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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2021 20:40:22 GMT 1
This "poster" has been banned from the Forum. He is no longer a Club member.
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Post by marshman on Sept 19, 2021 10:25:04 GMT 1
Wow! Shame you feel like that. Being as you have only made 6 posts and been on the forum for a short time I'm not sure what the issue is. It's a shame you a destroying a car but it is yours to do with as you please and in my opinion you will be the only loser - there are still plenty of spares around if you look hard enough. If you read the club webshop description for the inner sills it is very clear from both the pictures and the description that they are little more than pieces of steel with a stepped edge big enough to effect a repair. It states that delivery is difficult. Remember the club and the spares "operation" is manned by volunteers who have lives and jobs of their own. It does not offer, or claim to offer, a next day service of brand new perfect fit spares. I know from direct personal experience in another club that being a "spares officer" is a thankless task. As to your comments about the EU section. There are few recent posts in there - one of the last was mine. I read that thread and could see little or nothing that fitted your description. In some of the other threads dating back to 2014 there were some comments that I wouldn't personally agree with but "xenophobic hatred" seems a bit strong. We live in a country where people are allowed to express their personal opinions - this car forum is remarkably free of politics compared to others. From your post it seems to me that you are perhaps less tolerant and understanding of others than you think - it works both ways ?? On a final note, maybe just scratch the glass with an angle grinder to make it unuseable - saves the mess of clearing up thousands of bits of shattered toughened glass. Also you will struggle with a nibbler cutting some of the panels, they are quite thick and a nibbler can be awkward to negotiate some of the curves and bends. Might I suggest a plasma cutter, it will slice through it all like a hot knife through butter saving you loads of time - or quickest and easiest - just take it to the scrap yard and stand there while the crush it??  I wish you well in whatever you choose to move onto next. Roger |
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Post by gettinolderdaily on Sept 19, 2021 11:42:19 GMT 1
Roger et al, I am biased , I have owned my standard eight since the seventies,it was my mothers car since 1964, and seven thousand miles.now I am old I appreciate more the efforts that people previously unknown to me put into keeping our cars/projects alive.the chap who makes the inner sill panels to order and by hand is by my understanding quite ancient no disrespect intended indeed much respect offered .by personal experience I know how difficult it can be to fit in all the demands that one can face.our cars can be seventy odd years old and it is unrealistic to expect a perfect supply chain for our parts.when thinking of having an older car as a project it must be realised that fixing it up is probably going to be a much bigger task than at first imagined. This may be part of the appeal in taking on such a project.when our community is attacked it would be easy to respond with anger but every body is entitled to their views however why blame unknown others when any fault probably lies in our own hands. Your ,Roger, response may I say appears reasoned and I personally have previously found very informative and supportive to several unknown to you individuals. I applaud our spares suppliers unpaid enthusiastic and helpful ,and look forward to many more years of standarding with their help your comments ideas etc I look forward to as well.his loss. End of my comments hopefully won't need to be repeated regards to all phil ps I have noticed that whenever I post it seems to be the kiss of death to a thread am I doing something wrong?comments appreciated phil
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Post by shiney on Sept 19, 2021 13:43:09 GMT 1
i agree with every word roger and phil have said i have owned my standard for just over a year now and been a member for just under a year i have found all the people on the forum etc have been extremely help full in all question i have asked and there knowledge is price less i no we are all aloud our own opinions we are lucky but i find in this day and age people seem to click a button on their computers and expect things delivered the next day . its sad really that some people have no patients these days but i suppose thats the world we live in now. even parts for new vehicles never fit properly and some times need a small modification. i find thats some of the joy of working on these old cars where parts are rare you have to use your head and some times think out of the box a little.i personally hold a great deal of respect for all of the people in the club that are involved in finding making and supplying parts for these lovely old cars if it wasnt for them it would be very difficult to keep them on the road keep up the good work it must take up a lot of time. best wishes
peter
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Post by standardthread on Sept 19, 2021 16:56:33 GMT 1
What a vandal, smacks of past European ideologies burning books.
Phrases like ‘a poor workman' blaming his tools or lack of abilities. Other phrases come to mind.
Try volunteering my friend, or spending hours to try to provide something to make another persons life easier. They can be a thankless tasks.
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Post by magnet on Sept 19, 2021 18:34:08 GMT 1
As a two Standards owner for over 40 years, I made the conscious decision not to rejoin the club as far back as the era when I had hair! My reasons are personal, and I choose not to share them, but having said that, if I could help a Standard (or any other classic car owner) - member or non member, then I would certainly do my best to do so.
I’m not sure what your personal situation is, but to deliberately break up/vandalise a car in order to deprive another owner - again member or non member - seems a little harsh, but I guess if that provides you with a temporary easement of your frustration, then I can only assume that temporary situation completely satisfies your needs at that time.
I too trust your actions will also satisfy your future objectives ., and you will be completely relieved of your issue with this case.
Good luck and kind regards
Gareth.
p.s. Sorry I can’t address you by name, but you don’t say what your name is.
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Post by gettinolderdaily on Sept 20, 2021 12:42:43 GMT 1
Hi al, wether by name or not ,I held back and refrained from commenting harshly , even though like some others I probably wanted to,but ,it's maybe good to remain incognito to avoid the attacks that some like to make although I also have looked at your posts sellarac and cannot see any reason for your feeling agreived ,as others have said this classic scene is not always immediate and I from experience would say that acquaintances made over the years are probably going to be long lasting that is the nature of the beast when we can help each other to the eventual end product of our efforts.it is not about speed of replies or anything like that ,it's the fact that people have the experience and information and are willing to share it rant over regards phil
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Post by webmaster on Sept 22, 2021 19:12:56 GMT 1
I am afraid that the committee has decided to ban this member from the Club, this Forum and Facebook. It is unfortunate, but anyone who wants to destroy a Standard clearly has no place in our friendly and helpful organisation.
Phil
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Post by daddyshortlegs on Sept 22, 2021 20:55:43 GMT 1
Before the O.P. was removed I checked the quoted registration number on the DVLA website, it had a new V5 issued last month which suggests that it recently changed hands & was taxed from the first of this month which means that it was insured, this hardly sounds like a project car requiring new sills, I suspect that the registration number was taken from an advert & that the O.P. was a malicious hoax.
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Post by Eternal Optimist on Sept 23, 2021 17:47:50 GMT 1
Before the O.P. was removed I checked the quoted registration number on the DVLA website, it had a new V5 issued last month which suggests that it recently changed hands & was taxed from the first of this month which means that it was insured, this hardly sounds like a project car requiring new sills, I suspect that the registration number was taken from an advert & that the O.P. was a malicious hoax. I don’t think he was a hoaxer - he was clearly a very angry man. I pointed him towards the forum when he was trying to get a bunch of info about modifying his car on FB. Whilst FB has it’s place for ‘in the moment’ stuff, a forum is more searchable and makes a better archive of info when you’re restoring or maintaining a vehicle. Wish I’d seen the post that got him the ban! |
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Post by standardthread on Sept 23, 2021 18:38:42 GMT 1
Before the O.P. was removed I checked the quoted registration number on the DVLA website, it had a new V5 issued last month which suggests that it recently changed hands & was taxed from the first of this month which means that it was insured, this hardly sounds like a project car requiring new sills, I suspect that the registration number was taken from an advert & that the O.P. was a malicious hoax. I don’t think he was a hoaxer - he was clearly a very angry man. I pointed him towards the forum when he was trying to get a bunch of info about modifying his car on FB. Whilst FB has it’s place for ‘in the moment’ stuff, a forum is more searchable and makes a better archive of info when you’re restoring or maintaining a vehicle. Wish I’d seen the post that got him the ban! There was a lot of vitriol in his post, and perhaps a smudge of incompetence expecting things to drop out of the box and jump on his car without any fettling as well as a change from RHD to LHD.
The question is, was his car a wreck that had had an MOT some years ago (now exempt) so he taxed it expecting to do a 'quick fix', then couldn't, then blamed others and finally spat his dummy out?
It would be interesting to know if he took his nibbler to it and crushed it, or if it reappears in the hands of some other person in the future.
One for the Club to look out for?
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Post by daddyshortlegs on Sept 23, 2021 20:55:28 GMT 1
Wish that I kept a record of the reg' number now, it was listed as a black 1955 Ten. There was a lot in his post about the EU & how us having an EU directives section (now rather irrelevant) on this forum was the last straw.
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Post by Phil Hetherington on Sept 24, 2021 9:01:17 GMT 1
VPP511, I think.
Thing is, the guy who was posting about the sills on Facebook has a grey 10, BE24799 but no number plate in the photos. Whereas the 10 mentioned here is on DVLA as black. Can anyone from the club confirm if these are the same car or two different ones? (And by extension, the same person or not?)
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Post by Phil Hetherington on Sept 24, 2021 9:08:17 GMT 1
The EU Directives section was and I think still is relevant, even outside the EU the UK will be influenced by their regulations; we also have members in Europe.
Personally, I’m happy to nail my colours to the mast as a remainer, I regret the UK pulling out of the EU and I would vote to go back in, given the chance. But I have to accept that there was a democratic vote on the matter and I’m in the minority, albeit a large one. What this has to do with a shared love of old cars, I have no idea; I’m happy to respect others’ views and keep politics out of it and I hope most other people are too.
I must confess I have seen the odd post in that section in the past which I felt was a bit close to the wire (mostly from one person who clearly had a bee in their bonnet about the EU) but nothing recently and certainly nothing which would warrant the sort of rant which started this thread.
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Post by IceCube! on Sept 24, 2021 16:57:47 GMT 1
All I can say is they guy who is complaining here is a complete arse, mess around, and know it all. Without going into to details and naming him and pointing out all his flaws he isn't exactly a loss to this community. He wasn't happy from the start buying the car and taking about 2 weeks to collect it, and then turning right back around to return it to who he purchased it off, to then return and take the car away again.. so he obviously was never happy. He kept discovering non-standard things done to his car and tried to 'look on the bright side' and clearly wasn't happy, he was an ass to the people of this community and hence people started to ignore him. I'm not going to miss the annoying 3 posts of nutse a day he used to post on the FB groups lol. Good riddance. It's a shame about the car, it didn't look as bad as he used to make it was.. he just used to pick the smallest things to pick on. Maybe he should have viewed the car and walked away, and waited for a better opportunity? The issue doesn't seem to be here, the community or the spares or the car, it's the owner and without him we can all be happier. I'm certain the car won't get bashed about and will be sold to someone though obviously we were open to views and opinion to allow this thread to live with his post for as long as it did... and to allow his post to make it out on the FB group before it got too far out of hand and got deleted. His thoughts on pretty much made to order panels arriving in 3-5 business days was funny and retarded all at the same time lol. Phil He once posted the engine number RE6037FR also but later states it as G3090 I HE. He was awful at checking numbers though although looking I told him where to look and he looked in the wrong places or couldn't read them properly lol |
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