Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Turning into your dad is sure sign of aging! Trust me, I know!

It is but it is a bit of a constant headache worrying about anyone bumping it while it's parked or the boy dropping food on the interior.

I'd forgotten how much of a headache car ownership is.

So far I've bought and fitted the following for the 182:

• Entire rear interior
  
• Full exhaust from the Cat back
  
• Standard airbox
  
• Cup 182 floor mats
  
• Rear boot badge
  
• Rear exhaust mount (in the post)
  
  

This car has all the bad points of classic car ownership, with none of the benefits - it's a Clio!

Wishing I'd held out and bought a mk2 Golf.

I think a Clio Cup bit more exciting than a Golf.

My grandfather used to have to do the same thing to get up Porlock Hill. Not sure which car it was, may have been a Humber Super Snipe.

I used to “have” a Clio for work, first version, like a British racing green, can’t remember which engine but will have been a 1.8 or 2.0i or thereabouts. Great cars, comfortable seats (seemed to be a Renault thing), blended in everywhere and it was bombproof. It was also very rapid. One of my all time faves for work.

The car sort of fits with the proffession.

Saw this today, apparently a kit car as DVLA has it listed with a 5.3 litre engine, so assume its got an American V8 instead of the 4.4 litre V12 it had originally. For a replica its a good looking one, but I admit to having rose tinted specs for these as the hardtop version was the best car in Top Trumps when I was growing up.

5.3 litres sounds like a Jag V12. I wouldn't be surprised if it's got full Jag underpinnings. They're very popular with kit car/hot rod/replica people due to the modular nature of the subframes.

Grim

Ah OK, good stuff. Don't know why I didn't think of a Jag for a 5.3, especially as an hour after seeing that I saw this V12. These have grown on me over the years, don't like the spoiler tho, and I have to admit it looks better dressed as a 365.

[edit - too late!]

Bit of help today from my daughter, floors and bulkhead should be well on their way tomorrow. So much other stuff to deal with as well.

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What you working on, Chris? I've missed this...

2CV?

That’s what I learnt in .. my mum had one

Is my bet.

@citron not thought about getting it soda blasted? Or doing it yourself?

Edit a decent spot weld remover makes things so much easier.

A 2cv I’ve had for the last 20 years ill try and get a better pic tomorrow

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Oh what welder have you got?

Yes I’ve had it for 20 years, parked up for the last 10.
If I don’t get it done now when?

This one

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Very nice, I am jealous.

Oh and maybe a bit more ppe for the unpaid worker ;)

EDIT: Am the first one to comment and then not be careful. But then I want other to learn for my stooopidity.

Don't want to sound like a twat, but get some safety gear on, both of you.
DAMHIK

I'm the twat that doesn't wear the gear, but wants people to learn and not be as stooopid as me.

i bought one of these spot weld cutters from Amazon having had all the other versions.

Changed my life for unpicking panels

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