those were the days

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those were the days
9 April 2009, 7:41 PM

tommytwotanks
Joined 25 Aug 2006
1152 posts

when i started work back in the 70's my first job was at a body shop, they had a contract with the local leyland dealer "dutton forshaw" to fix any body related problems, such as water leaks, the number of marinas and allegros we had in was shocking, we seemed to have a production line, as soon as we did one and returned it, the boss would bring back something else
another favourite was the vw camper van, we seemed to have one of them in all the time due to bodywork damage down the side, nothing was ever beaten/pushed out, just filled, i used to like doing them, lol

what do you remember about your first job

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those were the days
9 April 2009, 7:51 PM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
2230 posts

working under age as a paper boy lol.

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those were the days
9 April 2009, 8:08 PM

tommytwotanks
Joined 25 Aug 2006
1152 posts

no, after you left kinder garden, lol

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those were the days
9 April 2009, 8:19 PM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
2230 posts

worked for a large freight company. best bits wher driveing 7.5 toners and charging around on folk lifts at 16, they let me reverse an artic with trailer into tight docking bay buggered it by about a foot and hit a cement bollard with rear of trailer. moved an internal ABOUT SIX INCHES WHEN DIDNT STOP IN TIME ON FOLK LIFT WHILST RACING. lOl Deisel one.

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those were the days
9 April 2009, 8:50 PM

tommytwotanks
Joined 25 Aug 2006
1152 posts

bas you make me smile, youre such a essex boy racer, lol

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those were the days
9 April 2009, 11:28 PM

Top Guy
Joined 13 Sep 2008
581 posts

Mine was a bit like bas really, started out a a haulage company as a trainee mechanic, but was mainly a gofer and truck n trailer cleaner and taught myself to reverse a 38t MAN by the end of the 2nd week i reversing trailers into the work shops for the lads no problems.

Best parts of the job bein taught how to do donuts in a tractor unit in the wet and doin out of hours breakdowns when 2 mechanics were needed on the job, travellin up to crewe to do a clutch in the snow, cold but 16 and earning silly money.

Bad bits, steam cleaning out a trailer which had been rolled and a car had gone in to the roof...... 23 ton of pickled beetroot to clean up, took me 2 days till the boss was happy.

Ive still yet to take my HGV licence, i think maybe its about time to save up

Nige

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10 April 2009, 11:25 AM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
2230 posts

sounds like fun barring the beet root lol. Ive never driven an artic with trailer since. they didnt actually expext me to do it. they where joking. drove the rig once i had license round block. would love to take one out again. bet their so different no 15 years later.

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10 April 2009, 3:51 PM

Top Guy
Joined 13 Sep 2008
581 posts

Im working for tnt now and were gettin new units that are semi autos (no clutch pedal) the drivers are raving about them.

Unfortunately work wont allow me to drive them.... Booooooo

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10 April 2009, 11:28 PM

L.B.
Joined 5 Dec 2005
3310 posts

Staright into Austin Rover straight after school, That was where you really understood all about oil leaks and rust lol !!!

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11 April 2009, 0:54 AM

tommytwotanks
Joined 25 Aug 2006
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oil leaks, what austin rover, have you got your facts right L.B. lol

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those were the days
11 April 2009, 11:54 AM

Al's Pug
Joined 7 Feb 2005
1825 posts

LB they wern't oil leaks, it was chassis lubrication, to ward off rust.

Damm garages kept gumming them up, thats why you hardly ever see any 1100 or 1300's around.

Having said that both Ford and Vauxhall used the same principal for the Cortina, Granada, early Cavalier & Carlton. Thats why they didn't bother with underseal!

The Rootes Group approached it dfferently so the Hunter and Avenger had poor steel, no underseal and no oil leaks! and just rusted regardless.

Al

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14 April 2009, 10:46 PM

L.B.
Joined 5 Dec 2005
3310 posts

Ha ha yeah I seem to remember that Al as I had a 1300 vanden plas for my first car.
Yeah I also had a gold Hunter 1725 with twin strombergs ! for extra fuel leaks lol ! this was after the 1300.
The wings were basicly a constitute of wire mesh and fibre fill lol !!
The Cortina was a big upgrade for me oh yes !
Come think about it I've had some fine quality machines over the years ha ha !!!

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14 April 2009, 11:55 PM

Al's Pug
Joined 7 Feb 2005
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had a few cars (heaps) over the years too

Corsair (clunky auto), only put up with it for 3 weeks
borowed A60 (parents car - they still got it!),
Austin 3 litre - got my first ticket !
A90 Six, (sold for house deposit)
A55II still got it !
SD1 (2600 auto) px for next car
Pug 309 mk 1 petrol
Pug 309 mk 2 diesel & wife got a Pug 205 d/turbo
Pug 306 td est (when 309 got written off with only 310K on clock)

so dont feel bad , others of us have owned clunkers too !

Al

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22 April 2009, 10:40 PM

L.B.
Joined 5 Dec 2005
3310 posts

Been away a few days and just got a look at this.
An A90 Al ! this was a relatively big car as far as the A series cars went I Think I seen one of these at a car show way back in the early 90's
Not one of the models that ever gets much of a mention compared to the smaller ones.
"written off with only 310K on clock" ha ha ! I like your enthusiasm and trust in a car with this mileage !!!

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