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cool as a penguins dick that is mate !!!

this in 3mm or bigger, i allways carry a spare 100M or so https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=parachord&crid=1TW7HJJQ10VXJ&sprefix=parachord%2Caps%2C129&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Hi chaps i'm after a carb for a 997 anglia if anyone can help? it's not actually for a car it's in a boat, a 1960s river cruiser and the carb is shot, jets are seized in and it's a bit furry in the passage ways normally i dont mind a furry passage but in this case it's not helping sorry it's not a cortina part request but TBH i'd take anything that'd fit a pre Xflow manifold, this one will only idle, otherwise floods up (oh the ironly, a boat carb that floods)

He's just a wee young wippersnapper who lets not forget wasn't about when these cars were current so he's relying on YT comment BS for his info, NOT the best place for correct info, or spelling, grammar, sanity ect ect He's been directed to here so maybe he'll pop in and get the propper info he needs

hi chap, sorry to hear about Ian but welcom back

I see, still 9 months is a pee take, axle tubes can be straightened or replaced, halfshafts can be replaced "IF" needed?, either way a "classics specialist" should know people who can sort this within 9 months, parts are harder to come by nowdays yes i get that, when i had a workshop and "did" cortinas i had a network of banger racers who TBH were the only people who had old cars laying about but still, there's axles on ebay? a lot of garages specialise, specialise in waffle to get the car in had some experiance of that recently myself, a classic car specialist in wales who had to give up cos they couldn't figure out my wifes Mk1 mondeos rear brakes so i feel your pain, especialy if you cant do the work yourself

They sound like a bunch of cowboys TBH, 9 months to source an axle ? why couldn't they fix your axle ? If they are experts why buy a recon axle? why not recon yours or buy an axle and recon it themselves ? As said get the car back ASAP/

only cos you didn't wash them ! you know as well as i do, wash them and 5 mins later either rain or bird crap will be all over them tis the very reason i never wash my car well that and i'm lazy but mainly the rain/poo issue

i looked at a C reg 2.0 GLS near heathrow back in the late 80s, guys dad worked in a dealers and had them store the car for a year and a day to get on a C plate That's a nice clean car Mr N

Never really been much of a fan of hammerite TBH, i prefer a good vactan (rust convertor) then boat enamel paint which is what hammerite is anyway, it's just buying a non branded version is cheaper, TA paints is where the stuff i use comes from, £55 for 5L it's pretty popular on narrow boats, mind you i get the dregs of the tins for free so maybe i'm biased i still use hammerits i just don't buy it

Doh, i allways get those 2 confused

i often quote that to customers as the golden triangle you can have it good, cheap or quick pick any 2

ironicly it was Conficius who said that

A woman of impecable taist and great eyesight ! Oh and a rather fantastic range of biccys on hand to help fuel the poor working man her son was making work way too hard

dropped it off, picked it up, all the same thing just in reverse , ish TBH my main memory of that was your mum pointing out a red Kite fkying in the sky, she had better eyesight than me !