has anyone wombled there car

[hongkongfuey]

has anyone found bits lying around and used them to fix or mod their cars? what is the worse wombled car you have seen

[march109]

Best wombled car is the turbo 335i built by Toby.

[delphincabby]

once saw a micra with a cardboard box body kit and brown tape fixings

[hongkongfuey]

i once used a roses tin lid to fix an exhaust

[march109]

I've used a cola can to fix my motorbike. thsta the extent of my wombling.

[320Touring]

Does a sock as a rear topmount rubber count?

3500 miles in 6 days on it....

[liquid079]

I used one of my sisters socks+cable tie over the airbox inlet and done away with the air-filter, as it kept gettin caked in oil...

I stopped doing this when it got sucked in after giving the engine some abuse

[Alfa_Delta]

I know a lad whos' fuel pump in his mini failed one night and left him stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Now this is ingenious wombilng...

He emptied out the washer bottle and filled it with fuel from a petrol can in the boot. Then disconnected the pipe that goes to the washer jets and attached it to the inlet pipe for the carburettor. He then unplugged the wiper motor.

He drove home occasionally pressing the "wash wipe" stalk to pump a little fuel into the float chamber - well it saved waiting for recovery! lol

[suchy]

Alfa Delta- classic wombling!!

I once had a Scirocco with a blocked fuel line so I bungee corded a 5ltr plastic jerry can next to the rad and had some fuel pipe feeding from said jerry can. Worked a treat until, after some usual driving antics, can moved a bit and rested against cooling fan, which in turn wore through plastic can and dumped fuel load, leaving me stranded.

[zaust]

Speaker cable as a throttle cable on one of my bug's.


The feista i bodged with black tape to hold the door on dosn't count as they come out the factory as womble's.

[Speedtouch]

There's been many a dumped banger I've liberated parts from to keep mine running, particularly my 1970 Minor Traveller because just about any BMC part will fit on from the likes of Minis, Austin 1300, Metro, Marina, etc. In fact, it currently has an MG Midget engine & box and wheels, Metro HIF carb, Ford Orion front disc brakes...

[tomtomtom]

gear linkage broke on my mk2 golf, wrapped a condom round it to get me home! worked a treat!

[gooner1]

gear linkage broke on my mk2 golf, wrapped a condom round it to get me home! worked a treat!

You do,nt know how tempted i am to comment on that tom. Its only the fear of a ban that.s stopping me.

[Gibson]

gear linkage broke on my mk2 golf, wrapped a condom round it to get me home! worked a treat!

You do,nt know how tempted i am to comment on that tom. Its only the fear of a ban that.s stopping me.

Just do it.... you know it will be worth it

[tomtomtom]

gear linkage broke on my mk2 golf, wrapped a condom round it to get me home! worked a treat!

You do,nt know how tempted i am to comment on that tom. Its only the fear of a ban that.s stopping me.

say it!

[Gene_Genie]

I've used a cola can to fix my motorbike. thsta the extent of my wombling.

As a gasket or as a spark plug thread?

I've done the spark plug thread to get me home after mine got fired out of the head, pulling it's thread as it went. Took 30 minutes of searching the roadside to find the plug but the repair got me home in the end.

On a Ford Sierra, i once used a piece of speaker wire as a throttle cable when mine snapped. I ran the wire out of the drivers window and through the bulkhead vents to the throttle linkage. With it wrapped around my right hand it made a useable hand operated throttle and got me home.

[maxfield]

I've used a Corn Flakes box as a head gasket on a few bikes.

[lloydp]

I haven't done much myself beyond the odd bastardised bolt or small fitting nicked from work, but my gran has rigged up a cam belt using her stockings once!

[stevescaife22]

Speak to us air force lads, we use speed tape on panels of jets that do 700mph followed by the comment "it'll do a trip"!!!

[march109]

I've used a Corn Flakes box as a head gasket on a few bikes.

Pushbikes don't count max!

[maxfield]

I've used a Corn Flakes box as a head gasket on a few bikes.

Pushbikes don't count max!

[OBs]

I know a lad whos' fuel pump in his mini failed one night and left him stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Now this is ingenious wombilng...

He emptied out the washer bottle and filled it with fuel from a petrol can in the boot. Then disconnected the pipe that goes to the washer jets and attached it to the inlet pipe for the carburettor. He then unplugged the wiper motor.

He drove home occasionally pressing the "wash wipe" stalk to pump a little fuel into the float chamber - well it saved waiting for recovery! lol

[trevski]

i had a mk1 lotus cortina se it was mint but i could not find the little alloy cap that clipped on to the end of the indicater stalk, ford no longer made them etc, The club register was full of people asking about them. i was out one day at a friends who had kids and i looked at the maclarren buggy push chair, and on the end of the axels was a alloy cap that looked as if it would do the job, it was made for it! so i wrote to the company and they sent me 10 for nothing witch i sold at the next register meet for a fiver each

[OBs]

i had a mk1 lotus cortina se it was mint but i could not find the little alloy cap that clipped on to the end of the indicater stalk, ford no longer made them etc, The club register was full of people asking about them. i was out one day at a friends who had kids and i looked at the maclarren buggy push chair, and on the end of the axels was a alloy cap that looked as if it would do the job, it was made for it! so i wrote to the company and they sent me 10 for nothing witch i sold at the next register meet for a fiver each

I was one of those club members I want my 5'er back.
















Only joking!

[trevski]

doh

[fuzzy]

has anyone found bits lying around and used them to fix or mod their cars? what is the worse wombled car you have seen

when i blew my 2.5 6 pot i used a cosworth engine i had lieing around in my garage to botch it up to get it running again. does that count?

[e30topless]

putting a ford engine in a bmw is definatly wombling

[OBs]

has anyone found bits lying around and used them to fix or mod their cars? what is the worse wombled car you have seen

when i blew my 2.5 6 pot i used a cosworth engine i had lieing around in my garage to botch it up to get it running again. does that count?

Have you got a Cossie lump fitted Fuzzy?

Youve not mentioned it before

[fuzzy]

has anyone found bits lying around and used them to fix or mod their cars? what is the worse wombled car you have seen

when i blew my 2.5 6 pot i used a cosworth engine i had lieing around in my garage to botch it up to get it running again. does that count?

Have you got a Cossie lump fitted Fuzzy?

Youve not mentioned it before

i dont like to talk about it.

[OBs]

Yea and Max will be saying his Dad has a M3 next, but couldnt get petrol so...

[hongkongfuey]

some of these are cool things , i want to know some really bad ones

[Speedtouch]

Stuffed a cheap £50 Ford Granada MKIII's rear wheelarches full of newspaper and a thin skim of filler and rattle-can blowover and sold it for £65.

[snoops]

:PMSL: some classic wombles.

the only womble that I have done is use a robinsons squash bottle cap as a washer for an AC Schnitzer grill badge

[Turbo-Brown]

Used a Volvo gear-lever to make a short shift, does that count?

[hongkongfuey]

i used a plastic wheel arch liner as a heat shield for my induction kit