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Decided I would take some photos outside yesterday, so I lifted the compact and snapped some pics. The prettier ones are posted somewhere else.

Here,

I'll put some pics of... my car.

I was thinking, most cars, being sleek and jelly-like these days, don't look like this

so... I'll take some pics of it.

 

 

My Car isn't Made of Jelly

It is made of metal, rust and trees

 

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Guest ratchethack
Posted

Mighty impressive, BFG.

 

There's another 'arteeest' in Germany of similar, um. . . proclivities, whose work you're sure to appreciate.

 

It appears that none of his objets d'art are made of jelly, either.

 

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This particular composition^ is an interpretation of a well-rusted yard in Belgium.

 

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Alfasud, resplendent in a veritable cacophony of corrosion

 

Wot wonders of unfathomable delight might be wrought by half a century of lowland rising damp on a '61 Renault Dauphine? Why, one fairly quivers with anticipation. Here's an opportunity to marvel, and lose yourself in rapture over the sheer splendor of it.

 

See link below, and wot appears to be his best works, archived and indexed. He invites solicitations, the volume over which, according to his comment at the bottom of the page, he seems to be perpetually overwhelmed. But I'm sure if you're persistent, he'll eventually reply to any sincere inquiry.

 

http://www.icmesa.com/tinhunter/Houthalen/THAHouthalen.htm

 

Enjoy. :whistle:

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  ratchethack said:
similar, um. . . proclivities, whose work you're sure to appreciate.

Yes, I enjoyed.

 

Difference is, my 'work of art' drives perfectly.

 

(Unlike my Moto Guzzi works of......)

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Nice work BFG. You have a great eye for photography. Is that your profession?

 

Damn that Griso has turned into a nightmare! What's the problem with your Scura? The last thing I recall is you dropped it and cracked the timing case, then repaired it with epoxy. Obviously something else went wrong...

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Some nice images there BFG.

 

I came across this hunk of metal while riding south of the border last winter.

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  Tom M said:
Nice work BFG. You have a great eye for photography. Is that your profession?

 

Damn that Griso has turned into a nightmare! What's the problem with your Scura? The last thing I recall is you dropped it and cracked the timing case, then repaired it with epoxy. Obviously something else went wrong...

Profession – unfortunately not.

 

Scura – the epoxy couldn't hold a seal at that awkward point, with so much stress at the engine block–engine support bracket–timing cover joint. It seems a terribly weak design at such a crucial point. I tried lots of times, but a hairline would always open. I also tried to source a new timing cover, but wasn't able to get one.

However the killer was that the fork seals went again, only 2,500 after they had been renewed. I could but up with some oil escaping from the timing chest, but the fork oil was pretty dramatic, on both sides, and soaked the brake pads so it had to come off the road. Time and circumstances didn't allow me to work at it, especially because I didn't have indoor space and the weather outside was bad. To fix it properly I need to open the timing chest and the sump, as I have a Roper plate to instal.

 

I have now trailered it to work, under a roof, so here's hoping that I'll get it fixed and back on the road this year.

I got a replacement timing cover from John O'Sullivan, which is brilliant.

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