I miss Betty 
General Look who's come home...
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wanna buy her, again?
Do it do it do it ..get rid of the bmw and come back
I'm actually thinking about it tbh, I only bought the BMW because it was cheap as chips but it failed its MOT and tbh I cba fixing it up. It needs more work than the mot picked up on. Doubt I could sell it for much though, not enough for Betty anyway lol
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well you know me Andy, everything is for sale so long as both parties are happy with the price. PM me or facebook me to discuss if you like
Shall pm you on Facebook later just out of curiosity
DIBS on the lancia wheels if you sell the car
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And its official at long last, she is mine
So just need a tax disc and I can drive her, although i have a new gearbox to fit before stanford, very noisy input shaft bearing and silly hard to get her in gear. I think the clutch is ok, or shall i say i am not buying a clutch until the box is off and i have confirmed whether it needs a replacement or not.
So just need a tax disc and I can drive her, although i have a new gearbox to fit before stanford, very noisy input shaft bearing and silly hard to get her in gear. I think the clutch is ok, or shall i say i am not buying a clutch until the box is off and i have confirmed whether it needs a replacement or not.
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Damn the dvla for not putting "Aka Blu" in that registered keeper box kidding!
Seriously though good luck with it, hope you manage to get it sorted
and then you can get around to the most important part, driving and enjoying!
kidding!Seriously though good luck with it, hope you manage to get it sorted
and then you can get around to the most important part, driving and enjoying!
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indeed i'm tantalisingly close to rocking a cinq as a daily for the first time in a long time, i am quite excited!
You will not want to sell it when you get back in to it i cant wait to rock about in lola again
i cant wait to rock about in lola again
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aye i know that, wee little charmers they are lol.
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Well over the weekend I did a few bits, namely sort a rattling exhaust hanger, cable tie bits of loom up (many of the plastic clips have been broken since i owned her last) & sort the oil breather out - that had a split in the pipe and the fitting on the bob wasn't sealed and could just be pulled out.
She is taxed now and i have been for a 20 mile shakedown - drives really well, engine is great, runs smooth as you like and no flat spots, rattles or tappy noises at all. But couple of bits still to do before stanford...
Steering wheel was all off at wrong angle, fixed this already (i think its straight now, will find out next time i drive it) - its not the tracking, merely the momo wheel not put on straight.
The clutch needs adjusting, biting point is silly high. Think one of it owners over the last year has adjusted it due to it starting to get hard to get into gear sometimes. Its not the clutch though i don't think; has a noisy input shaft bearing so think its more likely the box itself. New (2nd hand) one ready to go on but i will wait til after Stanford as my dad has borrowed the Alfa and i need a car as a daily.
And the wheel stud conversion, the threads are a little long really - i did file them all down a bit as when i did the rear wheel bearings you could see where they have been catching the springs inside the drums Its not bad now compared to before , think might just be one of them i didn't file enough off, but will take them all out and attack them with the grinder one day this week, make them a bit shorter.
Apart from that i just need to clean her inside and out (maybe fit a stereo).
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She is taxed now and i have been for a 20 mile shakedown - drives really well, engine is great, runs smooth as you like and no flat spots, rattles or tappy noises at all. But couple of bits still to do before stanford...
Steering wheel was all off at wrong angle, fixed this already (i think its straight now, will find out next time i drive it) - its not the tracking, merely the momo wheel not put on straight.
The clutch needs adjusting, biting point is silly high. Think one of it owners over the last year has adjusted it due to it starting to get hard to get into gear sometimes. Its not the clutch though i don't think; has a noisy input shaft bearing so think its more likely the box itself. New (2nd hand) one ready to go on but i will wait til after Stanford as my dad has borrowed the Alfa and i need a car as a daily.
And the wheel stud conversion, the threads are a little long really - i did file them all down a bit as when i did the rear wheel bearings you could see where they have been catching the springs inside the drums
Its not bad now compared to before , think might just be one of them i didn't file enough off, but will take them all out and attack them with the grinder one day this week, make them a bit shorter.Apart from that i just need to clean her inside and out (maybe fit a stereo).
Oh and lastly, temporary mod to badge
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you can, she is not all nice and pretty like Lola lol. She does still polish up nice but she has a few lil dents and once upon a time when i was parked in one of the 'nice' parts of York someone decided it was best to key her down both sides and across the back. She has war wounds basically but scrubs up reasonable.
I'm actually thinking about keeping her tbh but as always open to offers lol.
I'm actually thinking about keeping her tbh but as always open to offers lol.
Lol if I had the spare money then I would buy her back but can't afford her at the moment and now decided I want the BMW back on the road and can't afford to run and insure 2 cars lol
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And Boom!
You been using Ariel tabs on it?
You been using Ariel tabs on it?
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jetwash, snowfoam, jetwash, hand wash, jet wash, hand wash again, rinse, clay bar (totally destroyed an almost new clay bar incidentally), paint restorer, super resin polish.
Also dismantled and cleaned up one of the calipers this morning as it binding a bit, if i'm honest she needs a bit of a general overhaul, I'm just gonna set off to Stanford in the hope she makes it there and back and then i will sort it all properly.
Also dismantled and cleaned up one of the calipers this morning as it binding a bit, if i'm honest she needs a bit of a general overhaul, I'm just gonna set off to Stanford in the hope she makes it there and back and then i will sort it all properly.
