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Monday, January 25, 2010
A new scam
Have been deviod of scams for too long now - some bastard stole the deal old cycle and the youngest has passed his test so I'm now without my deal van.
OK so enter the new scam - another father son bonding thing - rebuilding a Land Rover.
Some while back I approached Bill Bailey across the road who owned a dormant Land Rover that was decaying in the street outside. The offer was made to purchase it should he not want it - if it failed its MOT.
Thus we are proud owners of a Land Rover 110 V8 SW P ...... and thats where the problems begin. Turns out to be a 3258cc V8 Petrol device (that has been converted to LPG - the only reason for my interest in this machine) but is a model produced during the transition to diesel - even Hanes don't do a single manual for this (had to purchase 2 - one for the body the second for the engine (and thats not quite the same one)) - erg.
I did purchase this without any close inspection for three reasons i) it had the conversion ii) i needed another scam and iii) £250 (or £200 before R Powell stuck his bloody nose into the negociations) - can't go wrong.
So now we have some real Mechano to play with (eh? Mechano-French LandRover Indian) - don't start me - I'm happy in past-world!
Well thanks to the tossers who, in trying to hot wire it, screwed up all the lighting circuits but well done Bwyts on a great tow back 8.30am Sunday intothe back lane.
The first purchase was a jet washer - brilliant - cleaned the LR, my transit, back garage door, walls, back alley and anything else that didn't move. Otherwise can get the thing to fire properly but due to its great turning circle managed to push it into the garage.
Monday am - weird history of this machine now confirmed. Hanes don't do a manual for this particular model. It's part Series III but with a V8 thats a predecessor of the larger units fitted to Range Rovers - so there is some technical fun to be had. (Good).
OK so enter the new scam - another father son bonding thing - rebuilding a Land Rover.
Some while back I approached Bill Bailey across the road who owned a dormant Land Rover that was decaying in the street outside. The offer was made to purchase it should he not want it - if it failed its MOT.
Thus we are proud owners of a Land Rover 110 V8 SW P ...... and thats where the problems begin. Turns out to be a 3258cc V8 Petrol device (that has been converted to LPG - the only reason for my interest in this machine) but is a model produced during the transition to diesel - even Hanes don't do a single manual for this (had to purchase 2 - one for the body the second for the engine (and thats not quite the same one)) - erg.
I did purchase this without any close inspection for three reasons i) it had the conversion ii) i needed another scam and iii) £250 (or £200 before R Powell stuck his bloody nose into the negociations) - can't go wrong.
So now we have some real Mechano to play with (eh? Mechano-French LandRover Indian) - don't start me - I'm happy in past-world!
Well thanks to the tossers who, in trying to hot wire it, screwed up all the lighting circuits but well done Bwyts on a great tow back 8.30am Sunday intothe back lane.
The first purchase was a jet washer - brilliant - cleaned the LR, my transit, back garage door, walls, back alley and anything else that didn't move. Otherwise can get the thing to fire properly but due to its great turning circle managed to push it into the garage.
Monday am - weird history of this machine now confirmed. Hanes don't do a manual for this particular model. It's part Series III but with a V8 thats a predecessor of the larger units fitted to Range Rovers - so there is some technical fun to be had. (Good).
Monday, April 21, 2008
Back to social networking
Every now and again you go around a circle and here am I back at this blog. The reason this time Twitter. Linking dubious things with dubious things. Will these ever really unravel?
Sunday, August 05, 2007
We did it!
After all the build up it was simple! We made it back to Cardiff this morning at 3.30amafter a 120 mile pant from Fishguard
Thursday, July 26, 2007
This is it - we are off.
26th July Bags packed no more excuses! We leave 6am tomorrow morning from Cardiff Bay. We? my two sons and I. Do we really know what we are letting ourselves in for?
Let's now link a map http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=51.463214,-3.165092&spn=0.000919,0.002151&t=h&z=19&om=1&msid=111223758503055881162.0004362b011d7ea40d600
Let's now link a map http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=51.463214,-3.165092&spn=0.000919,0.002151&t=h&z=19&om=1&msid=111223758503055881162.0004362b011d7ea40d600
Friday, January 19, 2007
Theres a history to this stuff.
Met local cycling king Reg Braddick today. http://www.regbraddickcycles.com/History.htm
Reg is not only a keen cyclist but knows his stuff when it comes to electric vehicles. I took my fathers Raleigh c1938 for him to see and check whether it would be possible to restore it. Turns out it is possible - despite its age, the adoption of imperial measurements in the US and far east, means that components are relatively easy to swap.
The comparison of excellent 30's technology with that available today is eye opening. With disc brakes, hydraulic brake pipes, 28 gears and made from modern lightweight materials, today's machines are produced to a much more consistently higher standard (abroad) but will not last 80 years!
It turns out that this cycling trip was undertaken by Reg's father and Wynford Vaughan Thomas in the '60s and filmed for TV!
Reg is not only a keen cyclist but knows his stuff when it comes to electric vehicles. I took my fathers Raleigh c1938 for him to see and check whether it would be possible to restore it. Turns out it is possible - despite its age, the adoption of imperial measurements in the US and far east, means that components are relatively easy to swap.
The comparison of excellent 30's technology with that available today is eye opening. With disc brakes, hydraulic brake pipes, 28 gears and made from modern lightweight materials, today's machines are produced to a much more consistently higher standard (abroad) but will not last 80 years!
It turns out that this cycling trip was undertaken by Reg's father and Wynford Vaughan Thomas in the '60s and filmed for TV!
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Still Here
A number of days have passed since my last entry but that does not mean nothing is happening. There are a swarm of fat man ... programs emerging on television. One involved a 23 stone teenager who went to the US to have his stomach pinched another was about a fatties group trying to live/hunt in Africa. Cycling Wales is tame by comparison. Even the weatherman has walking Wales program. At this rate its entirely possible that all of the TV crews will accidentally meet, one day, and fuse in a mass meltdown.
Ian has purchased a number of £800 bicycles - with hydraulic disc brakes. He brought some magnificent deer that he shot and we had a wonderful lunch (cooked in brandy with spring onions, mushrooms and broccoli). So much for any diet!
My knee continues to ache. I climbed 'the Garth' last Saturday with Ian and Ffion. Climbing is fine - so long as my knee does not flip to one side but I had to take a farm track to come down. I have no trust in my left knee - this is exactly what Julie believed she had!
Happy Hugh turned up today also claiming to have had an operation for the same problem.
Ian has purchased a number of £800 bicycles - with hydraulic disc brakes. He brought some magnificent deer that he shot and we had a wonderful lunch (cooked in brandy with spring onions, mushrooms and broccoli). So much for any diet!
My knee continues to ache. I climbed 'the Garth' last Saturday with Ian and Ffion. Climbing is fine - so long as my knee does not flip to one side but I had to take a farm track to come down. I have no trust in my left knee - this is exactly what Julie believed she had!
Happy Hugh turned up today also claiming to have had an operation for the same problem.
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