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This is not the weather for tinkering with cars...
... Unless you have a heated garage.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 8:59, 1 reply, 13 years ago)
i think its just the battery is dead.
I hope its just the battery is dead.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:00, Reply)
Fingers crossed
Electrical issues with cars were always my least favourite, they're a bugger to track down. Good luck!
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:04, Reply)
I am not good with electrics.

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:15, Reply)
Dead battery often means duffed alternator
and if it's that flat that no lights come on the battery is probably trashed inside, it ruins the plates inside. Had it happen twice on an old Escort.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:05, Reply)
its a dynamo in my car.

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:14, Reply)
Does it do tricks?

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:17, Reply)
Crikey, how old is it?

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:18, Reply)
1959

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:25, Reply)
That's older than ME!
*only just, mind*
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:26, Reply)
I think i just ran it down driving almost exclusiveky in the dark for a week,
Running, heater, lights and wipers together on an old car won't last long.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:31, Reply)
British?

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:29, Reply)
Yes, I am
And damned proud of it, too!
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:30, Reply)
Yes.
And before you start. Yes, I know.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:30, Reply)
I wasn't going to ; )
The tutting and head-shaking is usually reserved for the 1970s stuff. All-Aggros and Marinas classics?? Pieces of shit then and now.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:35, Reply)
yeah,
It's a morris minor, so the engine will never die if I look after it. But god in hell I can hear it rust as I drive along.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:38, Reply)
Nice
and holds value if looked after, too.

The convertibles and Travellers are silly money though.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:47, Reply)
there arent many about though.
Pre 60 convertibles there are only about 65 odd left registered I think.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:57, Reply)
One of my mums neighbours had one
sold it for over 6k iirc, a fair while ago. It was all white, looked hideous to me.
(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 10:00, Reply)
Clap if you love Windy Pig's car.

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:21, Reply)
I'm just a pig now.

(, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 9:26, Reply)

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