100 years of GM @ Ace Cafe London 18:00pm 16th Sept.

[F Body]

posting live from the ace cafe ! Sure is busy with plenty of classic caddys, good bacon and hot chocolate. Had a stone fly up and chip the z28 windscreen on the M1. Catch you laters dudes.

[FUBAR]

Quoting: F Body

Even Ford are joining in

Quoting: F Body

Had a stone fly up and chip the z28 windscreen on the M

Not so

[F Body]

Quoting: FUBAR

Had a stone fly up and chip the z28 windscreen on the M


Not so

Indeed minding my own business in the slow lane doing 50mph in the 50mph when a foreign Artic went past in the middle lane and there was an almighty bang on the windscreen
Two large chips in the top right hand corner, gonna have to get it repaired, but at least that can be done in my garage at home now that you can walk right around the car
I'll contact the company who did the Panda screen & see if they do chip repairs

Photo's uploading !

[F Body]

Ah forgot, as I joined the start of the M1 on the way home the engine management light came on
Pulled onto the hard shoulder & got the OB2 palm out of the glove box, turned out to be " Fuel sensor rich 2nd bank "
Did a reset and all was fine, that's the second time I've had that code although the last time was over a year ago, it's never when the engine is either cold or hot. It must be a few miles from the ace to the M1 and the last time was when I had nearly got to the M1 from the Caldecote Arms in MK

May be it's allergic to the M1

[Motorama]

Bummer about the screen

looking forward to seeing the pics, i didnt make it in the end due to having to work late

[F Body]

Quoting: Motorama

looking forward to seeing the pics,

OK it's way past my bed time and I've got the leave the house before 5am. so here is a quick link to the pictures :

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[Fieldy]

Quoting: F Body

May be it's allergic to the M1

all my cars are allergic to the north circular, its true! ask edge....

[FUBAR]

Cool Pics, Looked like a good event & there was a nice variety of cars there too

[Roadkill]

Cool pics.

Very sweet '58 Caddy 'Vert.

[F Body]

Quoting: F Body

Had a stone fly up and chip the z28 windscreen on the M1.

Got the same company who did the Panda windscreen last month coming out Thursday morning
I could get it done for free with Autoglass, but I'd rather pay £40 to get it done quickly & properly without any messing about

[Motorama]

Quoting: Roadkill

Very sweet '58 Caddy 'Vert.

belongs to Mike, a good friend of mine. He restored it 18 years ago although it still looks very fresh. He also owns the purple mild custom 56 Cadillac Eldorado 'vert

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Motorama

He also owns the purple mild custom 56 Cadillac Eldorado 'vert

Ahh, yes, I remember . . . . I've spoken to him before - nice cars - both off them . . he has others, I believe ?

I need to know more people like that !

[Motorama]

Quoting: Roadkill

Ahh, yes, I remember . . . . I've spoken to him before - nice cars - both off them . . he has others, I believe ?  

Also has a mint 59 Cadillac convertible and a 59 Impala convertible.

[ianjpage]

looks like a good turnout

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Motorama

Also has a mint 59 Cadillac convertible and a 59 Impala convertible.

Yeah, I remember him mentioning the '59 Caddy before . . . .

Not personally a fan of 'Verts but his Purple Eldo is stunning (except one too many pair of '59 tail-lights ).

[Motorama]

Quoting: Roadkill

his Purple Eldo is stunning

Especially when you consider it was a basket case he paid £350 for!
he's a very talented guy does everything except the interiors himself

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Motorama

it was a basket case he paid £350 for!

[F Body]

Quoting: F Body

Quoting: F Body
Had a stone fly up and chip the z28 windscreen on the M1.


Got the same company who did the Panda windscreen last month coming out Thursday morning
I could get it done for free with Autoglass, but I'd rather pay £40 to get it done quickly & properly without any messing about

Well they came out today but said that it wasn't worth doing
They polished the sharp edges off so that the wiper blade won't get mullered and didn't charge anything.
OK I agree that the two larger chips aren't massive but they are clearly visible, I'd have preferred to have had then repaired
He did ask if I had windscreen cover because he said a Camaro screen with the upper tint is over £900

[Big Mouse]

Quoting: F Body

He did ask if I had windscreen cover because he said a Camaro screen with the upper tint is over £900

A6 windscreens did mine about 3 months ago and it cost about £450 from memory?

[Amey]

A6 quoted me about £260 just over a year ago (without fitting)
RAC windscreens replaced it about a month ago.
I paid the £60 excess and it had to cost less than £800 all in as that is all MCE (nig) cover

[F Body]

Quoting: Big Mouse

it cost about £450 from memory?

Quoting: Amey

it had to cost less than £800 all in

Well I hope to not find out !

The Panda windscreen had a lot of small chips over the screen before it's final demise by a very large stone right at the bottom between the wiper blades

[F Body]

I was just about to throw away the GM Next sticker I was given at the Ace, then I noticed that it was different

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[EDGE]

a6 did the screen on my 93 for £450, luckily the insurance covered it.  Autoglass wanted over £1400 !!!