Dave Posted September 8, 2025 Share Posted September 8, 2025 On 7/12/2025 at 5:11 PM, dr_broon said: Anything needed Dave, or just not got to it? Me being lazy! Lol Don't think she'll need anything tbh, maybe the usual handbrake adjusted but other than that hoping she passes when I get her booked in. In the middle of moving house again so will get her seen to after that. Got a mate who has a recovery vehicle and his rates are decent so he'll be moving her to her new garage in October🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted September 17, 2025 Share Posted September 17, 2025 On 9/8/2025 at 10:56 AM, Dave said: Me being lazy! Lol Don't think she'll need anything tbh, maybe the usual handbrake adjusted but other than that hoping she passes when I get her booked in. In the middle of moving house again so will get her seen to after that. Got a mate who has a recovery vehicle and his rates are decent so he'll be moving her to her new garage in October🙂 Know the feeling about being lazy, 😂 Are you moving far bud? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 28, 2025 Share Posted September 28, 2025 Moving to Kelso in the borders mate, it's about 20 odd mile from here, nit too far but further into the borders. Closer to your direction lol. The village has been fine but the land with this house is too much to maintain, so bought a lovely detached bungalow with garage and a lot smaller garden. Will give us a lot more free time, and Kelso is our favourite borders town. Plenty to do there, plus it gets its fair share of classic car shows too along at the events ground. Win win! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted September 28, 2025 Share Posted September 28, 2025 Nice one matey, I like Kelso 👍 We'll have to get together after winter.. Give you some time to get that deck back in the road 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 28, 2025 Share Posted September 28, 2025 Deffo mate, been ages again lol Wish I'd got my finger out this year as DD was invited to a classic car show at BoNess, although we would have been away on hols anyways. She's already invited fir next year's show though which is nice. My good mate Iain volunteers to work on steam trains and some of the guys there are the organisers of the show. He told them about DD and they want her up there at the next show. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 So, as most will probably know I rather foolishly put DD up for sale recently. Decided I wanted a change, into an old Triumph Dolomite or something similar. DD has been sat for around a year and a half in the garage, so took her for her MOT so she'd be ready should she sell. Was fully prepared for a fail, just hoped it wouldn't be too much. Low and behold, she sailed through! Driving her back from the MOT, had a change of heart! Was never sure if I'd even be able to sell her tbh, and did have a couple of buyers wanting to come see her. But she tugged at my heart strings once again and provered herself worthy of staying in the family. Both Gayle and our daughter Faith knew I wouldn't sell her, but apparently I needed to go through the process before coming to my senses!😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 First update for a long time! Now she's staying I decided she's getting returned to her former show car standard so have lots of work planned. Some paintwork (bonnet and zvTiS front spoiler due to stone chips, new bumper to be painted and fitted due to hitting a deer a year and a half ago😄). Want the wheels refurbed and the polished rims reinstated, then going to get all her bushes replaced with new, front to back. Meanwhile, have noticed with her being a dark colour a lot of drivers don't see her on some of our country roads around here. Have had a few pull out on her, so thought less make her safer. Bought and fitted LED DRLs (daytime running lights). Wanted them to be visible when on, but invisible when off so maintaining the oem look at classic shows. Also wanted them to work properly (and legally) so bought a relay etc and wired them so they are on with the ignition, but go off when you turn on the sidelights/headlights. Took a bit of doing, but it's all nicely wired in now and have to admit I really like them! Updates her a little bit for modern living and makes her that little bit safer. Also decided I wanted the touch screen head unit gone! Have really gone off touch screens in cars, find them too distracting and fiddly to operate. Had a top brand Android unit fitted (Atoto) with the motorised 7inch screen. A good looking unit, but didn't really suit the car to be honest. I prefer oem+. So back in with my trusty old Pioneer DAB/CD/USB BT head unit. This has the nice LCD display so is a nice bit of kit. Being Pioneer, the sound puts the Android unit to shame (Chinesium pish imo! Lmao). What I do wish DD had is steering wheel controls. So did a bit of research and turns out that head unit can also be used with the Pioneer IR steering wheel remote control! Had it years and never bloody knew this! 🤣 Got one duly bought and fitted to the steering wheel. What a difference! Again, a discreet modern touch but blends in beautifully. I'll get some photos and videos of all of the above uploaded shortly. If anyone fancies the Atoto Android head unit let me know. Still have the box etc. Just loving driving DD at the moment, she's so smooth and quiet compared to Lexy the TypeS GT. Can't match Lexys fuel economy though but not fussed!😉 All is good in DDs world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Sounds good mate, interested to see the DRL setup. I must admit I nearly always drove around with at least side lights on... Must be off having volvos as a kid 😁 Was getting ready to say where are the pics until you said you'd upload them at the end 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Yeah, I'm the same, usually drive with the headlights on as fed up of not being seen. Seem worse when driving through the day along our country roads that have a canopy of trees over them, so a dark bit. Will save money on headlight bulbs.😄 Must admit, they do look pretty good. Will do a guide on this I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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