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Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:20 pm
by Edweird
andyrew wrote:looking good ed, how the ride now with the new springs?

i lowered mine down from an add a leaf to brand new standard height springs, so much nicer to drive.


one thing i would say tho........... give that sj a bath and a good wax!!! :poke:
The ride is better than before. The springs rebound much more quickly and it doesn't bounce and wallow around as much as it did before.

I know she needs a good wash, but it's cold outside and I'm a lazy bugger. Plus the dirt disguises the rust a bit.... :oops:

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:51 pm
by Edweird
I swear my bad luck is going to kill me one of these days. :argh:

A little bit of snow fell last night and I like to take photographs of snowy landscapes. On the way back from Uni at about half 12, I pulled over in a couple of field entrances to snap a few. The last one I stopped at, I slowed down, pulled up with my SJ to the side of the field entrance and got out, handbrake on and everything as you would. I'd walked round and had taken a couple of pictures when I hear my truck side forwards.

Turns out the passenger side wheel was on the edge of a rut and so she slid into it. Because I'd parked over to one side out of the way she slid into a little tree. The bull bar stood up to it, thankfully, but the bumper folded like paper. :cry:
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SO, anyone got an SJ front bumper they could post me? :roll:

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:54 pm
by Jordi
Again, might have one. If i do i'll be in scunthorpe in mid feb sometime? Again like i told dunnin. I need to check.

Jordi

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:01 pm
by Edweird
Jordi wrote:Again, might have one. If i do i'll be in scunthorpe in mid feb sometime? Again like i told dunnin. I need to check.

Jordi
If I haven't got one by then, that would be awesome. :D

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:27 pm
by Edweird
Still can't get hold of a bumper. I've tried about half a dozen people breaking SJs on eBay now.

Did you have any luck finding one in your spares Jordi?

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:53 pm
by dan_2k_uk
I jumped out to take a photo once and heard my handbrake bang and watched my truck career down a hill backwards through some trees and into a river with my mate sat in the passenger seat.

His face was priceless and according to him so was mine.

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:20 pm
by Jordi
Haven't had time to check yet. Was busy bodging mine up. I'll try and make it a priority for saterday.

Jordi

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:25 pm
by Edweird
dan_2k_uk wrote:I jumped out to take a photo once and heard my handbrake bang and watched my truck career down a hill backwards through some trees and into a river with my mate sat in the passenger seat.

His face was priceless and according to him so was mine.
Sorry, but that made me nearly wet myself. The fact that he was still in it.

I know a woman who drove an old 318 E36. Basic model, worn out and had to be bullshitted through it's MOTs. She plays trumpet for an orchestra and one night she was playing at a pantomime in Lincoln; "The city on the hill." She parked her beamer outside and five hours later when she came back out it was 50 yards away, tangled in some steel railings.

She drove it away as well, bumper hanging off and her tail lights buggered in the dark. :screwy:
Patched it up with a bumper and lights from a scrapper for next to nothing and it went through one more MOT before it threw a rod. :hahaha:

And thanks Jordi, that'd be awesome.

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:41 pm
by chrisj410
Ah man thats a shame :(
Im pretty sure I've got one
Ill check tomorrow bud

Re: Ed's wagon

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:32 pm
by Edweird
chrisj410 wrote:Ah man thats a shame :(
Im pretty sure I've got one
Ill check tomorrow bud
Thanks