Project Log - Ph1 Flame Red 172

[Michaelfoz]

i remember this one time, stu done a ph2 dash conversion trololololol

 

[Djw John]

Bet he's glad he did that now...

 

[Stu.]

Bet he's glad he did that now...

Was nice when it was in :rasp:

 

[Djw John]

Well last weekend I had a bit of time to give it the yearly good clean ahead of CSS and finish off a couple of silly little things that don't affect the drive at all, like the steering column surround, painting calipers etc etc.

Also put the back seats in, seems weird after 2 years of not having any!

And the big change, for the first time in approx 2 years

In preparation for CSS and our holiday, I expect to be doing around 2000 miles in 10 days so a bit of quietness might help my wife be happier!

And its getting close to being a fast one

And gave it a quick going over this morning just to try and keep it cleanish for next week.

And there will be plenty of pics in a few weeks time as by then we'll have driven roughly this route

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sadd...&mra=dpe&mrsp=5&sz=7&via=5,9,10,14,16&t=m&z=6

 

[Baylis]

Really nicely done mate, looks tidy!

 

[Djw John]

Cheers mate. TBH its better mechanically than it is cosmetically, those photos are quite sympathetic!

 

[Djw Dave]

I still love this car one of the only cars I'd buy back.

Bumper paint up and it'll be reet again.

 

[Djw John]

Aw shucks.

​You'd only end up selling it back to me again! Paint eventually as you know.

 

[.GAZ.]

 

[Djw John]

6 years today since I first bought this! (Only remember cos its my Mums birthday!)

 

[Chi]

Ph1 flamer ftw

 

[dmallett]

Guess what happened to me 6 years ago today

 

[Djw John]

You were born?!

 

[dmallett]

The way I act you would think so! I obviously look old for my age

 

[Djw John]

Go on then? Passing your test?

 

[dmallett]

Got my first full time job, suspense was killing you right?

Ill leave this thread now!

 

[Djw John]

Lol, I'd only qualified as a psych nurse a year before. (We'll ignore that I didn't start the 3 year course until i was 20...)

 

[Djw John]

Well the clio has been a proper little workhorse recently and has been covering a good few miles and never getting washed!

Anyway, Michelins have finally worn down after about 2 years, I'm not putting a picture up of them!

Dave very kindly painted my spare wheels that I got recently and I got my winter tyres fitted to them. 2 done, 2 to go.

Centre caps have also been done but were sat in the back of the Laguna so will fit them soon. Just a single pic just now

 

[BREMBO]

Looking good mate!

 

[Djw John]

Cheers Ben, I quite like them for being winters and Dave has done a great job painting them.

 

[Djw Dave]

Cheers fella. They came out pretty well.

 

[ScottL]

Looks really good mate, makes me want a flamer more and more

 

[Djw John]

Cheers Scott, defo my favourite Ph1 colour closely followed by sunflower yellow and Pearl Black.

Popped the centre caps on this morning

Come at me snow

 

[Djw Dave]

Awesome.

 

[Djw John]

Aye they'll do until you gift me your turbines.

 

[jameseboy]

Looks good mate!
Loving the colour!

 

[Djw John]

Cheers mate

 

[dmallett]

I just thought they were dirty, look alright though!

That bumper needs paint badly now

 

[Djw John]

You should see that bit where I hit the pigeon, it's probably about 3-4 square inches of missing paint now

 

[dmallett]

Birds flying into the front of ph1s doesn't end well!

a pheasant has pretty much wrote mine off recently lol

 

[Djw John]

Yours running out of petrol would write it off the amount it owes you

 

[dmallett]

FLOL, the current figure is less than most people pay for a set of turinis

 

[Mickb]

Nice john.

 

[Djw John]

FLOL, the current figure is less than most people pay for a set of turinis

Depends on what whacky colour they've been painted

Nice john.

Cheers Mick

 

[Djw John]

Just realised that I've never put in the tour pics from this summer in here so here they are

Finally getting round to writing this up. This year we decided to go down to CSS and see my wifes cousin and family whilst we were there and then go straight on our holidays after that. It wasn't until we got to Cambridgeshire we realised we probably should've kept going and gone to Europe but hey ho, next time!

So firstly the CSS pics

DSC_0027 by john.holligan, on Flickr

Vee by john.holligan, on Flickr

Vee by john.holligan, on Flickr

Mk4 Cup Racer by john.holligan, on Flickr

Supercharged flower by john.holligan, on Flickr

Sally B by john.holligan, on Flickr

Salmonds new toy by john.holligan, on Flickr

Spitfire Duxford by john.holligan, on Flickr

Spitfire Duxford by john.holligan, on Flickr

Spitfire Duxford by john.holligan, on Flickr

Spitfire Duxford by john.holligan, on Flickr

Spitfire Duxford by john.holligan, on Flickr

Sally B by john.holligan, on Flickr

SR71 Blackbird by john.holligan, on Flickr

After that we came back up the road on the Sunday, stayed at home on the Monday and left on the Tuesday for the next section, the Heilans!

This was on Skye

View from Skye B&B by john.holligan, on Flickr

Parked up for the night by john.holligan, on Flickr

Quiraing by john.holligan, on Flickr

Quiraing by john.holligan, on Flickr

At the Quiraing by john.holligan, on Flickr

3 wheeling by john.holligan, on Flickr

Near the Old Man of Storr- Skye by john.holligan, on Flickr

Portree Valver by john.holligan, on Flickr

Portree by john.holligan, on Flickr

Dunvegan Castle by john.holligan, on Flickr

The road to Talisker by john.holligan, on Flickr

DSC_0153 by john.holligan, on Flickr

Eilean Donan Castle just south of Kyle of Lochalsh

Dunvegan by john.holligan, on Flickr

Dunvegan by john.holligan, on Flickr

Eilean Donan by john.holligan, on Flickr

We stayed in Lochcarron for the second night and headed up to Kylesku, via Applecross, Gairloch, Poolewe and Ullapool

At the start of the Bealach-na-ba by john.holligan, on Flickr

Foggy Pass by john.holligan, on Flickr

No pics at the top as you could barely see your hand in front of your face thanks to being slap bang in the middle of a cloud!

Outside the Inn by john.holligan, on Flickr

If any of you watched Monty Halls Great Escape on the BBC you might recognise here

Beachcomber Cottage by john.holligan, on Flickr

Beachcomber Cottage - Applecross by john.holligan, on Flickr

Beachcomber Cottage by john.holligan, on Flickr

This is Mellon Charles near Ault Bea

Ault Bea by john.holligan, on Flickr

The road to Ullapool by john.holligan, on Flickr

Between Aultbea and Ullapool by john.holligan, on Flickr

North of Ullapool

Who needs the Isle of Mann?! by john.holligan, on Flickr

The road to Kylsku by john.holligan, on Flickr

View from Kylesku by john.holligan, on Flickr

Kylesku Hotel by john.holligan, on Flickr

DSC_0337 by john.holligan, on Flickr

Better leave it in reverse then by john.holligan, on Flickr

The loch was so clear you could see hundreds of these

DSC_0349 by john.holligan, on Flickr

DSC_0352 by john.holligan, on Flickr

(I was quite drunk when I took this pic, its the best of a bad bunch but it was right outside the window of the hotel)

DSC_0375 by john.holligan, on Flickr

Kylesku hotel was great and we will defo stay there again. Unfortunately the next day it was sideways rain so I couldnt get the pic of the bridge like I intended to. We were heading along the North Coast that day via Durness, Tongue and staying in Thurso

Durness by john.holligan, on Flickr

KGX - Durness by john.holligan, on Flickr

We had spotted a lot of classic cars back in Ullapool, couple of Bentleys but mostly Bugattis, unfortunately hadn't managed to get any pics but then, as we were in Cocoa Mountain these 2 turned up. The owner of the open top was a lovely guy who moved a LandCruiser out the way for pics and was happy to chat. The owner of the other one was a grumpy c**t!

Bugatti in Durness by john.holligan, on Flickr

Bugatti in Durness by john.holligan, on Flickr

Bugatti in Durness by john.holligan, on Flickr

Bugatti in Durness by john.holligan, on Flickr

Bugatti in Durness by john.holligan, on Flickr

It was great to see them out in the open and being used properly, much better than being sat in a museum imo.

Then we went onto Smoo Cave

Smoo Cave by john.holligan, on Flickr

The North Road by john.holligan, on Flickr

And then the battery died, cos I'm an arse and had forgotten to charge it, properly annoying as the scenery was great and the weather cleared up! Gave it a quick charge at Thurso and had a cheap dinner out- chippy in the car!

Thurso by john.holligan, on Flickr

Busy little Port by john.holligan, on Flickr

Chippy and the Sea by john.holligan, on Flickr

Looking out to Orkney by john.holligan, on Flickr

View from Thurso B&B by john.holligan, on Flickr

We watched the Orkney ferry come in and you could see Orkney very clearly, we'll head there at some point

The next day we were heading to Inverness via Dunnet Head, John O'Groats, Wick, Lairg for the Falls of Shin and Tain. Turns out the Falls of Shin visitor centre had gone on fire and as we needed lunch and the loo we didn't even get out of the car!

Dunnet Head by john.holligan, on Flickr

Dunnet Head by john.holligan, on Flickr

Dunnet Head by john.holligan, on Flickr

John O'Groats by john.holligan, on Flickr

Dunnet Head pisses all over JOG, which in all honesty is a hole!

The next day we woke in a very nice B&B in Inverness and knew that one of my brothers was in the region having hired a boat to go from Inverness to Fort William and back. We were having dinner with him and his mates that night but we decided to fire down to Fort Augustus to meet up with them in the morning. I can barely walk on a boat and they were all properly hungover but it was still a laugh. My bro is the one not wearing Dannys gay Pirate hat

Fort Augustus by john.holligan, on Flickr

Then we went on to Plodda Falls where the walkway stops at the top of the falls. And I s**t myself everytime!

Plodda Falls by john.holligan, on Flickr

Plodda Falls by john.holligan, on Flickr

Plodda Falls by john.holligan, on Flickr

Plodda Falls by john.holligan, on Flickr

The falls were the smallest we had seen them, but it had been very dry for weeks. Probably the last time we go to them in KGX though, the road just is too much for it!

This is pretty normal for the smaller Highland roads, great fun

Tomich Road by john.holligan, on Flickr

After 2 nights in Inverness we headed to Aberdeen and stayed in a nice but slightly strange guest house,

Aberdeen by john.holligan, on Flickr

Aberdeen by john.holligan, on Flickr

and visited Cruden Bay

Cruden Bay by john.holligan, on Flickr

Cruden Bay by john.holligan, on Flickr

Cruden Bay by john.holligan, on Flickr

I took the wrong tablet that morning so my hayfever was mental and then I fell asleep- tool! However, my wife had been doing a fair bit of the driving anyway so it wasnt much of a drama.

When we got home the car was minging!

Home by john.holligan, on Flickr

Home by john.holligan, on Flickr

Quick wash and test of Hot Wheels worked well though

Home by john.holligan, on Flickr

In the end we covered 2499 miles and were knackered! But now we know where we want to go back for longer and where we won't bother going back to!

Well done if you got this far!

Cheers
John

 

[hansthebear]

Oh Hello

 

[Djw John]

Oh hai! Your car properly put mine to shame! Mine is a state inside and out just now

 

[Djw John]

First wash in about 3-4 months today!

DSC_0269 by john.holligan, on Flickr

 

[Mickb]

Nice and tidy

 

[Djw John]

From a distance