Castrol 2 stroke

[gary112]

9 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

I know of several people who would love to own them tins and more so if not opened, they are man cave decorations and very sought after these days, they have a far greater value now than when you purchased them, i had a 1 gallon agri Castrol oil can that i had Creosote in and i chucked it due to corrosion on the bottom as it leaked slightly, later so one for sale at a Auto jumble for £30,, used to use Castrol R40 or Cazzy R as it was better know as in my Fizzy loved the smell of it and still do,  

I wouldn,t part with em i quite like the look of em on the shelf in the workshop

[spuddog0507]

2 hours ago, gary112 said:

I wouldn,t part with em i quite like the look of em on the shelf in the workshop

Good i am glad to hear that, as there is far to much memrobilia just chucked out these days, and my dad is one of the worst, its not long since i went for some old news papers and just grabbed a hand full, then about 2 wk later in amongst the papers was a BSA A10 workshop manual and a parts list dated 1966 put it up for sale and thank you very much £32 + pp i then tell my dad and he holds his hand out ?? i want me money, you chucked it away in the bin and binmen wont give you owt for it, 

[Khriss]

3 hours ago, gary112 said:

I wouldn,t part with em i quite like the look of em on the shelf in the workshop

Bit of T Cut on that, will look the business 😊 k

[spuddog0507]

3 hours ago, Khriss said:

Bit of T Cut on that, will look the business 😊 k

NO just WD40 and it and wipe with a old rag and thats it, to T Cut it is taking the value and age away from it, A customer has just sprayed a ford 7840 to tidy it up for sale and was not very impressed when i said, you have spent a wk on it and £60 on paint just to devalue it by about 2k, not a happy bunny as when he asked some one else they said if should of been left alone as it was tidy enough and it would of been worth 2-3k more, 

[gary112]

12 minutes ago, spuddog0507 said:

NO just WD40 and it and wipe with a old rag and thats it, to T Cut it is taking the value and age away from it, A customer has just sprayed a ford 7840 to tidy it up for sale and was not very impressed when i said, you have spent a wk on it and £60 on paint just to devalue it by about 2k, not a happy bunny as when he asked some one else they said if should of been left alone as it was tidy enough and it would of been worth 2-3k more, 

Always make more money in original condition

[coppice cutter]

I was in a mans garage a few years ago and after many years of trying he'd eventually managed to buy a particular Manx Norton in "as last raced" condition, 1962 I think he said it had been, even still had the bugs splatted on the flyscreen.

 

I asked him what way he was going to clean it up and he said he wasn't, it was staying exactly as he bought it.

[Rac man]

Mmmm castrol r that takes me back to 1975 scramblers race em Sunday repair em Monday best 2 stroke smell ever

[Stubby]

Can you still get R40 ?

[gary112]

22 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Can you still get R40 ?

Yep 👍castrol classic oils sell it

[Rac man]

Does the r40 oil smell like the old castrol r from the 70's if so I'll get to put a drop in the mower for old times sake sad I know