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So that's what the car looks like, well bits of it anyway 😊
First time I have seen it!
TJ - thankyou so much for kickstarting this whole thing off and for what you have done. One day hopefully I might be able to buy you a pint. Or pastie. And cake. Possibly an irn bru too. Nice to put a face to the name too.
As I scrolled through the photos, you reminded me of wolverine! Though now Hugh jackman has moved on, we need a video of you belting out this is me from the greatest showman instead.
Looking forward to stage 2 updates now 😁
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I’m laughing and crying in equal measure
This.
I’ve a vision of tj with tandem on the Yaris, gnumas looking like the lead character from Waking Ned and Marko with full WRC pits ready…
Full roll cage, rip the seats out? Its quite a nippy wee thing 😉
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I met up with Gnusmas for a few seconds today. He was being given a lift to the other side of town, where his kids were off for some fun and a good time.
That will change soon, they will be able to go wherever, whenever. Cheers guys, TJ you have been a star today 😀
A lovely thing done by a lot of casting people. Again.
Very impressive by all involved.
👍
TJ is my new man-crush
This is just brilliant. Well done to all involved.
Really uplifting.
Great stuff. Does chapter 2 begin tomorrow?
Yep,
I'll be departing from Halifax in the morning and via the power of pies, making my way down to Chepstow to drop off the car.
Blagged a lift back up North from DannybGoode on Sunday.
If anyone who lives in Bristol has a sofa to sleep on Saturday night, that would be ace?
Chew, you not BB200 ing?
Worth a txt to Taylor as he's 50/50*
*edit: realise this may seem like gibberish but Chew will get it 🙂
Top marks to all involved.
I hope we can get the 12v socket fixed (probably just the fuse) otherwise the DVD players will be pretty useless!
As I scrolled through the photos, you reminded me of wolverine!
TJ is my new man-crush
There are worse things than getting compared to Hugh Jackman, I guess!
Well done all. 🙂
We've missed a trick here.
We should've seen whether we could've wangled a sponsorship deal from Gregg's.
Not the fuse Sammy. Not sure what the problem is, but not it's that easy unfortunately.
The centre console all seems to run off one fuse. Everything else works fine but when you plug something in to the 12V it blows the fuse and the rest of it goes dead. Hopefully Marko knows electircs as well as the other bits, if not anyone else any good with them? The code for the radio is in the handbook we sent down with it.
That there overly handsome Wolverine posted by martinhutch is scarier than the "real" one!
Good work guys.
I propose the next crowd fund should be to buy TJ a razor!
Chew, email in profile. The lad has a spare room in Bristol and I'm there Saturday night. We should be able to help.
(NB there will be a large friendly dog in attendance, he will want a fuss and probably to play 'ball').
Hi andrewh,
Electrics are no problem.
Do you have a list of the jobs that need doing?
Best PM me a list if possible
Ta
Marko
PM sent. Surprsingly small list for an 18yr old car 🙂
Smaller list than my 14yr old van...
I'm interested in the fixing of the issues, can you share the list and progress?
That's a lovely thought.
But I'll buy Gnusmas a 4 series if it avoids you stripping this car back to the chassis.
It's not a big list, just some wee niggles:
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Front right wheel bearing needs replaced (part is about £20)
Front left wheel bearing may need replaced, difficult to tell due to the noise from the right (part is about £20)
Front exhaust section, just in front of the cat, has a hole, probably about big enough to stick a pencil in. May or may not be weldable.(new section is about £60)
Damp patch on fuel tank. No idea what's going on, garage told this to the wife, I didn't get chance to look. Fine at the moment, may be an MOT issue in Feb, may be fine. (New fuel tank is about £80)
Slow puncture right rear (fix for a tenner? Tyre is a bit worn, new one only £40)
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Minor problems: 12v doesn't work, plug anything in and it blows the fuse for the radio. Central locking only works from the passenger side. One broken wheel trim but Jonnyboi is sending new ones.
£200ish to fix, plus Marko's time and effort, and good as new.
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Nice thought Mr Necesseties but the whole reason this began (back story from the other thread) was MrsH trying to find a way for Little Yaris, aka the Gnusmobile, to live on and find a new purpose in life, and then thepurist suggested Gnusmas, Marko offered to fix it, MrsH agreed, thepurist sent up the crowd funder, TJ got us all organised and then he, Chew and Ambrose have set up some sort of relay and everyone else got really enthusiastic and mucked in and here we all are. Just buying a car may not have captured the imagination in quite the same way. However, if you are offering a spare 4-Series...
But if a 4 series is being offered, we could morph it with the gnusmobile and that could be stage 4 onwards?
Been looking at car seat widths online. Really hoping to be able to shoehorn everyone into it without too many issues. How many can fit comfortably in the back of a Yaris?
We've had four adults comfortably, five uncomfortably. Two and two bikes comfortably, two and one bike with the rear wheel still on uncomfortably.
Two adults, one baby, a pushchair and a bike was more problematic.
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Don't know what hppens if you merge a Yaris and a 440i, probably end up a bit like this 
It's a blummin' Tardis.
If you need a car seat for a preschooler to 5 year old we have a mint maxi cosi isofix or belt one going free very soon. Suspect two car seats across the back seat would be the max.
Middle one would be pushing it! There's no isofix mounts but ours was fine with the seatbelts. Rear centre is a lap belt which also doesn't help with the third one...
Thread of the year. In a world where there seems to be more angst and intolerance than I can ever remember, this thread - and the contributers in particulat - are like a breath of fresh air. There are some very good people out there. Hats off to you, gentlemen. Chapeau.
This thread is awesome and I have chipped in to all the Gnusmas threads. That said I can't help but feeling that Gnusmas is really going to struggle to get 3 kids in the back of a Yaris though especially if the high back booster seats are required. I might have missed it but how old are Gnusmas's kids roughly so we can try and work out a way. I think I am right that he has 4 kids.
Oops = that never really occurred to me. I do hope a way can be found. Its got 3 seatbelts in the back
Yes 4 kids. Oldest is 15 next week and is 5'10" so I don't think he needs a booster seat. 10 year old is on a booster, 5 year old is in a high back booster and 3 year old is in a proper seat, need to check how far off a high back booster he is.
Fitting them all in is worrying me a bit, if we all go out together. I think being offered a car slightly took over from thinking about this properly. That's why I asked how many can fit in the back comfortably.
Insurance was the other factor. I have spoken to a few companies yesterday and explained the situation and they have all said they cannot use my no claims as they have lapsed. So definitely needed to be an insurance friendly car.
Gnusmas you might find the 10 year old is ok without a booster and could sit in the middle? My youngest is 10 and we havent used a booster for a while now
Edit : needs to be 135 cm tall apparently
Just checked and he is 130cm. Not far off but not quite there yet. I had thought of doing what nosedive said, but not sure how easy/comfortable it would be the more I think about it. I can only try.
Failing that maybe putting the proper seat in the front would free up enough space in the back for 2 boosters and the youth
Right
all systems go for Stage 2.
a bit windy up here so may need to find a lorry to draft to get over the hill to Manchester.....
Failing that maybe putting the proper seat in the front would free up enough space in the back for 2 boosters and the youth
+1. Put the widest seat in the front
I have a fabia so probably a similar size. With two kids seats in the back only slim child could fit inbetween and it pretty uncomfortable for them on a long journey.
all systems go for Stage 2.
Fire up the satellite.
This place is just amazing sometimes.
Uncle Jezza.... you’re a legend! We knew this anyway, but thanks for confirming 😃
I did wonder if Rich's Nissan would be more suitable but the insurance quote was just silly. I guess the more suitable you get, the less affordable it becomes...On the other hand, Little Yaris is ideal to teach the eldest in a couple of years 🙂
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God speed Chew. We need photos
Stay safe out there chew. Loads of road closures due to flooding around parts of Wales. Not sure what the roads are like on your chosen path. But yes, lots of pics 😊
I’m safely in Bath so I can rescue our intrepid astronaut and drive him safely back to Gods own country tomorrow.
It is a bit blowy down here but I’m sure the Gnusmobile will pull through.
Can I just say... you know... it's just...
F*****g hell! 🤤😭😎😀😙😌🖖
Just stopped at the services near Birmingham. Result as they have a Greggs!!!!!!
Car behaving well and happy to cruise at 60-65 with radio 4 on in the background
Brace yourself, it's pretty windy here in Wales at the moment.
It’ll be windy in the Gnusmobile after a job lot of steak bakes! 😃
Well done everyone. We had to transfer ownership of our yaris to a family member so lost our no claims bonus on it. Started again, it cost us 350 pa, fully comp and 3rd party were the same. Go to an inde, limited miles 8k i think.
Just stopped at the services near Birmingham. Result as they have a Greggs!!!!!!
Car behaving well and happy to cruise at 60-65 with radio 4 on in the background
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This thread is so full of awesome. Well done those involved.
With regards to the car seats. Pretty sure you only have to have 3 in the back ‘if’ they fit safely. If not the middle is allowed to not use one. That might be dependant on it being a proper across the shoulder belt rather than a lap belt. Not sure what the Yaris has.
Obviously double check but we had the same issue a few years back and couldn’t realistically fit 3 boosters and at the time at least isn’t wasn’t a requirement under the circumstances.
Rear centre is a lap belt unfortunately. But probably not wide enough for three child seatsd anyway.
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Where are you now Chew? Must be there by now, even at Yaris-speed! Although Birmingham traffic...
Dropped the car off with Marko half an hour ago.
Now in Brizzle in search of a pint
nice one! Pics?
yay 🙂
Did you enjoy the trip?
I hope my list of problems is complete and neither of you have found any others?
Stunning work everyone. 🙂
Can't really post any pics from my phone.
Cars in good condition considered its age and mileage.
May have gotten three figures out of it....
May have gotten three figures out of it….
You were carrying a db-meter?
The exhaust isn't that bad. Sounds more like a raspberry fart when you rev it a bit.
More a case that I had to pop its cherry 😉
If you’re near Horfield Road, Chew, there’s a pint with your name on it in The Wellington. The pie and chips is good too. (Proper pie it was with a full pastry surround for you northern doubters).
No way!?!
Can an ikkle Yaris even do 100....😀
..... Kmh?
This is quite exciting.
Well done chaps, you're all STW legends.
Nicely done gentlemen, restored this old cynics faith...
MrsH is following his thread
No it won't do 100 😉
Actually of our two vehicles (ooh, get us) it was the nippiest!
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It was quite a nippy wee thing andrewh - didnae mind bouncing of the rev limit in 2nd and 3rd 😉
I didn't really but the motor felt sweet as a nut
Gnusmobile has landed. I'll get some pictures when the rain stops
Marko
TJ has gone up in my opinion solely based on his actions on this thread . Of course everyone else who has donated time or cash to this project has as well, but you lot were all starting at a solid 7/10 on the robometer. TJ was, a little further down the scale but has redeemed himself massively
I do abit of charity donation, Bulllheart etc . The difference here is 100% of cash / time / effort is going to the receipient. I am not donating to keep the CEO of (EG) save the children on £120k PA and 8% of my donation actually reaches Africa where it digs a well.
Bloody well done everyone. Good Job.
Thankyou to everyone that has done everything they can to make this happen, it is truly unbelievable. Can't wait to see more updates and pics. It is nice that it has been a hassle free journey all round, thankyou again to all.
I haven't had much chance to post anything the past couple of days. Weather has been atrocious, high winds and flooding thanks to storm callum. Luckily, we live away from the river, but not that far away. One friend had their house flooded, another friend lost some roof tiles and water was pouring into her bedroom. Along with hundreds more.
I offered both families (and others I didn't know) somewhere to stay for as long as was needed. Our friend with the leaky roof, her husband was trapped in work and couldn't get home. I told her to bring her 2 young kids round. She came round yesterday at 2:00ish and i put them up, fed them, kids all played together. Really nice under the circumstances.
Winds have stopped but the water is still extremely high. Hopefully it starts to subside later today.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dramatic-pictures-show-river-levels-15277772
Back up North now after a kind lift from DannyBGoode.
In Sheffield having a mug of tea and a bacon sandwich before another lift back to Halifax
Aye. Turned out Chew’s in-laws live just a couple of minutes from my house so after a fairly hideous drive (because of the weather not the company!) he’s safely there and I’m about to tuck into a nice restorative Maccy D’s.
Good feeling on this thread finally pushed me over the edge and I subscribed. I left the UK in the mid-2000s and, alongside 5 or so school friends, STW gives me my link home. Now reading Issue One with a cup of milky tea. Best to all. Gaidong (real name Oli)
edit: Oh, I don't have a "P" yet...
Good Lord, that first portrait on p6 is a bit offputting!
top work Chew! Nearly home!
edit: Oh, I don’t have a “P” yet…
That might need someone in office hours to activate? (Guessing, I've no idea whether there's a manual process somewhere or not, would seem odd but who knows.)
If it doesn't sort itself out, email subs@ in the morning.
So now its up to the spanner minkeys
Well done all, great effort.
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I offered both families (and others I didn’t know) somewhere to stay for as long as was needed. Our friend with the leaky roof, her husband was trapped in work and couldn’t get home. I told her to bring her 2 young kids round. She came round yesterday at 2:00ish and i put them up, fed them, kids all played together. Really nice under the circumstances.
For gods sake man with the other thread too your some kind of human being aren't you. If anyone deserved a life long Premier subscription to this place its you.
And if you don't get one, when your's expires please drop me a line - your next one is on me.
I took the decision to drop it in for a fresh MOT and have a good look around underneath. As we expected it failed.
We need 2 front wheel bearings and a front spring (both sides will be replaced). The exhaust leak is a hole in the 'Cat', so I'll need to remove the system to weld it up. Hopefully a patch will fix it, but the hole prevented testing the emissions.
Both rear tyres, while both legal are perished and as we know one has a slow puncture, so I'd suggest we replace both of them.
Lots of advisories as well, but in short the underneath of the car is a bit 'crispy'. I sure some welding of the sills/floor will be needed next year. If it was a customers car in normal circumstances I'd suggest they got rid of it.
Parts on order
Thanks for the update marko. Happy there's not much wrong for the mot, and that it has got all the way to you with no issues.
Lots of advisories as well, but in short the underneath of the car is a bit ‘crispy’. I sure some welding of the sills/floor will be needed next year. If it was a customers car in normal circumstances I’d suggest they got rid of it.
This worries me if I am honest. The long term costs and upkeep. I understand it is an older car and there will be things that need replacing or repairing.
I have found it very difficult to write this post. I understand it reads a bit offish, that is not how it is intended. I don't want to seem ungrateful as I am not. I am truly grateful for everything all of you have done. I just hope I can keep the gnusmobile going.