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For lighter scuffs, you can rub it with a piece of stiff carpet.
Prepsol or similar may slightly dissolve/soften it and help you move it around. To be honest, based on that photo I would sand it back and paint it.
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Also the people on the Bespoke Rallies stand about the Slartibartfast rally now if only I had £10K and a rally prepared Ford Prefect... There's a frood who really knows where his towel is!
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@grumpynorthener - Just out of interest, do you wear your air-fed mask when spraying base colours? I went to an automotive painter recently where they were wearing a filter mask for the colour and an air fed mask only for the clear. No mask at all whilst mixing, and the little corridor they used to mix paint in had such a high concentration of thinners in the air that I was light-headed after stepping in there to talk to the painter for a minute.
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You are exactly right. I am asking far too much from a vehicle, however sometimes I just like to see if an option is viable and in this case like you say it isn't really. I don't think you're asking too much from one vehicle, but maybe you're starting by asking the wrong question? What you actually want is a daily, which can do weekend camping trips. For that purpose, I'd probably be looking for a wagon, rather than a van. I guess it depends how much gear you take with you on a weekend trip, but unless you are putting motorbikes in the back, the wagon should be able to handle it.
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BT if you don't mind me asking, why does your low-budget day van also need to be your daily? Especially when you have 5 cars?! It seems like a lot to ask for one vehicle to do. For weekends, you want it to be as big as possible and maybe even have a bit of power to get up hills decently. Meanwhile, for daily use you require ease of parking and low fuel consumption. Any vehicle which you get will be a compromise.
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I have to disagree with you Dez. Powder coating can have excellent adhesion and corrosion resistance. I work for an OEM and we have powder coated wheels. They pass the GM "gravelometer" test with no worries. Having said that, of course, like any process, powder coating can be done very well or very badly. To do it right, the wheels should be treated with adhesion promoter, then primer, then colour and then clear. Some of our wheels have a six-stage paint process, with both powder coat and liquid paint coats. The wheel is baked in between each coat. penski, I also disagree regarding heat treatment. The oven temperature required to bake powder coat is nowhere near hot enough to affect the properties of the metal. We are talking about temperatures which the oven in your kitchen can achieve easily.
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Feb 25, 2017 10:48:27 GMT
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Could be a Chevy Chevelle? Just looking at the window shape and nosecone line.
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Out of that list, I would choose the Jag for sure! It's your own personal preference though really, take some for a test drive and choose one you like.
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Feb 24, 2017 23:01:43 GMT
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Improved Production is a great class. For those who want a basic summary, you can swap any engine you like, as long as it is made by the same manufacturer and has the same number of cylinders, and you put it in the same place. Therefore, one of the most popular types of cars is a 1970s/80s small RWD Japanese car with a '90s/00s turbo engine in it. Datsun 1200s with SR20s, Corollas with 3SGTEs, and of course rotary Mazdas of all types.
The classes are basically "under 2 litre" and "over 2 litre". Turbos get a capacity multiplier, so all the turbo cars are in over 2 litre with the V8s.
You also have to keep the same suspension type and pick-up points, therefore leaf spring rear ends have to stay leaf sprung.
A colleague of mine had a Chrysler/Mitsubishi Galant (the old RWD one) with a 4G63 turbo engine in it. Not a cheap category to run in, but I'd love to do it one day.
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Not forgetting... Convertible I think this look only "works" on the Antiques Roadshow though.
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I don't like the Holden HQ/Z/X range.. I'd much prefer the HK/T/G range I can't argue with you there. The HT GTS Monaro has always been a dream car of mine, since my uncle had one when I was young. I chose the HQ for this thread because it has more body styles.
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Feb 22, 2017 12:50:30 GMT
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I'd never even heard of a Daimler Majestic, so that one is news to me! Finding the engine in the first place might be the hard part. Surely it wouldn't be your first port of call for a performance engine swap though?
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I think the E36 Compact and the Holden Statesman are hideous, sorry. The mk1 Granada is an excellent shout, though. Especially when you consider the two versions not posted above: If you think the HQ Statesman is hideous, then you haven't seen the WB Statesman! I think square and ugly was supposed to look prestigious in the early '80s? Perhaps? More to the point, they were trying as hard as possible to hide the fact that it was still an HQ underneath, by making it look different. The big rubbing strips are there to hide the crease line on the doors.
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Feb 16, 2017 10:39:23 GMT
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The way manufacturers do it is with a projection weld nut, which is a spot-welding process as you guessed. The spikes at the corners of the nut shown above are the "projections." To attach the nut, the spot welder melts the projections into the sheet metal with current and clamping pressure. There are many different types, but that is the basic principle.
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Great race! Thanks for sharing.
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