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Jun 23, 2018 19:01:44 GMT
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Jun 26, 2018 16:40:14 GMT
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Managed to grab an hour or so today so popped a tyre off to reveal a tube! Cleaned up the rear barrel. Cut back the face for polishing Smoothed out First polish Second polish Still need a final go over but Ive lost my fine soap.
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Jun 27, 2018 21:24:11 GMT
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Getting there
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Jun 28, 2018 14:50:09 GMT
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First quick coat of black
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Got my four branch on and a service over the weekend And ive fitted a wide rim cam cover that I did in the silver of the wheels
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looking great! Makes the alternator and washer bottle look shabby though lol.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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I do have a spare alternator that i need to test, then when i know its good ill may polished it. The tank was worse than that. When i flushed the cooling system and painted the rad i had it off filled it with bleach and nuts and rattle the hell out of it 20 mins to get it that good!
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When i did the fanimold on saturday I wasn't happy with the step to the oe system. This morning i ordered in a couple of 2" bend and knocked up a new centre section losing the mid box in the process.
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-1" springs went on on wednesday. Only moved about 70ft since. If they don't settle a little lower i might have to get choppy with them
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Jul 11, 2018 17:41:15 GMT
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Got a sill to put on for the mot, so thought id make a start today. I knew the passenger seatbelt mount on the inner sill was going to need some attention too, so pulled the interior and started there. Had a good poke around and its good forward of the mount so cleaned up what needed to come out. Knocked up a new panel and cleaned up the seatbelt mount Then the welder started playing up. Lost a couple of hours trying to sort it with only marginal success. Got the mount plate welded in and just about managed to tack the panel in Need to sort the welder before i can go any further 😡😡😡
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Jul 20, 2018 13:44:11 GMT
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Well ive finally got the welder sorted enough and finished the inner sill. Outer sill is pretty much fettled ready to be stitch in when i can get back on. Had a visit from the previous owner this morning to drop down some spares after he'd had a tidy up in his shed. Not a bad trade for fitted rear shoes that he already has and patching up a sill on his escort van.
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Jul 20, 2018 15:16:09 GMT
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If you want to make plastic washer bottles mint, soak overnight in a bucket of bleach and then rinse thoroughly. A trip through the dishwasher also does the world of good.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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Jul 20, 2018 15:20:29 GMT
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If you want to make plastic washer bottles mint, soak overnight in a bucket of bleach and then rinse thoroughly. A trip through the dishwasher also does the world of good. I'm not allow car parts in the washdisher since I used our last one to clean up a head. It died 3 days later!
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Club RR Member Number: 47
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'83 cortina 1600 keyring
@keyring
Club Retro Rides Member 47
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Jul 20, 2018 19:44:20 GMT
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Looks a lot tidier with the new manifold fitted! Certainly got a great deal on all the spare parts too!
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Sept 12, 2018 14:24:48 GMT
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Well I got the sill all finished and painted up, then went on holibobs so left the MoT till I got back. Then I knocked the lights on by mistake and killed the battery. Took a while to coax it back to life but got there in the end. Failed the MoT on battery insecure, I'd forgotten to put the clamp back on after the battery charge and no number plate lights or offside lights. bolted the clamp in and rotated a fuse and bobs your aunties husband. While I was waiting on the battery I coloured up the inserts on a couple of spare mirrors and fitted them and coulour coded a badge and fitted up the mk4 grill Just needs a good wash now.
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Sept 12, 2018 16:12:55 GMT
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i don't understand what the boot rack is for, you can get about 5 corpses in a cortina boot as it is.
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Sept 12, 2018 16:25:36 GMT
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i don't understand what the boot rack is for, you can get about 5 corpses in a cortina boot as it is. Think it was top put something heavy on to stop you opening the boot to find said corpses. Its gone now.
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'83 cortina 1600 Deleted
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Sept 12, 2018 16:40:20 GMT
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Thats a nice spares haul! Well worth the trade. Best way to operate in my book. The springs. Is there the possibility that the older ones had sagged some over time. Because it nearly looks further off the ground now.
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'83 cortina 1600 Deleted
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Sept 12, 2018 17:24:05 GMT
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Youve got that looking MUCH better, nice work. This has reminded me that Ive got an immaculate genuine 38,000 mile MkV in rare Highland Green with chocolate interior stashed away if you know anyone that may be interested.
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Sept 12, 2018 21:19:45 GMT
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I'm pretty happy with how its turning out. Need to find a better bonnet at some stage before I paint it, but I'm in no massive rush, just want to enjoy it a bit
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