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Jan 15, 2024 12:46:10 GMT
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I am getting geared up to go to Monaco in 11 days' time for a weekend, and am hoping to see a few nice motors.
Hope also to get some pics from around the harbour plus the usual bits of the GP circuit as well as any tasty retro motors around.
Excited!
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Jan 15, 2024 12:42:37 GMT
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Heating it up with a hot air gun worth a try ? Bit of a pain that. James Unfortunately tried that already. Didn't really work. Think the glue has gone off.
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Jan 14, 2024 15:01:14 GMT
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Dan - amazing work as always! Perhaps your back can return the favour and sort my cat out? She's a pain!
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Could you rescue the duff stuff with double sided tape ? Some of the re-inforced stuff (like carpet tape) is extremely sticky. It's got to be worth a try. I've still ordered more because it's needed
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Jan 13, 2024 22:22:24 GMT
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That Capri looks clean!
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Jan 13, 2024 22:04:28 GMT
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So I figured that I would start today (once the garage had been warmed up courtesy of the Jet Engine/Propane Space Heater) by giving the wheel centres a further coat of gloss black. They'd already been primed, so on went a couple of coats of Halfords Finest. No photo of this, because you've kind of seen this before... I wanted to start sorting out the sound deadening in the interior, so I reached for my pile of Silent Coat that I'd bought a while back. I grabbed a roller, some scissors and a razor blade, and took a look at the interior. I figured that I may as well start with the driver's footwell, so I spent a while cutting bits to size, eternally grateful that my knees were kneeling on rubber mats rather than ridged concrete. I managed to get most of the driver's footwell sorted, but then discovered a big problem. I'd bought the soundproofing quite a long time ago, and it had been sat in 2 different garages during this time. Some of it (what was already in the footwell, had lasted well. The rest of it? Less so. The sticky back was no longer sticky. Rather than staying in place like it should, it simply peeled off and didn't work. So I have stopped this job for now and have ordered some new stuff, which will hopefully work properly. More soon, when it arrives. I will also take the seats out so I can a) do the rear compartment more easily but also b) do under the seats properly. Space where new soundproofing was going. Darker patch was an accidental spillage of resin a while back. Nobody know it's there. Oh... Silent Coat soundproofing: some of it apparently is a bit past its best (my fault entirely!) And finished product (well, as much as I could do, anyway).
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Last Edit: Jan 13, 2024 22:33:17 GMT by mrbounce
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Jan 13, 2024 10:04:08 GMT
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Went back with the full intention of starting afresh with a bigger bottle. Spoke to a different member of staff and she said they'd be happy to take back the small bottle and give me the 6kg one in exchange. So I did that, and only paid ÂŁ28 instead of over ÂŁ70, which is much more palatable! I had wondered that it might not fit on my shelf, but it does, with about 1/4" to spare. Today has been a good day! Thank you everyone for all your suggestions and assistance
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Jan 12, 2024 21:13:30 GMT
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I always thought the Rapier would go well with a V6 or V8 if they'd fit. Don't think I ever saw one in Custom Car or Street Machine that did though. A good looking car that really should have had a bit more grunt. The 1725 was good for the late 60s but there ain't no substitute for cubes!
Does anyone know of a V8 Rapier?
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Jan 11, 2024 13:23:01 GMT
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^^^ Will Holman from Practical Performance Car had a grey one for a while. Wonder if that's still around. Definitely a rare beast. I haven't seen one for years!
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I don't think many folks will fill other bottles for you. The fact that they won't take the old bottles back however, is surprising. I used to work for Calor, so I can ask if this is the case, and maybe even a reason why. I have a suspicion as to why it is. FloGas may do something similar, but they may have decided against it as well. I do have a spare Calor Gas bottle, which I may be willing to do a deal on. However, it's rather large! Thanks ChasR - I expect that it's all down to costs. I think the easiest thing for me to do is just start up a new contract. By the time I have tried to sort a replacement bottle, it will probably have cost me as much or more to get a new one anyway. C'est la vie I guess... I can only fit a small one in my garage anyway - a 6 kg item is as big as I need - it took 4 years for me to use up 3.9 kg!
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I have a gas-fired space heater in the garage (just a small Clarke Machine Mart one), and my Calor Gas Propane cylinder has just run out. It was the smallest version which is 3.9Kg (see below). So off I trot to my local gas supplier to replace it. It turns out that Calor discontinued their smallest cylinders back in early 2023 - which shows how little gas I use each year. Normally I would just chop the small one in for a bigger one, but I was also advised that Calor are no longer accepting the little ones back, so I would have to start a whole new contract with them. This of course means a pretty hefty deposit compared to the price of just the new cylinder, which I am not particularly happy about. Are there any alternatives out there?
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Iso Grifo: and Monteverdi 375 (also know as the "High Speed"). Wonderful.
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Last Edit: Jan 6, 2024 14:23:41 GMT by mrbounce
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Hotwire rocks. I wish I could claim more credit, I just kept on at Proboards and helped them diagnose the problem. Fingers crossed it doesn't re-occur as it has been an absolute nightmare. But you should take it. YOU are the one chasing them to sort it. And for that, we thank you!
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The problem I had with my phone when looking at the Notifications page (it wouldn't take you where you needed to go) has been completely fixed. Hotwire rocks.
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Dec 31, 2023 14:43:00 GMT
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I think that both look factory. You'll probably find they changed on a mid-model-run refresh.
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Dec 31, 2023 14:40:10 GMT
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I'd say that was a binding brake that's caused it. I think if a bearing was that bad you'd have heard or felt it.
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Dec 31, 2023 10:52:59 GMT
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Excellent - I love a pick-up and a D21 Nissan with 400k KM certainly fits the bill! I am enjoying this so consider yourself bookmarked. My Father-in-Law had a D22, followed by 2 Navaras and a Ford Ranger.
Although I have no need for a pick-up, I still want one.
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Dec 26, 2023 23:24:41 GMT
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I realised that the solution was a) there in front of me, and b) REALLY simple. Well done, Bouncy. Sometimes we can't see the wood for the trees, but we get there in the end. It's often the best thing to walk away and come back to it later with a fresh attitude and a different perspective. Plus the nous to maybe just have a look by moving some wires...
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Dec 26, 2023 16:34:08 GMT
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Back on it after a much needed break. I went back to the dashboard issue with the vent pipes not fitting properly as the instruments occupied the same space. I was puzzling over this for a while when I realised that the solution was a) there in front of me, and b) REALLY simple. All I needed to do was to move the vent pipe behind where the heater pipes came through. There was a big enough hole in the bottom of the dash, which I had been unable to see because of the wiring loom. Once done, it was simple to cut the hoses to length and doing a mock up fit with the dash top in place. Pleased with how it turned out. Then I turned my attention to the wheel centres. These have, unfortunately, been a bit of a disaster since I started re-doing them. Firstly, I wasn't happy with with the orange paint highlights I'd done. So I decided that the paint had to come off. However, once I had cleaned off the old paint, I cleaned them with white spirit. When they were re-primed, there must have been some of this left, as the primer then reacted. So it all had to come off again. Then I thought I'd try doing them orange, with black highlights instead (which I thought would be easier - ha!). Unfortunately, the orange paint I have is extremely thick. It doesn't sit right on the wheel centres, which are just over a couple of inches wide; it all needed to be removed again. Luckily, them still being tacky meant that judicious use of white spirit and a whole host of rags saw most of the orange paint off once again. I have since washed them to hopefully remove any trace of spirit. They'll be primed again soon... Vent pipes cut to size and fitted. Temporary fitting of the dash top - looks really nice. Pleased with it! Trying the wheel centres with orange. This did NOT work. So I took off as much as I could and then washed them up!
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Dec 24, 2023 16:11:32 GMT
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I have no clue, I spotted it in a retail park just because you can doesn’t mean you should An unusual take on what was surely a very rusty Discovery. Like redratbike says - you really shouldn't... That rear section made from next door's old decking does not look particularly appealing!
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Last Edit: Dec 24, 2023 16:12:33 GMT by mrbounce
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