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Old St Peters

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My first car was a maroon Morris Traveller that I bought off Pat Roach on the Dudley Road. I didn’t have all the £80 required on me, but Pat told me to make sure I returned the next day with the rest of the money and when someone the size of Pat told you to do something you did!
 
I forgot about that but here are a few: Note in behind the Jag is an Princess 1100 having the sub-frame floor replaced an the Wolseley 6/110 was low mileage, crashed when a busy housewife tragically died when she did a U-turn across my path.
The Peugeot pick up belonged to a council parks dept. before I bought it.
 

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Just been reading that it can cost £1000 plus to fit a new light bulb to a modern car, can't be done by Halfords has to go to main dealer! What stupid design, maybe ok when car owned by original millionaire owner but will kill off second hand trade.
 
Remember the old sealed beam headlights with the filaments moulded in? Same principle except that they were round, and 7 inch. That was it. The option was for a higher power version. The car styling incorporated them.
If necessary, go to a scrapyard, take a headlight from 'a car' and fit it to yours. Nowadays, the headlights are an integral part of the styling and part of the drag coefficient, and not interchangeable even between models, let alone marques. With the LED being built in, a new headlight is a special item every time, and very few aftermarket suppliers can stock a range to keep the cost competitive.

On my car, the front indicators are orange filament bulbs, (changeable by a registered contortionist), everything else is a LED assembly in one shape or another.
Oh, I forgot, the light that comes on in the boot when the tailgate opens is a replaceable festoon bulb.

Over here, spare part costs are getting so bad, that repair shops are obliged to offer alternative second hand or aftermarket parts for non safety critical items such as body panels as part of a quote. Not sure how that applies to main dealers. To add insult to injury, driving without working lamps, not just at night, but on random inspection, can result in an on the spot fine. "Yes officer, I just happen to be carrying a pair of spare headlight assemblies at € 1500 each in the boot, give me a couple of hours and I will be on my way".

AS an aside, on the subject of scrapyard parts. In the UK, a long time ago, I had a Peugeot 104. That had rectangular headlights, and the LH one had a smashed glass. Off to the scrapyard, because I had the MOT coming up. I went to collect the car, and the MOT inspector, who I knew very well, was laughing. Apparently the car had a 'cross eyed' dip, because I had managed to pick the only donor car for the headlight that was left hand drive, and thus dipped the other way. (He still made me change it before passing the car).

Andrew.
 
Thats why i have a k Reg Mini 1275 GT
Its in my Daughters garage in Germany
at mo because at Xmas i was not well
enough to drive it back
i go and bring it back in the spring
it be our run around car
instead of using my work van
better then any modern Plastic/Tin car
it does not tell you what to do
Spares plenty of new old stock
on the market
i fit all myself
i post pics when iv got it home
after i have given it a good Valet
 
Never been a car "buff". My present car is a Ford Focus Ghia all of 21 years old! A lovely car - never let me down. Before that for many years I had a Ford Sierra - another great car. Can't remember how long I had it for - but old. In the end cost of body repairs for MOT persuded me to replace with the Focus. Not sure what next?
 
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