Torquesport
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Astras all the way!
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Not much progress but I've had my wallet out Sorted out a Milton strut brace from an abandoned project and ordered up some new number plates. Got them cheap! off eBay but they look fekkin'orrible so they aren't going on. It's annoying because I thought I was getting a good deal but now I have to buy twice. See what you think: Top is the new one, bottom is my old one. The numbers look a mess and I'm not happy with the F or the W. Putting a ruler on the 3's they appear to be upside down, the top half is taller than the bottom half. Lets see what the seller has to say before I go slating the product too much but they can't go on looking like that. There's no way the 3s can be upside down!
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May 28, 2008 10:55:56 GMT
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Technically I know, but if you measure them the top half is 50mm and the bottom half is 45mm. It's the wrong way up. Maybe the die was made the wrong way round or something because then to punch it through the right way it would have to be upside down.
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misteralz
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I may drive a Volkswagen, but I'm scene tax exempt!
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May 28, 2008 12:10:52 GMT
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I know exactly what you mean about that font! If you have a numberplate that doesn't have any 3s, 5s, 8s, Fs, Js, Vs or Ws, then it's fine. If you do it looks bloody awful. Fairly sure polar-automotive still do the lower, rounder font, but I've never used them yet.
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Not to worry on the plates, they agreed to take them back and I found the receipt for the guys who made them for my Pop: www.mgm-spares.co.uk/vintage-plates/Not much to report but doing little bits when I've got 5 minutes. Last week I sprayed up the boot hinged with ultra curse word Halfords paint which is about as shiny as a ... damn can't think of anything ... but I hung it and fitted it and now the boot works again which makes things easier because I can stash stuff in there now. Also stuck the chrome trim round the back of the rear window and as I get access to the rest of the car I'll dress it back up with all the shiny bits. Got plenty of self tappers on their way for screwing stuff to the flipfront so it should start to take shape pretty soon.
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bazzateer
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Imping along sans Vogue
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To me the new plate looks fine on its own, but when compared to the old one I can see exactly what you mean. I got some new ones from ebay for LNK, they're still in bubblewrap at the moment and there's a '3' in the reg' !!! (cue Twilight Zone music).
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport 1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport 1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2 1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome 2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily) 2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily) 2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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Jun 13, 2008 22:17:49 GMT
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First of all, good evening. I apologise in advance for any rubbish I may be speaking because I've been out for a curry and copious amounts of beer I've been stockpiling some goodies ready for fitting. First up is the exciting bit, I will give you a hint: Not obvious enough huh, how about if I showed you an end... Ok, final hint; the other end: The more astute among you will have guessed this, it's a strut brace ;D and I've been meaning to get one for ages but spotted this one for sale second hand and unused. That's two Milton parts on the car now! The next set of goodies are exciting in their own kind of way because it means I can start putting the chrome and shiny stuff back on the car and making all the electricary lighting up stuff work again, probably. Panel fixings: Self tappers: Crimps: I got fed up keep having to buy this stuff from Homebase you see, so I bulked up while the going is good. These will join my box of 500 split pins in the 'things my kids will probably inherit' section of my garage but I won't have to go out to buy them ever again. My rear brake hose has been on the car since I've had it so figuring it's probably a bit perished I bought a new one. The clutch hose is the same so I got two: Out back I've fitted the bootlid on my nice freshly painted hinges. I managed to chip the paint not once, not twice, but actually not at all which makes a change: This leaves me with a working bootlid, but more importantly a working boot that I can start filling with junk again. Here you can see I've started filling it with some old alternators, manifold, pack of gaskets, lead light, some old rope etc: So to sum up I've not done a lot but I've take loads of pictures and typed some rubbish to justify it. I've done something and I guess it's better than nothing. Proper work should commence soon, I'll get the other one MOT'd in the week and off we go again
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Seth
South East
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Jun 14, 2008 23:20:03 GMT
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I've done something and I guess it's better than nothing. Absolutely! ANd sorry to shatter your dream but your children will actually inherit about 80% of those fixing multi buys i.e. you'll rapidly run out of the sizes you actually need (resulting in more Homebase shopping trips) to be left with lots of bits you can't or won't ever use
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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Sept 4, 2008 18:51:57 GMT
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Slotted in a job I've been putting off for ages. When I hung the flipfront I had the intention of making the front hinge pins pull out so I could remove the flipfront easily. Ages ago I bought a couple of nice big R clips and some circular spring loaded clips that you'd normally use on bonnet pins. Here's what I did with them... I chopped the pin part of the circular clips off so I could weld them to my thick hinge pins. Idea being they spring upwards and out of the way, then one can use that to pull the hinge pin out. I then drilled all the way through one side of the hinge and hinge pin so the R clip can stop the pin coming out by itself: And in position: That was the plan anyway. The reality is the weight of the flipfront and a bit of flex coupled with not lining up perfectly means there is absolutely no way you'll pull those pins out! Ah well, it looks like it will, that was the idea ;D
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Sept 12, 2008 18:57:53 GMT
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Well folks, it's starting to look like an Anglia again: It doesn't look like I've done much apart from stick the lights and grill on but the inside of the flipfront is painted, it's hung properly, I've put some of the chrome back on and a few mechanical bits. It's been 3 years, three months and six days since the grinder came out and surely it can't be far off now...
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Anglia68
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Sept 12, 2008 19:03:34 GMT
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Looking good Jonny,not long till you get them numbers on and drive the dors off it.
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street
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Sept 12, 2008 19:04:26 GMT
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Oooof!!! Looks brilliant in those shots
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Sept 12, 2008 19:16:50 GMT
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It's those headlights, they set you in a trance. Can't quite put my finger on what it is but I know they are going to be awesome ;D
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Sept 12, 2008 20:38:55 GMT
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Looks ace j69 ;D. Really needs those numbers though.Glad you didn't sell it its going to be car porn when its finished.
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I'll love V8'S till the day i die.....
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Sept 12, 2008 21:21:10 GMT
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I love the flowing lines on this, looks nice bud, keep up the good work!!
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Current Fleet: 2004 Audi A4 1.9tdi Sport Avant 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.25 (wifes car, curse word box) 1987 Volkswagen Polo CL
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Sept 12, 2008 23:49:39 GMT
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Looking good!
Keep up the good work!!
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namless
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Sept 13, 2008 1:18:32 GMT
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[ that shot just looks too good....
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Jan 23, 2009 18:04:09 GMT
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It's home. It's MOT'd
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v8chevette
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PROUD TO BE BEIGE!!
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Jan 23, 2009 18:09:00 GMT
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Jan 23, 2009 18:21:16 GMT
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Well done mate,
hope it didn´t cost you an arm and a leg? ;D
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Jan 23, 2009 19:02:03 GMT
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Well done that man!!!! Photos please!
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