Aston On Clun. A forgotten Great Western outpost.

[MrWolf]

Interestingly, (Or perhaps not) the Herald was restored some years ago by a Triumph specialist. Lots of new panels, trim and carpets, plus a shiny two pack paint job.

 

But the welding on the main tub was obviously - 

 

. A rush job.

. The bare minimum to get an MOT.

. Welded in by the YTS Macaque.

 

 

 

 

Patch welded over the rotten body mount.

 

 

Welded on two edges only, the rest is seam sealer.

 

Neither of which solved the actual problem:

 

 

Attached to the chassis by rust and long memory.

 

 

Replacement section from shiny new Zintec coated steel.

[MrWolf]

Back to modelling later this evening. Dinner is served apparently.

 

Miss Riding Hood puts exactly the right amount of boiling water in a Pot Noodle*.

 

 

And if she reads that after all the effort she's put into cooking dinner, I'm dead. 😆

 

 

 

 

*Generally referred to as Chaviar....

[1466]

7 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Interestingly, (Or perhaps not) the Herald was restored some years ago by a Triumph specialist. Lots of new panels, trim and carpets, plus a shiny two pack paint job.

 

But the welding on the main tub was obviously - 

 

. A rush job.

. The bare minimum to get an MOT.

. Welded in by the YTS Macaque.

 

 

 

 

Patch welded over the rotten body mount.

 

 

Welded on two edges only, the rest is seam sealer.

 

Neither of which solved the actual problem:

 

 

Attached to the chassis by rust and long memory.

 

 

Replacement section from shiny new Zintec coated steel.

I once spent an evening rubbing down  a Mini Cooper’s roof .

My mate ( a Mr Wolf doppelgänger- an intended compliment) emerged from under the car .He surveyed my handiwork and then explained he was going to cut out most of the roof for a sunroof . Talk about “ I only meant you to blow the doors off “-  or sand around the edges .

We are still mates 50 years on .

[Winslow Boy]

Does this mean you'll have to stop using your feet when you want to slow down. If so I think it might be advisable to check the brakes as well. Just a thought.

[MrWolf]

32 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Does this mean you'll have to stop using your feet when you want to slow down. If so I think it might be advisable to check the brakes as well. Just a thought.

 

The Fred Flinstone braking system is nowhere near as dangerous as yelling Wilma!!!! at the Memsahib.

 

The actual brakes are all rebuilt properly. I've decided to do a rolling restoration on the car. I've got all the upholstery clean and repaired, made new door cards, bought a headliner, window rubbers, a set of new white rubber bumpers and a whole lot of other parts.

 

We're very attached to the old heap, besides it does everything we need and I suspect that it won't be too long before we serfs aren't allowed to have a car, whilst our glorious leaders waft up and down empty motorways in electric Bentleys built in a polluting coal fired factory in the far east.

So we'll enjoy it while we can.

[Winslow Boy]

24 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

The Fred Flinstone braking system is nowhere near as dangerous as yelling Wilma!!!! at the Memsahib.

 

The actual brakes are all rebuilt properly. I've decided to do a rolling restoration on the car. I've got all the upholstery clean and repaired, made new door cards, bought a headliner, window rubbers, a set of new white rubber bumpers and a whole lot of other parts.

 

We're very attached to the old heap, besides it does everything we need and I suspect that it won't be too long before we serfs aren't allowed to have a car, whilst our glorious leaders waft up and down empty motorways in electric Bentleys built in a polluting coal fired factory in the far east.

So we'll enjoy it while we can.

Well at least your tackling the restoration in order of practically - brakes- upholstery - doors. All your need is a new rubber band and you can say your running on carbon neutral energy. That'll go well when they introduce the new charge per mile that starts as soon you use a public highway.

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

white rubber bumpers

I'd forgotten about those!

[Winslow Boy]

6 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

I'd forgotten about those!

I didn't like to ask to be honest as I thought it was a bit too much information.

[Donw]

now on the motorbike and sidecar on a left hander if the sidecar wheel lifted you put your right foot down to push it back down. 

 

Don

[MrWolf]

2 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

Well at least your tackling the restoration in order of practically - brakes- upholstery - doors. All your need is a new rubber band and you can say your running on carbon neutral energy.

 

I am a big believer in the philosophy that it is far better for the planet (and your pocket) that things should be repairable or reusable rather than recyclable. I hear a number of manufacturers boasting that their products are now 100% recyclable, which is absolute BS.

 

2 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

That'll go well when they introduce the new charge per mile that starts as soon you use a public highway.

 

I suspect that won't be long.

 

Time to build one of these:

 

[Annie]

2 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I am a big believer in the philosophy that it is far better for the planet (and your pocket) that things should be repairable or reusable rather than recyclable.

This!  Yes exactly.  So many things are sealed shut and are unrepairable now.

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, Annie said:

This!  Yes exactly.  So many things are sealed shut and are unrepairable now.

I know of many things that were not sealed shut and became unrepairable after I'd tried to repair them...

[Winslow Boy]

3 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

I know of many things that were not sealed shut and became unrepairable after I'd tried to repair them...

Practice makes perfect.

[durham light infantry]

8 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

Time to build one of these:

 

 

How do you get into or out of it?

 

Apart from very carefully....

[Captain Kernow]

13 hours ago, 1466 said:

I once spent an evening rubbing down  a Mini Cooper’s roof .

My mate ( a Mr Wolf doppelgänger- an intended compliment) emerged from under the car .He surveyed my handiwork and then explained he was going to cut out most of the roof for a sunroof . Talk about “ I only meant you to blow the doors off “-  or sand around the edges .

We are still mates 50 years on .

This reminds me of a time back in the 1980s, when I went with @Not Jeremy to inspect some clapped out old van he was interested in (or had he actually bought it already, can't recall now).

 

The van was parked in a fairly large pub car park. It wouldn't start.

 

I remember pushing the dam*ed thing up and down that car park for Simon for much of the evening, in various abortive efforts to bump start it.

 

I recall that we gave up in the end and went for a pint.

 

I think he later told me that it didn't have any fuel in it...

 

[Not Jeremy]

16 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

This reminds me of a time back in the 1980s, when I went with @Not Jeremy to inspect some clapped out old van he was interested in (or had he actually bought it already, can't recall now).

 

The van was parked in a fairly large pub car park. It wouldn't start.

 

I remember pushing the dam*ed thing up and down that car park for Simon for much of the evening, in various abortive efforts to bump start it.

 

I recall that we gave up in the end and went for a pint.

 

I think he later told me that it didn't have any fuel in it...

 

That'd explain it!

 

Just off to Warminster with Kev for Imberbus, the joys of retirement.....

[longchap]

43 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

This reminds me of a time back in the 1980s, when I went with @Not Jeremy to inspect some clapped out old van he was interested in (or had he actually bought it already, can't recall now).

 

The van was parked in a fairly large pub car park. It wouldn't start.

 

I remember pushing the dam*ed thing up and down that car park for Simon for much of the evening, in various abortive efforts to bump start it.

 

I recall that we gave up in the end and went for a pint.

 

I think he later told me that it didn't have any fuel in it...

 

That reminds me of one of our visits to the 24 hour race at  Le Mans, where we camped for 5 days in company of mates in old Triumps TRs. Cliff had his pal, Pushy Pete as co-pilot, so named, as his starter motor on the TR4 was dead, so Pete had to push it whenever required, which was frequently. On disembarking the ferry back in Portsmouth, Cliff started his car easily, exclaiming jubilently, "It's a miracle"! Well, we always played plenty of practical jokes on our jollies and Cliff's bruises did finally fade. Happy days !

[MrWolf]

53 minutes ago, Not Jeremy said:

That'd explain it!

 

Just off to Warminster with Kev for Imberbus, the joys of retirement.....

 

That looks like an interesting day out and something I hadn't heard of:

 

"Imberbus | Providing a classic bus service across the Salisbury Plain to the lost village of Imber" https://imberbus.org

 

It would be great to see one of these in the convoy:

 

 

For those who aren't obsessed with road going relics, it's the wartime utility version of the Bedford OB, with much simplified bodywork and slatted wooden seats.

 

[chuffinghell]

[Not Jeremy]

Ding !

 

 

 

Edited August 17 by Not Jeremy
Dong

[chuffinghell]

16 hours ago, MrWolf said:

Time to build one of these:

 

If Sonic the Hedgehog had a car….

 

That would come in useful for Just stop oil protesters 

[MrWolf]

As already pointed out by @durham light infantry, the doors are a little impractical, hardly surprising as even without the spikes, they started off as the front wings.

 

It's probably quite useful against a horde of zombies, but probably not so good against an IED.

 

Requires some thought.

[durham light infantry]

13 hours ago, MrWolf said:

As already pointed out by @durham light infantry, the doors are a little impractical, hardly surprising as even without the spikes, they started off as the front wings.

 

It's probably quite useful against a horde of zombies, but probably not so good against an IED.

 

Requires some thought.

 

Self propelled claymore?

[MrWolf]

14 hours ago, durham light infantry said:

 

Self propelled claymore?

 

It's been done I'm afraid!

 

 

Congratulations! 

 

You just turned your airbag into a Claymore!

 

 

 

F***tard......🙄 

 

[Barclay]

On 17/08/2024 at 00:50, MrWolf said:

 

I am a big believer in the philosophy that it is far better for the planet (and your pocket) that things should be repairable or reusable rather than recyclable. I hear a number of manufacturers boasting that their products are now 100% recyclable, which is absolute BS.

 

 

I suspect that won't be long.

 

Time to build one of these:

 

So true - the scrappage scheme saw thousands of perfectly useable cars turned into washing machines, while even more of the world's resources were gouged out of the ground to make replacements. But it was good for their friends in the car industry and put more people in debt to 'The Man', so what the hell, eh?