hate things going to waste

been keeping a eye on a slpitty not far from home went and aprouched the owner to see if he was interest in selling it as it had sat outside for years hes reply was no using it for parts

Did you see what he had in his shed??????

they have speed way cars there was also a baywindow camper in front of the splitty but both are covered in landterner

lantana

I knew what he ment!!!!!!!!!

meant

See You knew what we ment to!!!!!!!!!!

meant too

Geeeez, What are you? A skool teacher????

"School" lol I give up! I am not a teacher, I work for a greeting card company

silver wrote:"School" lol I give up! I am not a teacher, I work for a greeting card company

LOL😂

fark me - thats the best larf I have had for ages!!!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Don't look like a grammar, looks like a grampar.

thomo wrote:but both are covered in landterner

I reckon he was closer than you think - it should be 'landturner' - from my experience, it turns land into useless scrub. lol

You would curl up in the fetal position and cry if you knew how much of this still goes on.

On a similar topic, I found out a few weeks ago talking to a freind that one of the local VW mechanics was winding his buisness down now after 25 years due to bad health a few while back.

He had 2 shipping containers full of parts out the back of the workshop that he said to my mate take what you want cos it's all going for scrap next week 🙄

He didn't have VWs anymore so it all went to scrap.

Joel wrote:You would curl up in the fetal position and cry if you knew how much of this still goes on.

On a similar topic, I found out a few weeks ago talking to a freind that one of the local VW mechanics was winding his buisness down now after 25 years due to bad health a few while back.

He had 2 shipping containers full of parts out the back of the workshop that he said to my mate take what you want cos it's all going for scrap next week 🙄

He didn't have VWs anymore so it all went to scrap.

Dude you say he's a freind?i'd say he's an acqaintance cause a freind would have rung u that day!

Well yea more of an aquaintance, someone I only see once a twice a year.

Anyway it's not as if I don't already have too much VW crap laying around.

You can never have enough VW "crap" lying around ...someone's treasure is in there!

believe me you can have too much crap. yes someones treasure is in there but could they bloody wellhurry up and give me the $ and make it go away.

that being said i think i'm getting more soon... i just can't see it get chucked out. 🤪

whatnow wrote:believe me you can have too much crap.

This x4000000!

I hate seeing it go to the tip too which is the main reason it's got so bad but everyone only wants it when it's gone.

I and many other members on here have had big clean up sales and it always turns in to a tyre kicking waste of time usually and goes to the tip anyway.

I've given so much of it away free, most people are very appreciative but its the couple that aren't that really leaves a bad taste.

Anymore 50/50s Henry? 😉

errrr maaaaaayyyybeeee. 🙂 got any vintage speed stuff???

Shoulda asked me last week, I just chucked 3 Judsons and a pair of Okrasa heads in the bin.

not interested in that crap anyway. it's denzel no nothing for me. 😀

Joel wrote:I've given so much of it away free, most people are very appreciative but its the couple that aren't that really leaves a bad taste.

Anymore 50/50s Henry? 😉

I too have given stuff away there is one local bloke who will take anything that he can shine up (he rubs to hard sometimes) lol but he dose appreciate all things Vw so it worth it!!!!

that blokes a c#*t. 🙄

btw you weren't complaining about how hard i was rubbing at the time 😘

remember that smashed up 70's wheel, well the boss and rear plastic but were modified and fitted to this...

cut and pasted from another forum...

a beat up old formula wheel. ex leyland square front mini GT? the splined bit was modified from a dead 70's aftermarket wheel.

not bad but still missing something.

[img]https://s7.postimage.org/xhput0okn/boss1.jpg[/img]


ideas worked out and sketched up. time to get started. my bow compass dissappeared in a house move years ago so i had to work out how to get a perfect circle some other way. i spent a good hour wandering around the house with a ruler trying to find something the right dia before i thought of this solution. :oops:

[img]https://s7.postimage.org/ioymocgo7/boss2.jpg[/img]


the end of night one all the major bits cut out, i was enjoying it so much i didn't realize it was about 5am by this stage (on a week night). the next day wasn't pretty, i can't get away with that sort of thing anymore.

[img]https://s3.postimage.org/bjmjkmwy7/boss3.jpg[/img]

going together

[img]https://s4.postimage.org/m56ewnqfd/boss4.jpg[/img]


[img]https://s7.postimage.org/6c460ekiv/boss5.jpg[/img]

the first layer on the outside and the inner layer cut and drilled ready to go in. the holes are so when the car gets hot the expanding air inside doesn't crack all the joints.

[img]https://s7.postimage.org/pdmsle8h3/boss6.jpg[/img]

skip ahead a bit. not my best work + you can see some of the uglyness left from removing the f'd up paint. thankfully you won't see most of the ugly bits or any of the bad marks with the horn button on. 😀

[img]https://s3.postimage.org/d99vhaxqn/boss7.jpg[/img]

the bit you see came up quite well. when it comes down to it the wheel is rather ratty anyway.

[img]https://s7.postimage.org/crv7qwgh3/boss8.jpg[/img]

and the big reveal.

[img]https://s1.postimage.org/qmb4quzgb/boss9.jpg[/img]

now i just need to extend a column and shaft so i can reach it when it is in the car.

Very nice work there H bags !!!