Trip to Oxford to view possible FREE cougars

I've actually been looking into multiprocess welders to play with. If you guys are looking at welding, especially with as much as you guys do it, you may want to consider them. Its basically a bunch of welders in one. MIG stick and TIG. No they're not cheap. If my converting is right its about £1000 to £1500. right around 600 to 1000 USD. But there's nothing on these cars you cant do decent with them. And they're 220V cause lets face it everything welding works better at 220V.

I totally agree with the fact that the only way to get better is practice. I don't know if I would just start cutting chunks out of the car to practice though. Start small with just scrap metal, then move on to the car. I've been welding for years and I still don't like jumping right to the piece I NEED to start. Test weld always until you get to know your equipment to the point you know exactly what its going to do before you hit the trigger.

On cutting metal back, strip the paint off. anything discolored or pitted should come out. When in doubt, cut it out.

Tacks are super easy. and completeing the welds,, just don't stay in one spot to long. move around. you can actually just lay a bunch of spot welds next to each other until they all connect.
 
rooster2100 said:
I've actually been looking into multiprocess welders to play with. If you guys are looking at welding, especially with as much as you guys do it, you may want to consider them. Its basically a bunch of welders in one. MIG stick and TIG. No they're not cheap. If my converting is right its about £1000 to £1500. right around 600 to 1000 USD. But there's nothing on these cars you cant do decent with them. And they're 220V cause lets face it everything welding works better at 220V.
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Other way around - $1US is around £0.77GBP so a grand for you would be £770 for us.

However, for any given product you can buy in the States, the equivalent over here will just have the $ sign changed for a £ sign, meaning that things are more expesive for us over here.

I like the suggestion of a multi-process welder, but I'm uneasy about the idea of my welder being worth 2 x the value of my car!

rooster2100 said:
I totally agree with the fact that the only way to get better is practice. I don't know if I would just start cutting chunks out of the car to practice though. Start small with just scrap metal, then move on to the car.
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Yes, that is absolutely what I'm suggesting!
 
Mako said:
Other way around - $1US is around £0.77GBP so a grand for you would be £770 for us.

I like the suggestion of a multi-process welder, but I'm uneasy about the idea of my welder being worth 2 x the value of my car!
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Ok so dislexic moment.
And absolutely Im by no way saying go out and spend £10000000 to learn on. Thats crazy, what if you dont like doing it? Thats like buying my son a gold top les paul because he thinks he wants to learn. The multiprocess welder I been researching is 1000 USD only because it TIG welds thicker metal then the one for 600USD. I have some plans in my head that I really want to bring to reality. I know tiger is worth more then 600 bucks. I paid 600 for Luci and all the roll restrictor mounts had broken out of the bell housing.

Anywho, put some thought into what you do buy.
what are your future plans? what do you plan on welding with it? what types of metal and thicknesses can the machine handle? My first welder I wouldn't touch a body panel with but I can fix exhaust leaks for days.
 
backseateducation said:
Any more news on the Pangbourne cars?
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I think they're not a priority for removal, so no effort has been put in yet. It doesn't help that the owner has unrealistic expectations regarding their value. Or possibly not.

But we don't know because we haven't been allowed to see them.
 
backseateducation said:
Any more news on the Pangbourne cars?
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Mako said:
I think they're not a priority for removal, so no effort has been put in yet. It doesn't help that the owner has unrealistic expectations regarding their value. Or possibly not.

But we don't know because we haven't been allowed to see them.
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recisely that, Chris, not a priority. Having said that, Kevin contacted me a couple of days ago regarding the V5/transfer etc, they are now with DVLA. He did say he's be in touch as soon as he knows more regarding the 3 remaining cars. Yes two of them are easily seen and viewed if you fancy a drive to Pangbourne, park up and walk maybe 1/2 a mile. The garaged one is the bug. I can't understand why they can't move the car which is blocking the doorway. No doubt we will soon find out.
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I'll buy the one with the Momocorse wheels if only to part it out (it looks a mess) and take the parts off it.

I don't want to kill it, but as usual I would rather that one car saves ten. I'll offer him £300. We can work from there.

If it's solid, my opinion might change. But someone trying to sell a Cougar unseen needs to understand that they're going to get Mondeo prices. I hope that nobody disagrees - I'm clearly a huge Cougar chearleader - but I'm not an idiot.
 
Thread resurrection....:LOL:
My last job today was just outside Reading, so as I was not in too much of a rush for once I thought I'd head home past Ardington and see if any of the other cars had gone......
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That'll be a yes then.......even the house / land is sold according to the sign.


On the way from the job to Ardington I realised I was going to pass through Pangbourne, and remembering that the 'other' Cougars were apparently on the main road, I kept a sharp look-out.
Well they're still there!
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As you can see from the pictures, the cars are, as previously stated, at the side of a fairly busy but also quite narrow main road. In my opinion there is enough room to work on them should we ever get chance to make them ready for moving, subject to one person acting as 'lookout'. Any vehicles we came in would have to be parked somewhere else - obviously as a van driver making a short stop I just used the universal parking lights:LOL:
One other major issue concerning the condition of the cars is that as you can see they are on the Thames riverbank, and therefore surely must have been flooded at least once. There is also an old motorcruiser moored up in a similarly tumbledown state:LOL:

On the oppsite side of the road is a big house which is obviously connected to the cars, as it's in about the same state as the Ardington property. Right on the edge of the road is a brick-built double garage, the door of which was ajar.......
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As I was already essentially trespassing I didn't open the door up further, but what a tantalising view. Unfortunately I would not say the garage was out of the way of possible flood waters either.

I know we've still got the V6 to break, and these cars are probably unlikely to be free, but I'd love for us to take this further.
 
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