Thorne and go all the way to Grimsby Edited June 29, 2021 by simontaylor484 Additional info 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave47549 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) . Edited October 4, 2021 by Dave47549 Removed pointless guff 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2021 The garage in Coningsby I used to take my cars to for servicing and repairs was run by three brothers and was a great place. One of their sons did an apprenticeship there and as part of it built a car using the front end of a Capri welded to the back of a Morris Minor, which stood in the old showroom that had been used when they also had a second hand car sales business. The hybrid was street legal and carried a valid registration but I sometimes wondered which of the donor vehicles it came from. Dave 9 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 I have been thinking of whether we ought to think of a daily word... Just for a bit of fun! After much consideration (about 5 seconds) today's word is Membrane! So, good morning Membranes. That's all. 1 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 Membranes, any relation to Memsabs? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Membranes, any relation to Memsabs? I can't reMember. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 16 hours ago, coastalview said: My first car was an Austin 1100 the front almost fell of when someone ran a red light and hit me. The rear of both the front wings had rusted through and it had been held together with filler 16 hours ago, jamie92208 said: My first car was a Morris 1100. Bought for £50 in 74, rusted to bits, the rear floor was flapping in the breeeze when I scrapped it 8 months later for £8. Liked thd bench seat though. My father bought a 1300 sometime around1972-3. It was some while before he realised that it said Austin on the front and Morris on the back... It also had the classic boot latch problem - journeys to Cumbria for family holidays would invariably feature a stop on the hard sholder of the M6 after the boot had spung open. I don't think we ever actually lost anything. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Membrane There's the old biology joke about osmosis and the semi-permeable membrane... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2021 Are they related to MeNbranes and Womenbranes, two very different objects. As to the 1100. I also used to go up to Cumbria in mine to volunteer on the Ratty, the first time it lost part of the nearside sill at Worsley interchange going from the M62 to the M61. Later on it got stolen but returned and the Morris badge that operated the horn was removed. For the last month of it's existence I had a small screwdriver to short out to copper spring and the centre contact. That worked the horn. Jamie 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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