Diy Car Repairs

[Captain Colonial]

All right, we all know Steve and Fraser are brilliant at what they do on cars, but sometimes times are tight and you have to do it yourself when it comes to car repairs. Let these next 34 photos be an inspiration when needs must - which one is your favourite?

Buy a used boot lid at a scrapyard? Nah, I've got some plywood and hinges already!

Wiper motor gone? No problems!

It's only the passenger side, after all:

Is there anything cardboard and duck tape can't fix?

It's a car! It's a pickup! It's...all right, it's hideous:

[Captain Colonial]

Love my new wide tyres and rims, but they didn't fit too well:

OK, parking's an issue, but it's easy to check the brakes on the corner!

It's not a drive wheel anyway, so what's the problem?

OK, so I crashed it once, odds are I won't need it a second time!

And all his friends wondered why their number plates had disappeared one night:

[Captain Colonial]

Pah, the missus never looks in the mirror these days anyway:

The mirror glass was still OK and I had an empty bottle, so...

A touch of class, restored:

Getting in isn't as issue, but getting back out is tricky:

Look carefully - this one below is a taxi!

[Captain Colonial]

The bad news is I can't wash the car off and the lawn has gone to hell:

It lights up - so what's the problem?

Just avoid speed bumps:

Duck tape to the rescue again:

And you can eat in your car as well!

[Captain Colonial]

For those of you who like a beer while driving:

Red Bull gives you carbon monoxide poisoning:

It'll buff out later on:

Doorbell not included:

I saw them use this here thang in Formuler Wun when they dun changed a tarr:

[Captain Colonial]

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What happens when retired Volvo designers are left alone:

Weight saving - yeah, that's it, weight saving!

Tired of those bumpers that get dented?

My car is green in more ways than one!

[Captain Colonial]

And finally...

Plastic cable ties + hot exhaust pipe = predictable outcome ahead:

I have no idea on this one. Aerial? Height detector?

Sure, rear visibility suffers a bit, but the beer in the back stays real cold!

And my favourite:

Infinitely variable temperature control!

[Rab (bombero) Reid]

We are an ingenious and resourceful animal, are we not! My fave is the glass bottle headlamp and my most shocking is the German(?) grey 4x4!

[RobC]

PMSL I needed this today...

Thanks

[Westie66]

I used a coke can once to fix an exhaust, it outlasted the rest of the car

My favourite is the generator on the boot and aircon taped to a window.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Some out and out classics there Captain. :laugh:

The thing that does amuse me though, is how what looks normal(ish) to us on here, gets just the same reaction as some of those do, from ordinary, non-petrolhead types.

Last week, one lunch break, one of our lads was looking over my shoulder while I surfed the Boardroom; he's seen Westfield's, )in fact, he's still shaking from a quick blat in mine!) but he p****d himself laughing at the picture of one of the Fireblade engined cars with random, huge square, black, airbox bits sticking out through the lovely sleek bonnet.

[JeffC]

made me chuckle :laugh:

[Nic Chase (NICO) - Shropshire & Mid-Wales AO]

Absolutely brilliant, Captain. I love the remodelled Volvo

[ianstewartshouse]

Wish i was as ingenious!!

[XTR2Turbo]

Good stuff. Very funny.

My favourite has to be the taps for the heater controls.

A girl in the office use to have more cable ties than that on here car.

One of the aircon engineers repleced them with stainless steel ties and they were still holding on the exhaust when she sold it.

As a young lad I had a Landrover 90 that had a deck chair in the back incase I needed to carry an extra passenger. Not sure the then girl friends parents were too impressed when we picked them up from Heathrow airport