Comments on: New Home for Nigel’s Crate http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/new-home-for-nigels-crate/ Team restoration of an Aston Martin V8 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: nellway http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/new-home-for-nigels-crate/comment-page-1/#comment-103 nellway Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:10:03 +0000 http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/new-home-for-nigels-crate/#comment-103 Renault 'racing colours'!!?? ..oh yes of course.. The Slow Car Racing Team... I'm really pleased you found a use for the crate Malc. Renault ‘racing colours’!!??

..oh yes of course..
The Slow Car Racing Team…

I’m really pleased you found a use for the crate Malc.

]]> By: malcolm http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/new-home-for-nigels-crate/comment-page-1/#comment-102 malcolm Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:59:44 +0000 http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/new-home-for-nigels-crate/#comment-102 I like that picture of events, but sadly it all happened like this: The brake servo which had appeared to be fine up until the day before the MOT suddenly started letting air into the system (which is odd as normally they let fluid out). I stole one of Nigel's servos while avoiding the attention of the law (cunningly I'd put gaffer tape over 'swag' on the bag). Fitted Nigel's servo but it leaked fluid. Quite late at night at that point so I gave up and drank beer instead. Ordered a reconditioned brake servo from Puddleduck who seemed to suggest it might arrive in a couple of days, but a phone call the following week revealed that the couple of days was merely the transit time to me once they'd received the bit themselves. Today I fitted the shiny new looking reconditioned servo which appears not to let air in nor fluid out. If I ever get any actual vacuum from the engine I'll be able to see if it works the brakes too. I returned Nigel's servo and nicked his crate instead. :-) I like that picture of events, but sadly it all happened like this:

The brake servo which had appeared to be fine up until the day before the MOT suddenly started letting air into the system (which is odd as normally they let fluid out).

I stole one of Nigel’s servos while avoiding the attention of the law (cunningly I’d put gaffer tape over ’swag’ on the bag).

Fitted Nigel’s servo but it leaked fluid. Quite late at night at that point so I gave up and drank beer instead.

Ordered a reconditioned brake servo from Puddleduck who seemed to suggest it might arrive in a couple of days, but a phone call the following week revealed that the couple of days was merely the transit time to me once they’d received the bit themselves.

Today I fitted the shiny new looking reconditioned servo which appears not to let air in nor fluid out. If I ever get any actual vacuum from the engine I’ll be able to see if it works the brakes too.

I returned Nigel’s servo and nicked his crate instead. :-)

]]> By: Richard http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/new-home-for-nigels-crate/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Richard Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:22:10 +0000 http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/new-home-for-nigels-crate/#comment-101 No. You've lost me there; how can you have to wait for the "brake servo promised for last week", when you'd already stolen "one of Nigel's brake servos to fix the emergency"? This implies that in stealing one of Nigel's brake servos, you had secured his promise that you could steal it, but he had let you down on delivery. Or was it you that let him down on collection? Images of Malcolm donning black mask, black and red horizontal striped jumper, "SWAG" bag on his back, sneaking out from his front door to his barn in the dead of night and surreptitiously detaching a brake servo from ROJ, while no-one's looking… Sneak back to house, have a cup of tea, nervously smoke a cigarette, and hope that no-one saw… Nee-nawww, Nee-nawww, Nee-nawww… Heavy knock on the door (which falls off its hinges…) “Ello, ‘ello ‘ello; what’s all this then; up to no good again are we?” “Honest, guv’, wasn’t me, it was ‘im!” Looks around; no-one there… Oops! “Ow about a cup of tea officer?” “Alright then, but I’ll still have to arrest you.” (Nigel arrives off the 00.35 St Pancras to Bedford…) “Hello Malcolm”, he says to the Police officer. “Are you responsible for this, by any chance?”, says the policeman. “Yes it’s a bit of an obsession”, says Nigel. “That’s as good as a confession for me” says the policeman. He snaps the cuffs, dunks another digestive in the tea and takes Nigel off for a night in the station. Malcolm fits servo to Oscar India, and accuses Nigel (who now has a criminal record) of welching on a deal involving a servo… No. You’ve lost me there; how can you have to wait for the “brake servo promised for last week”, when you’d already stolen “one of Nigel’s brake servos to fix the emergency”? This implies that in stealing one of Nigel’s brake servos, you had secured his promise that you could steal it, but he had let you down on delivery. Or was it you that let him down on collection?

Images of Malcolm donning black mask, black and red horizontal striped jumper, “SWAG” bag on his back, sneaking out from his front door to his barn in the dead of night and surreptitiously detaching a brake servo from ROJ, while no-one’s looking…

Sneak back to house, have a cup of tea, nervously smoke a cigarette, and hope that no-one saw…

Nee-nawww, Nee-nawww, Nee-nawww… Heavy knock on the door (which falls off its hinges…)

“Ello, ‘ello ‘ello; what’s all this then; up to no good again are we?”

“Honest, guv’, wasn’t me, it was ‘im!” Looks around; no-one there… Oops!
“Ow about a cup of tea officer?”

“Alright then, but I’ll still have to arrest you.”

(Nigel arrives off the 00.35 St Pancras to Bedford…)

“Hello Malcolm”, he says to the Police officer.

“Are you responsible for this, by any chance?”, says the policeman.

“Yes it’s a bit of an obsession”, says Nigel.

“That’s as good as a confession for me” says the policeman. He snaps the cuffs, dunks another digestive in the tea and takes Nigel off for a night in the station.

Malcolm fits servo to Oscar India, and accuses Nigel (who now has a criminal record) of welching on a deal involving a servo…

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