General Light at the end of the tunnel

[firstcar-Y10]

Good news about the straps, I can just bin them by the sound of it. I'm hoping to find a similiarly lenient MOT tester for my car. Preferably one who a bit blind, a bit deaf and who will test something else by mistake.

Am I gonna get to meet the mighty Grumbleweed or Scruffbag?

the way I'm going at them at the moment it'll be the wife's Octavia
I'm off the week before so depends how that week shapes up, aiming to have Grumbleweed apart and back together with a bit of luck but I do now have a LOT of parts sitting in the garage waiting to go on.
Looking at the tank I can't say I was mad keen to run it without straps, only seems to attach by 3 bolts through plastic and a full tank is heavy. Try the seatbelt trick, from the sounds of that fail sheet you'll have a spare you've taken off, wrap round a metal strip, drill through and attach with the standard bolts. Simples and seatbelt is strong stuff and doesn't rust!!!

 

[Dave Henry]

This is the fail sheet from 2005. Needless to say I won't be showing my father whos currently storing the car this till I have a pass certificate to go with it.

Date of test:
28/06/2005

Certificate issue refused (Fail)

Odometer reading:
59,904 Miles

Test number:
424089875126

Test station name:
TWEEDBRIDGE GARAGE

Test station number:
7173BZ

Test station telephone number:
01890882474

Test class:
IV

Reason(s) for refusal to issue Certificate

Offside Front Seat belt cut, causing the fibres to separate (5.1.B.2a)

Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.1.B.6)

Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.1.B.6)

Offside Front Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel (2.1.2b)

Centre Rear Registration plate deteriorated (6.3.1d)

Nearside Front Headlamp aim too low when the centre of the headlamp is below 850mm from the ground (1.6.B2)

Offside Front Headlamp aim too low when the centre of the headlamp is below 850mm from the ground (1.6.B2)

Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order light output severely reduced (1.2.4a)

Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order light output severely reduced (1.2.4a)

Nearside Rear Rear position lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.1.4d)

Nearside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion (6.1.4)

Nearside Rear Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.C.3c)

Offside Rear Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.C.3c)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.2)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.2)

Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)

Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.D.1)

Nearside Rear Trailing arm corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)

Offside Rear Trailing arm corroded and seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)

Nearside Front door Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion (6.1.4)

Offside Front door Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion (6.1.4)

Offside Front flexible hose Braking system leaking (3.6.A.1) **DANGEROUS**

Parking brake efficiency below requirements (3.7.A.9/10)

Advisory Notice issued

Oil leak

Front brake disc dust plate's corroded

Offside front flexible hose failed during RBT while testing rear brakes. Failure not due to visible condition but failure at join to metal union.

That is a fair old list. Hope the five years haven't added too much to it.

No straps on my tank but as Andrew says it is a bit on the heavy side so I might need to get some strapage at some point.

Cheers

Dave

 

[Giacosa]

That is a fair old list. Hope the five years haven't added too much to it.

Well plenty of progress but I just couldnt manage all that list in the time.
Twas always going to be a tall order and repairs only increased in complexity when they start to spread to the boot floor and tailgate.

And then I didn't spot the number plate gaffe on Halfords part until it was on the car

Still it was fun and I didn't set fire to my hair once

 

[PabloGo]

Congratulations man, it's a pleasure to see people restoring cars like you did.


See you

 

[Dave Henry]

Well plenty of progress but I just couldnt manage all that list in the time.
Twas always going to be a tall order and repairs only increased in complexity when they start to spread to the boot floor and tailgate.

And then I didn't spot the number plate gaffe on Halfords part until it was on the car

Still it was fun and I didn't set fire to my hair once

Some good work there chap

You've still got 6 days until St Andrews

Cheers

Dave

 

[Giacosa]

Congratulations man, it's a pleasure to see people restoring cars like you did.


See you

Some good work there chap

You've still got 6 days until St Andrews

Kind words gentlemen I fear events are going to conspire against me even visiting st andrews let alone bringing a car. You done your magazine shoot yet Dave?

 

[Dave Henry]

Kind words gentlemen I fear events are going to conspire against me even visiting st andrews let alone bringing a car. You done your magazine shoot yet Dave?

No shoot yet. The snapper has been a bit snowed under recently. Should hopefully get a date in the next couple of weeks. Will post some more pics then.

Shame you are struggling to get to St Andrews on Sunday. Would have been good to have a couple of Y10s there.

Cheers

Dave

 

[Giacosa]

No shoot yet. The snapper has been a bit snowed under recently. Should hopefully get a date in the next couple of weeks. Will post some more pics then.

Shame you are struggling to get to St Andrews on Sunday. Would have been good to have a couple of Y10s there.

This isn't retro cars mag is it?

The problem with working on mine is it kept in the scottish borders and I live in Dundee. I know this seems a crazy arrangement but there is method in my madness. Also Iv'e found the need to make my own repair panels to be an extremely time consuming part of the repair process.

I understand fully now why certain cars get restored so much because if you can buy repair panels so much of the works already done for you.

 

[firstcar-Y10]

great to see you and the car at St Andrews today, made the trip for me as good as I hoped in the metal.
Andrew.

 

[Dave Henry]

great to see you and the car at St Andrews today, made the trip for me as good as I hoped in the metal.
Andrew.

Cheers Andrew. Always good to put a name to a face

Nice that we both had one of a kind cars there today. Who would have thought that only one panda would be in attendance.

Hope you had a good trip home.

Cheers

Dave

 

[turbo_jim]

Hi Dave, just wanted to add my conratulations for completing such a brilliant job. I've had a number of Y10s over the years, and they are a special car, especially as they are so rare now. Sadly I have just had to sell my Y10 GTIe, but as usually seems to be the case, it has been bought by another Lancia enthusiast.

I'm missing it already, but hopefully I will be able to find another one in a few years when I have the space to keep a project car somewhere - Having seen how yours has turned out has inspired me to do the same!

 

[Dave Henry]

Hi Dave, just wanted to add my conratulations for completing such a brilliant job. I've had a number of Y10s over the years, and they are a special car, especially as they are so rare now. Sadly I have just had to sell my Y10 GTIe, but as usually seems to be the case, it has been bought by another Lancia enthusiast.

I'm missing it already, but hopefully I will be able to find another one in a few years when I have the space to keep a project car somewhere - Having seen how yours has turned out has inspired me to do the same!

Cheers turbo_jim. I have just come back from holiday in Portugal and Y10's are even getting rare over there!!

It has certainly been worth all the hard work to get it to this stage and it is getting plenty of use as our second car.

Still waiting on the photo shoot date. Chased the photographer again today.

Cheers

Dave

 

[Dave Henry]

Amazing day today

Had a five hour photo shoot for Retro Car magazine. Something else seeing a real pro at work.

Not sure what month it will be in but will let you all know.

Below are some of the shots I took on my camera but these are not a patch on the proper ones.

Took a few hours to get rid of the grass and mud from the other week in St Andrews but worth the effort

Cheers

Dave

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Amazing!

 

[Giacosa]

Looks fab! The location was a great choice.

 

[Dave Henry]

Got and email today from the editor of Retro car mag and the Y10 is penciled in for the next issue

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

 

[firstcar-Y10]

:woot::woot:
I shall be staking out WHSmiths until it turns up.
here's hoping it gets a centrefold...

 

[Giacosa]

Good stuff, cant wait

Found these prototype Y10 pics by accident. Quite interesting

 

[Dave Henry]

Good stuff, cant wait

Found these prototype Y10 pics by accident. Quite interesting

Very interesting.

October Retro Car here we come. On sale 9th September