I don't believe it!!!

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

- on the other hand, I remember during and just after the war, several layers of canvas showing was not uncommon, as tyres were almost unobtainable.

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Yes indeed, JD. I remember that up into the sixties. Often if a retreader rejected a tyre as unfit for retreading, the owner would put it back on and "wear it out". A few even wore them right through "the canvas" and put a sleeve inside to get a few more miles. Home (and professional) regrooving was all the go too at that period of time. you could buy an attachment for a Birko soldering iron for regrooving.

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Originally Posted by George130

Hey my old cars used to have different colored panels. Tyres were always good though.
I would get pulled over all the time for a safety check and end up chatting about all the work I had done to get it from a shell to it's current state.
The last one I sold to a wrecker. 2 days later when they returned the mags I was told they went to strip it and discovered all my work and it now had a new engine and was the work car. So not all mismached bodied cars are bad.

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Problem is they still look like a pile of crap on the road . Plus it doesn't take much to slap some paint on panels either . Even if it's just primer .

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Originally Posted by olbod

You know the rules.

Where's the pic's ?

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Couldn't take pictures , weren't allowed :D, plus I don't think the Mods would allow posting it :angel:

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Not just cheap old cars either - the other day I noted a BMW four wheel drive, couldn't be more than a couple of years old, if that - two bald front tyres, reasonable tread on the back.

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LOL! I recall working on a locally well-known real-estate agents car (a bmw also) when I'd 1st started at a new workshop. He'd complained about chattering from the front and rear wheels, and when I pulled the wheels off it was obvious...the discs were thin and the pads were down to raw steel. WAAAAY past the minimum. Turns out he'd said the same thing the last 2 services when they were borderline. :eek:

I obviously wrote on the worksheet that new discs n pads all around were needed, and the car was unsafe to drive, but the guys excuse for waiting to wait a while longer was horrific...owned 4 properties and couldn't afford to get the work done to his car! :eek:

I spoke with the service manager and showed him the problems, told him it was unsafe to drive, etc, but the owner was adament he was taking it home that day. I spat the dummy wanted no responsibility for anything that happened afterwards as I'd reported it, n so did my service manager. We wanted to hold the vehicle until it was safe to drive, but the law said we couldn't. We drafted a letter understanding the implications of our findings and the danger he presented to himself and others, let him sign it to avoid any legal responsibility, and had to watch it drive away while cringing. That was all we could do. The law is an ass at times...I'd not have given the keys if I had it my way! :S

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Originally Posted by Fusion

Problem is they still look like a pile of crap on the road . Plus it doesn't take much to slap some paint on panels either . Even if it's just primer .

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Primer is porous, not a clever idea:)

As much as I hate paying for it, tools like that is the reason I make sure I have the best insurance I can find.

I would pay to watch an insurance companys lawyers rip them to pieces if they damaged their clients vehicle.

Pulled in at the BP in Southern Cross on the way down to Perth last Thursday. As I pulled up, a near new "Telstra" Nissan Pootrol wagon reversed out of the undercover parking area in front of me, right rear tyre completely flat and making a lot of noise. He drove out the front of the roadhouse & pulled up behind a Telstra truck, chatted for a few seconds with the truck driver, and then they both proceeded to drive out of town heading for Perth. The tyre on the Pootrol was making such a racket that half the population of Southern Cross were watching this muppet and shaking their heads.

He got about a km - I passed him on the outskirts of town still trying to figure out what to do when I left about 10 minutes later - his mate in the truck nowhere to be seen.

Oh well - suppose it wasn't his car. Somebody else will foot the bill for the tyre and the stuffed wheel rim.

I agree...

But, I'm hearing a lot of comments and not a lot of action...

When I see crap like that I snap a photo of the tyres, the vehicle and the rego...

Then a quick phone call and email to the local cop shop...


I'll be damned if I'm letting anyone drive dangerous vehicles like those with my family and friends around...