Pigeon Shredder. Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Reading the news yesterday and a man was stopped by the police whilst driving his car sitting on a bucket and using a pair of mole grips attached to the steering column to actually steer the car. lmprovisation or just another Norfolk engineering achievement ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprinter Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 NFN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, Sprinter said: NFN +1..............see it all the time....see a local bloke the other day wearing a kilt driving up the road on a motor bike with one leg towing a trailer tied onto the mudgaurd with a bit of rope.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Shredder. Posted July 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 53 minutes ago, Sprinter said: NFN Had to look that up. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 We would never do that in Suffolk... We use binder twine for everything. If it was ever banned then half the buildings in the county would fall down and all farm machinery over five years old would grind to a halt. My ancient landy would disintegrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJsDad Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Pigeon Shredder. said: Reading the news yesterday and a man was stopped by the police whilst driving his car sitting on a bucket and using a pair of mole grips attached to the steering column to actually steer the car. I dont think the Police were to bothered by the use of the mole grips & bucket, it was the fact that it was untaxed that they are charging him !! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Shredder. Posted July 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 hours ago, JJsDad said: I dont think the Police were to bothered by the use of the mole grips & bucket, it was the fact that it was untaxed that they are charging him !! ? Everdently no tax was the least of his problems, report quoted too many offences noted at the time of arrest for a single charge to be issued. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer425 Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Grandalf said: We would never do that in Suffolk... We use binder twine for everything. If it was ever banned then half the buildings in the county would fall down and all farm machinery over five years old would grind to a halt. My ancient landy would disintegrate. Norfolk must be just the same I bought a Series two land rover off a bloke from Wells all the seat fobs were made from bats of straw in fertilizer bags bound with sisal baler twine, wrapped in hessian sacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 41 minutes ago, lancer425 said: Norfolk must be just the same I bought a Series two land rover off a bloke from Wells all the seat fobs were made from bats of straw in fertilizer bags bound with sisal baler twine, wrapped in hessian sacks. Luxury, sheer luxury. Tha should of seen t'Yorkshire spec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 3 hours ago, amateur said: Luxury, sheer luxury. Tha should of seen t'Yorkshire spec HHhaaaaaaaHHhhaa......an we lived in shoe box in't bottom of t't'lake........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 I don’t like the single mole grip steering I prefer the double mole grip . You can then in an emergency use one of your mole grips to apply the brakes without losing the steering . harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 That looks considerably better than some of my early cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 15 July 2018 at 08:36, Pigeon Shredder. said: Reading the news yesterday and a man was stopped by the police whilst driving his car sitting on a bucket and using a pair of mole grips attached to the steering column to actually steer the car. lmprovisation or just another Norfolk engineering achievement ? Normal for Norfolk - have you not seen the programme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 15/07/2018 at 10:55, Grandalf said: We use binder twine for everything. If it was ever banned then half the buildings in the county would fall down and all farm machinery over five years old would grind to a halt. My father used it as a belt to tie up his coat. I've still got a shovel in the shed mended with the stuff. And my grandfather wove a cat bed out of it. The car was also missing a front light, a wing and had a flat tyre. I'd guess they were not from Norfolk, or the UK but I bet they felt right at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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