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May 23, 2011 21:42:29 GMT
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Ow on both injuries!! Did something similar the other day, spark from welding went right through by trainer into my foot!! Queue comedy hopping roung garage!!
Hope you fully recover soon, love the updates!
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May 23, 2011 13:29:39 GMT
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Oh something I do have a pic for, got the engine and box out of the MGB as well so ready for the bay tidy up and engine rebuild (another first so crossed fingers), note all the new toys lol!!
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May 23, 2011 13:25:29 GMT
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Oh bunged the new ariel on the Saab and replaced all the chrome trim, I know I know will get some pics on soon.
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May 23, 2011 13:24:39 GMT
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Got the Saab back from MDC and he did the job! Got loads fo boost now, great wastegate noise and huge midrange torque! But a bad sweet smell and steam from egine indicated a dead rad so got on fleabay and sorted another. Got the old one out (my first diy rad replacement) but required more pipes moving out the way than on the non turbo instructions I had seen online. New on seemed to have a much deeper fan housing but less blades, so tohught best thing to do was to swap them over (new on left) Swapped And plumbed back in Note the new coil, replaced the dis cap,rotor arm all leads and new spark plugs at same time and there seemed to be a little misfire before. Ran alot better but also had a slight hestiation could not work it out. Filled up with super unleaded rather than standard and seems to have cured it, should this be on leaded fuel?? THinking time may of come to sell, the 900 it wa san impulse buy, as always now she works fine and needs nothing I hanker for something different, Anyway, added another car to the yard this week, a MK1 Mazda MX5 1.6! Saw it local cheap and could not resist. Turns out the power steering issue was a burst pipe which was £200 at Mazda. T Cut and wax and she is a beaut, loads of history and drives sweet as a nut, understand why people love em, that 1,6 and gearbox are so sweet a combo!! £2 of fuel pipe and some clips fixed the power steering Lol! Works perfect! Pics to follow will start a new thread. The 75 is currently sulking due to lack of use and as always when you don't abuse them regularly something breaks! She had poppped her rear spoiler light so another fix needed!
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May 23, 2011 12:41:25 GMT
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Love it!"
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May 11, 2011 15:26:59 GMT
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OMG!! That is soooooooooooooo nice!!! Excellent work!! What a stunner!
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Cheers T-Boy! Perfic!
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Just done the headlining on the Saab. Just take ur time and work from centre out and its not to tough. But make sure you scrap all the old foam off of it will sag again quickly!
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Beautiful work as always!
Quick question, what is the "fettling" you do after welding? I presume its the grinding down of the weld to give the seamless patch.
Do you go over with a sander after grinding the main bit of weld off? Ive tried it with a flap wheel but often end up burning the metal (where is start to go blue etc) gettIng the very last visble weld off.
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No way, was just thinking the other day I would love one of these, and one turns up a mile up the road, I'm in Bideford! Il try and sort the cash and get in touch!
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Man you have patience! The care you take this is going to be sooooo nice!! Kepe the updates coming!!
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Love it love it love it! Class!
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I was just doing one of my regualr searches for a CX25 and found a black GTI in excellent nick on an expired Classiccarsforsale site. Regonised the drive from your pictures and remembered you saying your dad had a few. Do you know who it went to? Still badly want a black one and that was perfect, don't know how long ago the ad was but would love to gget my hands on it!
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Ace site aint it! Don't you just wish the talent of some of these guys "yeah i just knock up my own supercar from scaffold pole and a mower engine" lol, amazing! I recently got rid of my AMG too - Beast! Get my Classic 900 Turbo back tomorrow from some tweaking, looking forward to it
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Mint, love it!
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Looking good!! Nought like fresh paint mmmmmmm
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Think I might of spotted this one on the SaabUK site, love it, totally mental!! 450bhp, think you showed the rolling road print out on there is it is the same car, would love to see some vids
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Mar 29, 2011 12:34:23 GMT
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Nice work, going to stay a solid car for a long time yet after such careful prep!
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Mar 28, 2011 13:56:11 GMT
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Gutted! THis was the closest meet to me and was determined to go, the Alfa decided to let go on a coroded fuel pipe put I spent Sat afternoon fixing it so I could be there! THen the trouble and strife reminded me I had agree to look after our 2yr old so she could go out! Was going to bring the little tike down but had to think of her saftey in a long drive in a old alfa, and did not want to come down in something non retro! So now I'm booked in a yr in advance! Prop a good thing tho Id have needed a change of grundies after clapping eyes on the "Grale"!!
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Mar 28, 2011 13:46:06 GMT
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Jeez, the underseal did its job there!! Looks mint. Out of intrest how did you get it off, got to do it on the MGB
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