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Mar 17, 2012 17:41:28 GMT
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Great thread! This one looks much better then the last, I reckon it will look fantastic after a good polish.
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Mar 17, 2012 23:06:08 GMT
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Yeah this one is better, look out for a big 4/90 shaped update in the next fortnight as I'll be getting some quality time with the welding machine. Yay.
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The estate has been saved so don't worry, it has stopped running but nothing serious. Will update about it when I get some more news.  Great stuff! I almost bid blind on the estate, but common sense kicked in once I'd considered Shiply & storage costs, which would have taken the overall initial outlay to over a grand before a welding torch was struck... I really want an FE / Ventora in my life at some point - Perhaps next summer, all going to plan... ...But I had planned to press the blue car you've bought into use as a daily driver on the mean streets of London, which now seems a tad harsh in retrospect, given it's 'gentle' life to date. Apologies for the thread drift, and look forward to updates on this (and the VX490) - I may pick your brains next year on FE ownership, if you'd be so kind? |
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Mar 18, 2012 23:47:05 GMT
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Took the green one and the blue one out for a gentle trundle to the pub this afternoon with my bro, they did attract a bit of attention, which is nice. I still need a 1975 Ventora in white with a black roof and tan interior (although black would do) Anyone? what's left of my brain is here for picking..... |
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Mar 20, 2012 21:52:01 GMT
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Look whats popped up for sale this side of the Irish sea  2300S Auto |
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Mar 24, 2012 13:32:06 GMT
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Right, since I'm not allowed to go to Ireland to buy more old Vauxhalls, here's a little update. I had in my stocks of stuff, a pair of bumpers. The ones on this car have been "well used" and the bracketry had been made from scratch.  I took the opportunity to replace the front grille as it had a large dent where the bumper had gone into it.  Rear is the best I could find, I don't think I have a single immaculate one unfortunately. Much better than the wonky one that was fitted. I've also fitted the rear lights from the green one as I bought 2 new ones for that earlier in the year. Here's my fossilised orange from the boot.  In other news, a customer has dropped in a couple of boxes of bits for me. He's been saying for a few years now he had some stuff that would interest me and he used to race FDs and FEs quite seriously in saloon racing. Sadly no Blydenstein heads or performance gear  but a full set of workshop training manuals:  and enough repair sections to, I think, put 4 FE inner front wings back together! Bonus.   Yay. |
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Mar 24, 2012 20:06:50 GMT
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Oooooh, I had a VX estate, 2300 Auto. Coppertone. Was £400, drove from Scotland to Watford to get it, even before I'd seen the "garaged for nearly all its life, mint, one elderly owner car" described the seller halved the price. I sold it around 2004ish with ALL the spare panels left from my Ventora, after it was apparent the sills were ghosts of sills, the floor was crustier than a 1990s "Save the Trees" protest. I don't think it made it though FE Estates are possibly one of the most beautiful cars Vauxhall ever made, IMO. |
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Mar 24, 2012 23:22:55 GMT
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You should roll that orange in glitter and hang it on your Non Denominational Festive Period Tree this year.
Brightwork is very bright, makes quite a startling improvement of the front end.
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Mar 30, 2012 16:28:42 GMT
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Just in case you're not sure about not being allowed to go to Ireland to pick up old Vauxhalls...  are you sure you can't be tempted?  |
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Mar 31, 2012 19:22:05 GMT
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Dammit, temptation and actual physical ability are very different things, anyway, I'd rather have the 2300GLS that's in Chichester.....
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The time (and weather) coincided to allow me to shampoo the interior to wash out the old-lady debris. Before, it looked like this...  and this...  and after 10 minutes with Lidls finest imported foam cleaner, ta-daaaaaaa    an amazing improvement although it does smell like old-lady detergent now, it'll do until my wet vac turns up I've started cleaning the vinyl bits but there's 37 years of next-level gank stuck to it, pressure washing may be the only answer! Unfortunately the tops of the door cards and the dash have sunburnt so I'll have to sort that out later.  Still going well though, might make it to CCOTP tomorrow. |
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Get yourself a nail brush for the bulk of the vinyl, it's much easier to use than a toothbrush. Toothbrushes are great for the fiddly bits. Looks like you're getting some lovely grime out of that.
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The colour of the stuff coming off the doorcards was incredible! I used vinyl treatment and a nailbrush but there's more to do. I hoped you'd be offering to come down here and lend a hand!
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Oh, I'd love to, but neither of my cars are road legal, and you know how unreliable public transport is Besides which, I'm firmly stuck in the Eighties and I see your location is the Seventies, so I'm not sure how we'd get around that  |
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+1 on the nail brush, much easier. In fact I got a pack of brushes from a pound stretcher type place that had a massive brush in, worth a look.
I've done the same treatment to the Viva interior and got some pretty good results. I used Cillit Bang with a brush to lift the grease and dirt, wiped it off then used some rubber and vinyl care stuff on it a couple of times. Much better.
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Apr 10, 2012 23:42:36 GMT
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Phil: Dammit, you've got an answer to everything. Fine, I'll use the TARDIS, I'll see you a few days ago to get the job done so you can come back on here when we've done and update it. No paradoxes this time, okay? oli: that's exactly how I cleaned the Princess interior up. The only thing to watch out for with Cillit Bang is that it can be a bit too aggresive on older plastics
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Apr 11, 2012 23:22:29 GMT
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PV, thanks, I expect to see you and your cleaning apparatus last week, cheers. Today I took a look at doing welding to the VX4/90, then I decided to fit my LR8s to this car as it was less of a work-up...    so there we go. I promise I will get on with the weldathon. |
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Apr 27, 2012 22:38:05 GMT
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LR8s FTW. Got them on the Viva, paid a lot for them too, and they're utter rubbish. Got to love Lucas! You can still buy them new for £100 each.
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but a full set of workshop training manuals:
