Classics in the snow?

mustang68

Anyone taken their pride and joys out in this weather? Mustang is rear wheel drive and very useless in the ice.

gn3dr

My '73 Range Rover classic is fine - made for this weather:D

Dades

Couple of frosty phone pics:

This is as bad as it usually gets:


A few days later after the local kids have used it for snowball making!


Have been taking her out for "spins" to keep her ticking over.

si_guru

gn3dr wrote: »

My '73 Range Rover classic is fine - made for this weather:D

As is my 1980 Land Rover Series 3 V8!

si_guru

Dades wrote: »

Couple of frosty phone pics:

This is as bad as it usually gets:


A few days later after the local kids have used it for snowball making!


Have been taking her out for "spins" to keep her ticking over.

Nice... I like the 924... underatted by too many.

Dades

si_guru wrote: »

Nice... I like the 924... underatted by too many.

Keeps the price down!

Quite surefooted in the snow, too. Weight distribution or some such!

si_guru

Dades wrote: »

Keeps the price down!

Quite surefooted in the snow, too. Weight distribution or some such!

IIRC.. the gearbox is in the rear axle?

Interesting engineering alround.. mix of Beetle, Golf and Audi parts.. unique PCD on the wheels... same Citroen! (Often wondered if a set of 924 Alloys would fit my Berlingo!).

ep71

ive had my 85 charmant out in the snow around christmas day, and ive been driving my 87 golf diesel everywhere

si_guru

Two lovely retro motors there.. back in the 80's as a youngster the Golf 3 door was my dream car... Tornado red too!

Max Headroom

Its funny that with older cars..all you need to do is stick on a set of alloys and they instantly look cool...lovely Charmant....;)

unkel

New years eve snow was used for snowballs. This is yesterdays snow. Notice the 8 foot snowman? :eek:

Max Headroom

More like 2 foot snow man....you know how men exaggerate..:D



btw ..wouldnt an 8 foot snowman be a snowspider....i'll get me coat..:rolleyes:

Camarague

Yes I have foolishly been driving my classic around, having been told that we don't use salt for the roads here in Ireland, that we use grit instead.

Now my car must have plenty of salty water corroding it.

Is there any pressure washer available for public to use anywhere?

Can anybody tell me? Thank you

atlantean

Camarague wrote: »

Yes I have foolishly been driving my classic around, having been told that we don't use salt for the roads here in Ireland, that we use grit instead.

I believe this is relatively new activity — I would love to know that this "Grit" contains?

Dades

LIGHTNING wrote: »

My 924 isnt going anywhere after when I started her I noticed petrol dripping out of here from the back. Same thing happened to a mates 924 a while ago, any suggestions on where to buy that rubber fuel hosing?

Is this the stuff with the kinda canvas/wire covering? I was looking for some of that last year and couldn't find any. Ended up just using some chunky rubber hosing I got from Terenure Motor Factors. (Was for a leaky fuel line, too).

Camarague wrote: »

Is there any pressure washer available for public to use anywhere?

Whereabout are you? In Merrion (Dublin) the garage opposite St Vincents has a DIY pressure washer. So does the Esso in Donnybrook.

ep71

grit is salt and sand

atlantean

ep71 wrote: »

grit is salt and sand

I know but what consistency sand what type of salt? Sodium chloride (NaCl), Calcium chloride (CaCl2), Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) or something else?

kermitpwee

ep71 wrote: »

ive had my 85 charmant out in the snow around christmas day, and ive been driving my 87 golf diesel everywhere

Love the mk2 golf. Totally class, I was just about to get rid of my 1990 diesel golf but have been inspired by yours! Cheers:D Just need to get her sprayed.

101sean

It's crushed rock salt, usually from massive underground mines in N Ireland or Winsford in Cheshire. Colour/gritiness of it if any is from the impurities in it, it's not mixed with sand or anything else.

No point in looking for a jet wash at the moment plus they don't get into every nook and cranny, you'll have to get under there with a hose pipe in the spring

ep71

that mk2 of mine is seriously rough and ready! she was bought by my dad in 2000 for £300 and driven by him and my brother for 2 years, he then sold it to an old man who lives down the road. it wasnt washed or hoovered for 7 years!! anyway one of the drives popped out and he parket it up. few months later my brother gave him a bottle of whiskey for it:D so i gave him an engine for a corolla for it:D and after a good service and clean ive been driving it since

kermitpwee

Cool. You think thats rough, you should see my yoke:D. She needs 3 doors which I have in the wrong colour and a wing. No rust on her apart from the doors tho. I havent driven her in a year but she still starts, cant beat the straight diesel:D Its tested till May so must get her ready for the test, I dont think it will need much, only done 6000 since the last test.

Run_to_da_hills

I tok my old 64 VW Bus out for a spin at Mt Ranier National park in the 90ies when I lived in Washington State. It didn't come back in one piece. :mad:

Photos uploaded later, learned a lesson, not to drive something "tail happy" on icy roads again.

manta mad

bit of snow down my way



fed up taking the snow off the cars at this stage ,, as everytime i clear them ,,another fresh fall of snow covers them as quick:(

kerash

manta mad wrote: »

bit of snow down my way



fed up taking the snow off the cars at this stage ,, as everytime i clear them ,,another fresh fall of snow covers them as quick:(

What do you call one of them cars?

wait.......... I know!!

A Snowmobile?!:)

:pac::D;):p:P:confused::rolleyes::(:o:o:o

si_guru

Manta... nice.

Big Nasty

ep71 wrote: »

Carina II wheels covers if I'm not mistaken!;)

adunis

Mines absolutley no fun LOL in the snow and at this rate my annual milage allowance will be used up if it don't thaw out soon

ep71

carina II indeed early type carina II to be specific, found them out the back of a shed and dont they suit her down to the ground:D

Eric318

Here you go: http://picasaweb.google.com/ericf318/MGBRoadster1975#

The best bit was the doughnuts at 1mph... Great fun

maidhc

Dades wrote: »

Is this the stuff with the kinda canvas/wire covering? I was looking for some of that last year and couldn't find any. Ended up just using some chunky rubber hosing I got from Terenure Motor Factors. (Was for a leaky fuel line, too).

Halfords had the stuff on the shelf in some store or other in the UK. I actually bought it thinking it was something I would definitely need at some point.

macplaxton

Was last out in the GS on the 6th. Need to check the points/timing as it's a pig to start.

hi5

mustang68 wrote: »

Anyone taken their pride and joys out in this weather? Mustang is rear wheel drive and very useless in the ice.

I also have a Mustang ,a 65.Having welded in new floor pans and most of the boot I dont go out in anything that will either get the underside wet or dirty.

I have a 90 Mazda MX5 and a two wheel drive Dodge pickup as dailys,I thought the Dodge would be the worst of the two, its not the Mazda is a nightmare,too light and too low geared but easy to get back on track when it does kick out.

WHIP IT!

Thought this might interest you guys here, it's abandoned near stables I use for my horses. The Orange light on top is there because it seems to have been used as a Security vehicle in the past, presumably for a Night-watchman or something like that.

It's a VW and is 87D - dunno if it's "classic", but it sure is old and "in the snow"

ep71

thats an awful lot like my golf!!!

mustang68

Mine in the (very) cold:

hi5

Heres a pic of mine not in the cold:)

acmatman

1962 Hotchkiss M201

Silvera

adunis wrote: »

Mines absolutley no fun LOL in the snow and at this rate my annual milage allowance will be used up if it don't thaw out soon

What year is te Range Rover?
Did you do the four door conversion yourself? Petrol or diesel?

Always liked the older RR's...very handy for towing ....and generally getting-about the place in this weather!

Camarague

macplaxton wrote: »

Was last out in the GS on the 6th. Need to check the points/timing as it's a pig to start.

Aren't you worried about the salt?

1948Wolseley

mustang68, I'm guessing the bonnet on your 156 wasn't open for routine maintenance in this weather. Italian electrics strike again?

macplaxton

What, me worry?

No.

A car is to be used. Just got to keep on top of these things that's all.

carchaeologist

atlantean wrote: »

— I would love to know that this "Grit" contains?

As far as i know "grit" is grit and rocksalt mixed together,therefore every main road now has loads of salt all over it.How long before that disappears?
I noticed as i spread some of the stuff the council left out for public use out over the drive this morning that it seemed to dissolve the ice,so i guess theres alot of salt in it.
Maybe i shoulda done a taste test..lol!:p

101sean

Should be just rock salt unless they've been 'watering' it down with grit or sand to make it go further.

carchaeologist

101sean wrote: »

Should be just rock salt unless they've been 'watering' it down with grit or sand to make it go further.

I think they have as they are running out of salt.

mustang68

1948Wolseley wrote: »

mustang68, I'm guessing the bonnet on your 156 wasn't open for routine maintenance in this weather. Italian electrics strike again?

I must defend the 156, electronics are very good in it. My issue was that in the cold I discovered that I had neglected to put anti-freeze in it the last time I did work. It was a fun two hours with a heater trying to get it going again, that's how you learn I guess, by making mistakes

1948Wolseley

Ouch! Good to hear she's back in business though.

Thinkingaboutit

Wolseley 16/60 started fine and was pretty surefooted, only that the grit will make a mess with rust unless I wash it soon.