Yes, she passed her MOT :)

Thanks guys,

I got them to change the two front tyres too, only £35 + vat each. :) They don't seem to have any problem getting tyres for her. I got the rears done last year.

The welding was a bit pricey, £60, ouch. But he's put a big plate in there as the floor around the rusted seam had gone a bit thin. I think one goal for this year is to source a good welder (and not buy a cheap one from Argos again) and learn to use it. :p
 
Good news Richard!
Mines due soon!
I just had the TR6 mot 'ed last week!! The young lad who did my rover last year,got all the guys from the tyre bay over to ogle at it! 8)
And he had a quick look round the lights,went in the pit and said," THIS IS COOOL!!! They dont make em like this anymore!".
Then said "as its near lunchtime,if you take me up the chippie we can do a brake test!"
So I took him for a blast!!
It Passed!! :D
 
pilkie said:
The young lad who did my rover last year,got all the guys from the tyre bay over to ogle at it! 8)

It's good when that happens, last year the head guy made a point of showing the young trainee the suspension as well as pointing out the rear brakes, first time the trainee had seen on board disks and De-dion suspension.

P.s
Good luck with yours. :)
 
That's a good result Richard 8)
richarduk said:
They don't seem to have any problem getting tyres for her. I got the rears done last year.
I've never had trouble with that size my Wolseley is on 165x14s aswell but I have a feeling they'll start to dry up soon as the last big user of that size I think was the Bluebird & there aint too many of them left.
185x14s for the V8 are still quite common but the proper H rated are really tricky to get & you cant get the ones with the nice kerb rubbing strip around the sidewall, Michelin do a classic style tyre but the cheapest I've found are £155.00 each :shock: Vredestein do one called Sprint Classic for about £65.00
 
In terms of welding, you can save a lot of money if you can do it yourself, in fact I suspect considerably more cars would be scrapped if we couldn't weld at home (or we'd buy a lot more fibreglass !). The labour involved in stripping down, cutting out, forming repair sections (not just whacking a plate over the rot) etc is very expensive at a professional level, whereas the raw materials are very cheap in comparison, so home repairs although time consuming are very cheap.

It's very similar to building work in that way, bricks are cheap but it takes a long time to put them up so the labour is the bulk of the cost.
 
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