Rich
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NASCAR COFFEE TABLERich
@foxmcintyre
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Jan 29, 2023 18:43:49 GMT
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I like when my wife looks at stuff like these comments and says things like 'well they must have ended up with the wrong wife then'  The only reason I haven't approached the subject of making my Hoosier drag tyre into a table is because I don't really want a Hoosier drag tyre in my living room.   OP's table looks excellent though, top work! I had to look at the pics twice to see the frame, that was made to fit surely!  Your wife is quite correct & I did marry the wrong wife. So I got rid, 25 yrs ago 😀 🤣 |
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Rich
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NASCAR COFFEE TABLERich
@foxmcintyre
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Jan 29, 2023 16:23:18 GMT
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This x1000. Really good job Reason No238 not to have a wife 😀 Looks great that I like when my wife looks at stuff like these comments and says things like 'well they must have ended up with the wrong wife then' The only reason I haven't approached the subject of making my Hoosier drag tyre into a table is because I don't really want a Hoosier drag tyre in my living room. OP's table looks excellent though, top work! I had to look at the pics twice to see the frame, that was made to fit surely! |
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Rich
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Tamiya Haulers - Update dayRich
@foxmcintyre
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Jan 28, 2023 21:34:47 GMT
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Some more things happening. I cut some of the reflective marker to go on the low boy trailer. Adds a little missing detail.   I also received a box of goodies. Texas slab bumper and a reduction box. I felt early on the 'roo bar was hiding the detail in the front end of the truck, namely the quad headlamps, and also was just falling more and more out of place with the style and I had wanted something different to stock.  Bumper assembled.  Because it's blind mount, the front cross-member requires removing and replacing with the suppled CNC ally one.  Plugged in and tested  Old Vs. New for comparison. Cab does sit down further than that, I had more things to do...   Last electronics job for now was to change the headlight LEDs from the light controller supplied ASBO-eBay-HID kit-neon-blue to a more believable warm white.  Next will be the drivetrain mods. |
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Rich
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It’s grim up north. Rich
@foxmcintyre
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Jan 28, 2023 21:18:38 GMT
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I turned up the day before handover and could not believe the stuff they’d put in it. I literally emptied the entire skip out again and went through it all. This is just the stuff they hadn’t taken or smashed up, and the guy who’d been in there the night before didn’t get (downside of a skip in a public place). I remember seeing this happening in more or less real time on your FB, was mind boggling then as it is now dude. |
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Rich
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1/14 RC Trucks and trailersRich
@foxmcintyre
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Jan 28, 2023 14:13:39 GMT
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That’s looking excellent! Top work. I’m just having a lunch break from replacing the front bumper on my King Hauler daycab so a pleasant thread update for a mojo boost! details on trailers is so easily overlooked but that’s fab. |
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Rich
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Jan 26, 2023 12:27:02 GMT
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Aww, leave him alone, he was just thirsty |
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Rich
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1987 Nissan Sunny £3000 - DevonRich
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Please do not take offense to my comment, as I do not claim to be an expert on Nissan Sunnys, but the price tag seems too ambitious at £3K? I suggest you go find some other examples to price match from. Except I can’t find any that aren’t similar money. So, err, yea. Seems about right to me for a rare appreciating Japanese car… |
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Rich
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Jan 24, 2023 22:10:52 GMT
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As long as the music is royalty free or royalties paid then there is no issue. Same deal as with the Youtube Royalty free stuff. Amusingly a video game I play has a load of fitting royalty free stuff in as it's a one-dev low-to-no budget automotive survival 'sim' and someone at the RC Truck meets has one of the tracks uploaded into his sound unit and I hear it playing at meets but I've not yet worked out who it is. |
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Rich
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Jan 24, 2023 22:06:09 GMT
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sacco panels, in Benz nerd speak I was curious so did a Google.  |
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Jan 24, 2023 22:03:40 GMT
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Ha! Thanks all Weirdly it's designed to go over the stock sideskirts & door trim panels (sacco panels, in Benz nerd speak) which I hadn't realised, and they're not on the car, hence the weird gaps. Are you going for exposed fixings or fixings behind a load of wag to smooth out the transition from kit to car? I think I already know the answer, and it's the light-er weight one |
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Rich
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Jan 24, 2023 13:31:01 GMT
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W I D E
I’m loving that. 👌🏻
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Rich
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BMW 3 series tourngs. No where to sit though...  See also, 206SW and 307SW |
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Rich
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Jan 19, 2023 21:31:15 GMT
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Just for curios sake and a bit of a think point, Range Rover aside the newest car I can think of that has a split ‘gate is the first-gen 3007. _750_500_70.jpg) To redress the retro balance, Honda Civic anyone?  |
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Rich
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Bedford astra vanRich
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Jan 18, 2023 20:48:59 GMT
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Well, this one wants probably similar except someone has modified the tailgate with a cold chisel and painted the bodywork with a spoon so, I'd say somewhere between your figures is going to be the one. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265197311790Not exactly 100's of these around anymore. |
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Rich
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What to do with a Nissan PathfinderRich
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Jan 18, 2023 18:15:49 GMT
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Looks like a Vauxhall frontera. It does a bit but I think that’s just that Japanese design influence making it visually similar to the Isuzu the Frontera was badge-engineered from. |
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Rich
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Bilbo's mk1 CavalierRich
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Looking good. A Nardi Torino wheel would be a good shout as a clue to the drivetrain mods. Top work dude! Thanks mate. I was looking at the Nardi in my mate's MX-5 last night thinking it looked good. To be honest I'll get whatever comes up, I do think a wood wheel would look pretty good in there, Nardi did some wood ones for certain MX-5s, might have a look for one. . The wood rim was the one I had in mind. I got a slightly ropey one off our KFW and stained and re-varnished it. In our old E28  |
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Rich
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Just because it made me smile....Rich
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Jan 15, 2023 20:43:56 GMT
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Those last 2 made me smile grizz Love the V.F.D. on the (presumably) old fire truck Definitely an old fire truck. I reckon it might be a shortened American LaFrance 700 Series with an extended cab The Google makes it out to be a 1940 Chevrolet COE |
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Rich
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Bilbo's mk1 CavalierRich
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Looking good. A Nardi Torino wheel would be a good shout as a clue to the drivetrain mods. Top work dude!
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Rich
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'94 Jeep Cherokee XJ: Bulk updateRich
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Jan 14, 2023 20:47:36 GMT
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My it's been a while. Mainly it's been just doing driving type stuff. Like this little jaunt to the New Forest:  And Retro Rides Weekender at Goodwood. Wagons..  Can't for the life of me remember who's this photo is. If it's yours, own up  More driving, MOT time.  Before RRG I wanted to make a canopy thing as I wasn't using the caravan for 2022. So I made a thing for the caravan canopy.  I also decided to attempt to stop the transmission leaking oil from the selector seal. I'd put this off as the manual says to drop the 'pan, remove the valve body, remove the NSS and then withdraw the selector shaft. Not fun sounding. My thoughts were though that you don't take the cams out to replace the cam seals kinda deal but the seal is small, and was worried about damaging the shaft or casing. But it had got bad. However, it was bad because the seal had fallen out of the casing and was loose on the shaft. Result. Procrastination to the rescue. Cue cleaning it all up and pushing home new new seal.  We also did a lovely day in the Peak District with Bob and gang, but before we went, who remembers this? Spring finger had snapped (Worst supervillan name ever) and sounded like death. Still, cost £3 for a bearing and £70 for a complete compressor to rob the parts from and refurbish the pulley and drive plate to swap straight over.  Yes. Well.  The clutch plate got removed as a temporary measure, so I didn't do 400+ miles dragging the broken bits all over the clutch pulley...  And AliExpress saved the day in regards to me having to buy a new compressor rather than much about with used parts again.  So anyway, me and Ash headed up north way..  And we had a jolly lovely drive.   https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cly6afljFnh I did mean that I needed to break this out upon my return..   But worth it.  That's all for now! |
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Rich
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2006 206SW - Le BlobRich
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Jan 14, 2023 20:20:50 GMT
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Been a bit quiet on the Poojo front so a little rift of updates that all happened close togwther Heater matrix. Was getting weepy. New one was a whopping £4 from ECP so cracked on with that, contrary to popular believe not all French cars are assembled around the matrix, the 206 is surprisingly easy to change.  One of these arrived due to there being play in the radius arms. I mean, what 2006 206 hasn't got that or had that as an issue?   Replaced the allegedly non-replaceable heater panel bulbs (cheers PSA) which was nice as the heater is easier to use in the dark now.  And, GTI 180 steering wheel. Because.  |
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OP's table looks excellent though, top work! I had to look at the pics twice to see the frame, that was made to fit surely! 
