Manky Monkey Motors

i am now trike-less i,v sold my trike,,,its gone south,,,

Tie to start again then, you are too young to retire and there nt any hurry :) :-X

 ;D ;D Who are you trying to kid spanners no way will you scale down down size or any other such thing, trying to fool us in to believing you are cured just is not washing with me and i am sure no one else on this forum.
   You are sick you will have the disease the rest of your life you need to learn to cope with it and accept it. Denial only leads to bouts of  vigorous  lawn mowing window cleaning and hoovering, before you know it you will be talking about the 1/2 price bargains in tessco extra when in company, and you will..... OH1 i best not scare you that much you are 48 now.  :).
    I will give it a week tops, you will see something you want and that age old feeling will come over you your mind will be filled with little else and you will know you just have to buy it, you may fight it for a while but it will be on the drive in next to no time.  you just wait and see.
  In fact as responsible forum members i think we should all help by posting desirable machinery on this thread to help you through this denial stage of your life.  ;D

mike i only went away with one of your projects  :o you told me you have at least four others there to play with. keep at it son, you do a cracking job  ;)

What he said says  ;D

"I think we should all help by posting desirable machinery"

-you mean we should post him a Reliant, bit by bit?

 ;D ;D

Ha Ha. Like one of those kits - "build a boat in 52 weeks" comes with a magazine and a few parts every fortnight :)

You obviously never saw Wonderland North. It would take Mike the rest of his life to build up something like that again. To give you an idea I think he said there were 7 tractors hidden and I saw a bit of one

gave the remains of a tractor away  months back ,, the lad never collected it  :o so stuck it on evil bay as scrap last week  and it sold  £365  ::) ::)

spanners is having a hot flush just thinking about hovering and cleaning lol

i dont do hoovering and cleaning,,, :o well not often ,,as i have somebody that doe,s it for me  :P :P

Looks like cooky's let the cat out of the bag mate,
I can picture you in your little pinnie and feather duster. ;D

You do hovering? You've got a helicopter? I'd love a TE-20 Fergie if you're giving them away Mike.

one here if you want it ,,it wants completely restoring now as some tw't nicked the water pump and petrol tank a few years back,,it was the first ,fergie, i ever bought,,, at the tender age of 12...

i,m thinkin/lookin for a ,hotrod, project or another yank pick-up ,, anybody got owt ?

This as potential throw your price at him be bold faint heart never won iron maiden. ;D .
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  Here is the link. its darn sarf  ;)
http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/vehicles-sale/1936-austin-10-a-65816

very interesting  ;) ;)

Not strictly "thread" orientated, but in the vein of early farm machinery, and something that will interest Spanners and Tbone, I have just watched episode 3 of BBC2's "Wartime Farm", and it featured the most lethal looking powered farm implement I have ever seen.An oil engine driven log saw, which consisted of a double handed jumbo saw, power driven by a "Bristol" engine, worth a watch on Iplayer just for that bit, Morrag

got one  ;) ;) at wonderland called a ,WADE, DRAG SAW made in 1918 by a canaidian company from oregan but using a ,christie&penny, un govenened two stroke engine
i also have a spare engine in pieces that i had shipped back from austrelia a few years ago  it needs a new home,,,,,

Why am I not surprised Spanners!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

sometimes i move one thing and find something else that suprises me  ::) and its all got to be ,,GONE,, in the next 8 to 12 weeks,
property is sold subject to contract,,

sent the owner a message ,, ;) awaiting reply...

all the best with it

He as updated a little more info but i suppose you already seen that .. quote from seller .. V5c in my name with 4.3 v8 the new style red fronted one....

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contact made.. viewing soon  ;) ;)

nice is that mike. you got room at new gaff

See what I mean about wonderland Morrag? :)

not yet might have to find temp storage ,,

Looks like it's almost all there, ready to go Mike -you'd be on the road before me! Fibreglass body? Any idea which company it's from?

just been and viewed ,, negotiations started,, ;) ;)..

all steel quite tidy done

 Its all there in a big heap by the looks.  8)
 much left to find or is it virtually all there to get it finished off   ?

few bits to find ,,front and rear glass ,,full wiring loom ,, fenders (if its gonna av em,,) all interieor trim, exhaust system, exhaust headers need re-making,, headlamps,, tailgate,, truck bed,etc,,etc,,etc,,

got to thin out the dutton collection ,,any,, interest ? ?

That looks sooooo good.  I WANT ONE :'(

Ebay shifts stuff but its not ideal, will the dutton forum move some quickly, there is a few trial duttons Brian collinson and duncan stephens spring to mind stephens done well this year in a mellos must be some young blood trying to emulate him, try them on there.

got to get sorted quick,as i,v fell in love with a hotrod  ::) ::) ::) and who tipped me off about it  ::) NORTH :o :D :D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D crack on with selling them duttons just keep a couple of nice ones.
 I am telling ya, melos type duttons are quite a good trials tool, to the right man they should sell quick, the dutton forum must have some looking for one for trials.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8JehxWj_Lk&feature=relmfu
 

dutton owners forum members never have any cash  i,m a member and most on there want stuff for nowt,,

Its Ebay then :(.   Just list them properly photograph and word them properly and pay the mega fees and smile. Not a lot more you can do. :-[

north pm me a list of any bits youre after as i,m having a complete sortout aswell  ;)

hey ,,andy,,,,, i need a ,windscreen,,, ::) ::) i knew i was saving one for something  :D :D

I am short of what i got listed on the wanted adds any marina 575 rear axles hubs. marina back plate and flywheel 18 or 1275 .  Scrap devon engine i need back and front plates flywheel and a clutch cover. std devon / summerset box a floor change one. Maybe a prop. any pree 65 MGB rear axles.
  ERRRRRRR!  Davd Brown 880 4 cylinder one red white  type 1960s  Back mudguards a 2 furrow plough david browm match or ransomes what you got?
   Any odd bits and bobs for  ford prefect e493A or   devons or any marlin parts but thats obvious the marlin stuff. .. Thats it fulll up at the moment more than enough stuff to keep me occupied.
 

Mike,I did pm asking for engine prices in your Duttons.

So have you bought it yet Mike?

on-going  ;) ;) should know more tommozz night.

ado mike do you have any seierras?? could you pm me any info and pics if yuve got some?

which sort of sierra ?  ford or dutton ?

dutton ;)

yep  :) a series one sierra pickup needs restoring fitted with a 2litre pinto and typre 9 , 5speed box door inners a pretty rough , engine runs but has knackered head gasket
some photo,s on here somewhere
it quite rare as its a genuine pickup  its been stood about for years
i got it last may but with everything else i,m on with i havnt got time or space to do it so its ,gotta, go very soon and i need some extra cash  ;) ;)

could you pm me what your asking for it mike, mite be out of my price range, but i could always sell me newly aquired escort van :)

pm sent,,

pm sent  ;)

sale agreed this morning, :) :)

Woo hoo!
So that's an Oldsmobile V8 -about 4 litre? in a 1930s Austin 10 converted from saloon car to pick-up truck? Very nice Mike. Can't wait to see it in the flesh at next year's Basingstoke show -same colour as mine!

pontiac v8,,4.3 ltr  1936 austin sherbourne  and the colour is supposed to be a match of the original grey but it looks ,green,y,  it will have to be re-done ,and the rear body wants some sorting out as regards correct height (look at photo,s ) interior needs a lot of work / trimming etc ,and of course a wiring loom,,wipers ,,etc,,,etc,,,etc,, ::) ::) exhaust headers were only a mock up ,,idea,s please,,

What's up with the bed height Mike? I like the bed sides to be the same height as the swage line in the doors, but that'd make it very slab sided. Lovely looking sheetmetal work in the bed. And a great job on "cabbing" the car body -looks very original, just as it should.
There's a long running thread on the Rods n Sods forum, (where Mike bought the truck from), called What's in the trim shop this week. The guy turns out some very nice work. Distressed brown leather with fake bakelite dash? (I've got a Ford Prefect dash sat in the shed).
Think I'd just build a stainless exhaust system running under the bed & out the back -subtle rather than shouty -& painted steel wheels with Austin hub caps.

 Well you asked for ideas please here is mine.  Go stake bed this is nice but beds too high and the Austin cab is way bonier. interior is nice and the steering wheel perfect.  Stake bed looks backwoodsy and as all the opportunity to show of nice wood if you can find some. its about as naturally subtle as you can get but ouses quality with a nice bit of wood.

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loads more pics here the interior is just right.
http://www.canepacollection.com/detail-1932-ford-stake_bed-truck-used-5204954.html

Have you seen the underside of that? They call their cars "dynamic works of art". Lovely workmanship.

It is nice no doubt about it, for me its the little things that make a nice car, check out the sterring wheel its just so right for the car age style everything.   Just had a though  ;D go on tell me its original for the truck.  ;D  it could be i would not know but it looks right. Very right.

well i supose i need a name for her now ?  idea,s pls
and a thread in ,hotrod yech,

andy is it possible to save and move the pictures from here into  hotrod tech  :)

 ;D ;D The winterton ranger  ;D ;D or the sluice road streaker turning into south chanel swimmer or you could name it after the humbler bridge call it the bridge magnet. ;D ;D
Enough larking about now. what about as i said faint heart never won iron maiden... call it   powerslave . that sort of ties in the v8 grunt  and the fact it can work like all trucks. 

Just right click on each photo & click on "Save picture as", then save & re-post in a new thread. If not, I can save 'em & post in your new thread for you when you start it.  ;)

cheers andy,, just trying to decide the name  ;)

this name thing is givin me a headache  ::) ::) i had a few names in mind ,, now they just dont fit it the only thing that it keeps getting refered to is ,,TRIKE-LESS,,

In that case maybe mine should be Penniless.

what do you reckon ?  trike-less or not   :-\ :-\ its sort of a true, name

And it's different!  and meaningful!

it would be a coversation starter mike.

What ever you call it Mike ....... I am very jealous ;)  I have always hankered after a Morris Minor Pickup with a big growling V8 under the bonnet.
Will watch the new post with interest when you start.

mendalot,,,its better than a sierra pick-up  ;) ;)

My first foray into pick-uppage was a Fiat twin cam engined Moggy Minor.

"Bag o' Spanners"?

Shame you haven't got the original engine in yours Mike -you could have Clive airbrush a portrait of Mike Meyers on the tailgate & call it Austin Powered.
The Spanners Special?

Or just give it a name -Esmerelda. Frankaustin ...Colin.

BIN-SHOPPIN,,

just been  to see the seller again  ;) ;) and i,v got the documents in my hand  :) :)  so  when i get a minute back home (i,m up wonderland tonight for a day or few,,) i,ll have to de-junk the garage and get shut of some duttons.. then she can come home ,,

Spanners has a new hobby!



Buy a project........

Sell a project..........

Buy a project..........

Sell a project.,.........

 :) ;D

nope,,, spanners just needs a bigger shed  ::) ::)

Now that I do understand!  Me too!  In fact it would help if the shed I have had a roof that didn't leak and didn't have a hole about 3ft across in the back of it.....

i,v also started to realise i cant do everything  so at the presant time i,m having a restock and plan on concentrating on what i can do..

I'm with you there too - that's why poor Gertie is still languishing ion the garage, cos i decided to forget about her problems for a bit and concentrate on enjoying my last of this year's rallies!

well  ,EMILY, the austin  i,snt coming home for a couple of weeks ,,when i,v tidied up the garage :o ready for her ,, :)

Emily's a good name for an old lady!

thats where the name has come from  she was first regd, in 1936  to     the missis
                                                                                                       elizabeth EMILY & margaret hazel  adey
                                                                                                                                    green bank
                                                                                                                                      honiton  ***st
  she,s acctually got the old ,,cancelled,, buff log book and the new  red fronted v5c,
so i can trace her back to april 1936..