Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

Darkwood · Mar 21, 2015

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

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[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago.

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Dartlec · Jun 27, 2021

LeeH said:
This is literally a £1,000,000 worth of machine here.

Was the pen holder an extra? That's where they always get you on these machine, the extras list....

Mike Johnson · Jun 27, 2021

LeeH said:
This is literally a £1,000,000 worth of machine here.

And does what exactly?

Mike Johnson · Jun 27, 2021

Dartlec said:
Was the pen holder an extra? That's where they always get you on these machine, the extras list....

I remember when British Leyland reduced the cost of a Mini by making the heater and spare wheel an extra, well we have gone back to selling cars without spare wheels, I think on the Mini it was to get the cost down below the cc of the engine, 850cc at that time only, the Cooper and Cooper S where in the distant future.

brianmoooore · Jun 27, 2021

Mike Johnson said:
I remember when British Leyland reduced the cost ......

BMC. Long before British Leyland.

ruston · Jun 27, 2021

And you could have an Austin or Morris. They had lots of quirks to say the least, but they were great little cars.

And for a bit of Class - The Riley Elf and the Wolseley Hornet.

brianmoooore · Jun 27, 2021

ruston said:
And for a bit of Class - The Riley Elf and the Wolseley Hornet.

Bought a fairly new written off Hornet from an insurance company and rebuilt it into a new Mini shell, giving me a luxury version compared to the factory car
Registered it as a brand new car on my 18th birthday. TUO531J

ruston · Jun 27, 2021

brianmoooore said:
Bought a fairly new written off Hornet from an insurance company and rebuilt it into a new Mini shell, giving me a luxury version compared to the factory car
Registered it as a brand new car on my 18th birthday. TUO531J

I had a load of Mini's , I used to repair them as a side-line.
I lived in the country, providing the snow was not too deep they would go anywhere. To be honest forbye the usual gremlins they were quite reliable, and fun to drive.

pc1966 · Jun 27, 2021

My first car was a Mini and was generally very good. Rust often gets them in the end, but the only real operational problems was the ignition getting soaked under heavy rain/spray and misfiring.

ipf · Jun 27, 2021

My second was a mini, 2yr old 1000, without a scratch, for a grand.
First was a '62 Triumph Herald for £60 (LV 6571)....sold after 2yrs for £70.
That number plate would be worth a fair bit, these days.
Morris Minors all over the place with a fair few Austin A40's too.
Those elf's and hornets were a class up. Even then, BMC were taking over the smaller private firms.

ruston · Jun 27, 2021

ipf said:
My second was a mini, 2yr old 1000, without a scratch, for a grand.
First was a '62 Triumph Herald for £60 (LV 6571)....sold after 2yrs for £70.
That number plate would be worth a fair bit, these days.
Morris Minors all over the place with a fair few Austin A40's too.
Those elf's and hornets were a class up. Even then, BMC were taking over the smaller private firms.

I had a 1959 Riley 1.5 , twin one and a half inch carbs, Nice interior ,walnut veneer dash. like the proverbial off a shovel. Basically a Morris Minor chassis . It was prone to rust too. I think they were all prone to the tin worm then, even the higher marques ,particularly Jags.

Mike Johnson · Jun 27, 2021

Vauxhalls were the worse cars for rust back in those days, except for Lancia of course.

pc1966 · Jun 28, 2021

Other than Volvo (I think) most cars rusted like mad until about 20 years ago when they all seemed to get much better. But some (e.g. 70s Vauxhalls) seemed to go before they were paid off, let alone 5-10 years of life!

That used to be a typical bloke's Saturday activity, if not at the football it was rubbing down and repainting rusty bits on their cars!

DPG · Jun 28, 2021

I'd have said the Fiats back then were among the worst. But as above , they all rusted, even some of the prestuge brands. Weren't E type Jags well known for poor metalwork?

Mike Johnson · Jun 28, 2021

Some manufacturers where more switched on than others, Porsche started hot dip galvanising the 911 in 1975.

Mikegh · Jun 28, 2021

The Japanese were dire then in the 70s/80s for rust if memory serves

telectrix · Jun 28, 2021

Mikegh said:
The Japanese were dire then in the 70s/80s for rust if memory serves

no worse than british rust boxes. i once bought a 1968 Anglia at 3 years old. chassis welding required for MOT.

Zerax · Jun 28, 2021

Alot of the problem with our cars rusting... is all that highly corrosive salt that the general public demand is spread over the roads every winter... and all because we insist on using summer tyres when it's icy !

telectrix · Jun 28, 2021

even winter tyres are useless on ice, unless you are 4wd and lsd. even then you'll have sometracrion but still skid. onlty thing is studded or spliked tyres.but is it worth the epense for sa couple weeks of icy rods. bring om global warming. problem solved.

Intoelectrics · Jun 28, 2021

telectrix said:
even winter tyres are useless on ice, unless you are 4wd and lsd. even then you'll have sometracrion but still skid. onlty thing is studded or spliked tyres.but is it worth the epense for sa couple weeks of icy rods. bring om global warming. problem solved.

That's ok, we will all be going around in boats by then, when the sea level rises, so no need for tyres. Though the salty water may still present a problem for the tin boats ?

nicebutdim · Jun 28, 2021

Intoelectrics said:
That's ok, we will all be going around in boats by then, when the sea level rises, so no need for tyres. Though the salty water may still present a problem for the tin boats ?

Still need them as fenders.

telectrix · Jun 28, 2021

or Burns?

ruston · Jun 28, 2021

telectrix said:
no worse than british rust boxes. i once bought a 1968 Anglia at 3 years old. chassis welding required for MOT.

They were notorious for rotting at the strut tops and rear spring hangers. The rest of the car was in a rush to keep up with them. Particularly the front wings around the headlights.

telectrix · Jun 29, 2021

ruston said:
They were notorious for rotting at the strut tops and rear spring hangers. The rest of the car was in a rush to keep up with them. Particularly the front wings around the headlights.

mine was actually the rear chassis close to the spring hanger.

pirate · Jun 29, 2021

Fenders, eh?

Micktw68 · Jun 29, 2021

pirate said:
Fenders, eh?

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