PaulW
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...and bought a shitter...
Ex West Mercia Traffic Car (you can still make out the word Police on the bonnet  )
Picked this up last night with suspected headgasket fault... Ended up being a buggered coolant bottle cap and a blown coolant hose too. Need to replace the cats on it aswell as they are causing some serious hesitation, but meh its not bad!
Drive home last night was interesting, went through 12 litres of water over 20 miles due to it acting like a pissed up drunk and always going for a wee, so spent today fixing up the engine & checking it over, runs sweet as a nut (other than the power issues due to the exhaust), no knocks or rattles, even the topend is nice & quiet! 
Debating putting another 12 months MOT on it when it expires next month & drive it for a little while as a workhorse (as got quite a few heavy things to move about), but if it fails or if I decide not to, I'll be breaking it 
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Ellis
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Ex police 
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XSIHardy
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how much did you pay
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PaulW
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I might have a laugh & sticker the damned thing back up in the 'ol hi-viz chequering
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by XSIHardy
how much did you pay
Very little 
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by XSIHardy
how much did you pay
Too much, whatever it was.
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antoni
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Found any good shit in it yet ?
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Gazdaman
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Is that 177k miles?
At least they get serviced regularly I suppose. But ragged more than you can ever imagine.
It looks cool to me!
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PaulW
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Nah nothing useful yet. There is still quite a bit of wiring still there & need to sort the engine out still, but will do for mincing about while I rebuild the other omega
Yeah 177k miles, not bad tbh on one of these, they munch the miles
loafbrettman -
[Edited on 05-01-2009 by PaulW]
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Nic Barnes
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how you getting on with riding the motorbike paul?
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Anty
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Looks alright needs later spec alloys 
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PaulW
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Bikes out of action atm Barnes since I came off it before Christmas & buggered up my ankle
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Nic Barnes
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wow, random, ive buggered up my ankle aswell. although that was from falling out of a van.
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AcidK1
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as much as its bad feeling is, its one of the best cars to buy, parts replaced when needed and serviced every year. as far as i know they can haul you in if you dont get the sticker stuff off completly...lol
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Brett
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I'm only messin, I'd have it Wouldn't mind a barge I could shove all my crap in.
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PaulW
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Aye I'm gona be like the topgear lot in this, driving into trees & whatever else, its already keyed to fek with it being an old plod car, and its cost me as much to buy as it will to tax it end of april so its not all bad
Plenty of bits in the scrappers I can use too (like the hoses today to fix the coolant leak... 3 quid fix - bargain!)
[Edited on 05-01-2009 by PaulW]
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pow
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177k of pure death 
Looks alright though
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AcidK1
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just think, a couple months ago that car ws chasing moded corsas, aresting random people on charges you never new exsisted, worst one to think is the police dog licking its own knackers....not that thats what i think about.....make sure you poor petrol on it before you burn it !!!!!!!
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Nic Barnes
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i like the way this thread is called done an adam-d
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
i like the way this thread is called done an adam-d
He inspires many people to do similar, they just don't give the guy credit for it
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by AcidK1make sure you poor petrol on it before you burn it !!!!!!!
WHY would I want to burn it 
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DAZ1985
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Id have it, proper tramp drifter that
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Gez G
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Decat then use it for drifting
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mattk
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your hands will never be as oily as Adam-D`s
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
your hands will never be as oily as Adam-D`s
True, but thats because you'll never catch me working on a Ford
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