breakdown truck

[Dick]

...if you still have an old Cortina knocking about somewhere.........................

... then I would tax it, insure it, get it through its MOT and use it! The Cortina has a roof, so that's very unlikely to leak (that's the job of the windscreen rubber and some hidden rust in the scuttle) and it's a Ford, so someone would always want it if I and the car failed to bond!


Meanwhile: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-Land-Ro ... 1438.l2649

It's a "truck" that may, break down, so does that count or have I forgotten the rules of this thread?

And no, I'm not looking for another, not in the UK at any rate.

I'll have to try and explain the rules of the game..
1 pass
2 any random shinyishthing that takes your fancy
3 are there any rules? If there is please let me know
4 welcome back mate....

[GHT]

...if you still have an old Cortina knocking about somewhere.........................
... then I would tax it, insure it, get it through its MOT and use it! The Cortina has a roof, so that's very unlikely to leak (that's the job of the windscreen rubber and some hidden rust in the scuttle) and it's a Ford, so someone would always want it if I and the car failed to bond!

Don't forget that Cortina's suffer from McPhereson Struttitis. The metal above the struts is not only paper thin but the underside has no protection from everything that the wheel picks up and throws at it. Before too long the strut pops up through the bodywork, and if you are really unlucky, through the bonnet too.

And where do you think that you have been. I shall be expecting to see a note from your Mum explaining your absence.

[suffolkpete]

He probably thinks the McPherson Strut is a Scottish country dance

[Dick]

He probably thinks the McPherson Strut is a Scottish country dance

Ght as an accomplished dancing type, you should be able to demonstrate the McPherson strut for us..

[JPB]

Only some Cortinas have struts. MK1 and MK2 models used these, with trap springs at the rear. Later MK3, 4 and 4 Facelift Cortinas had double wishbones up front and coils all round, the load on the fronts being borne by a separate crossmember.. Suspiciously similar to the one used in Spartans after they ceased to fit the Triumph derived setup with a brass trunnion instead of a lower ball joint at the lower end of the hub carrier.
A two door MK3 - in an orange so violent that anyone looking directly at it would be risking their eyesight - is my choice of Spartan alternative from available Cortinas.

....I shall be expecting to see a note from your Mum explaining your absence.

Bring your own shovel if you want that note, she's been vertically socially distanced since May 18th 2016.

[GHT]

My feeble attempt at jest truly backfired there John. Sorry about that, my condolences, I personally know that particular bereavement.

[JPB]

No apology needed. The worst bit about parents passing is that there's nobody to write excuse notes.
And moving swiftly on; I have found a vehicle that's surely a perfect plaything for anyone who wants to set off from point A knowing that they'll make it to point B:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAN-HX60-FAL ... 4715193602


How much do I want that? Lots, but it's well over the 7½ tons that my licence allows me to drive. If, on the other hand, an old caravan could somehow be glued to the chassis, it would be the best ever off road campervan / zombie apocalypse escape truck.

[GHT]

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You should get yourself along to The Goodwood Revival and see some of the military truck conversions.
Apart from the cost, how people arrange parking, storage, garaging and servicing blows me away.
Not everyone lives on a farm, do they?

[GHT]

He probably thinks the McPherson Strut is a Scottish country dance

Ght as an accomplished dancing type, you should be able to demonstrate the McPherson strut for us..

Perhaps I should look it up and then demonstrate it. Just one concern though. Do I have to do it in a kilt?

[Dick]

He probably thinks the McPherson Strut is a Scottish country dance

Ght as an accomplished dancing type, you should be able to demonstrate the McPherson strut for us..

Perhaps I should look it up and then demonstrate it. Just one concern though. Do I have to do it in a kilt?

We expect nothing less!