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Jul 15, 2019 11:01:04 GMT
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Yup log timber for me too.. Much kinder to the car inside and warmer in winter. Downside is more external maintenance if you want it to last. I treat it every 4/5 years but the stuff is the best part of £35 a tin and it takes two of them. Another downside is possibly contents insurance if your tools and equipment are very valuable. They weren't too keen on insuring for high value stuff. I got there in the end but only because my garage is pretty difficult to get at from any public access and well alarmed.
Another one I get asked by people, is about welding and grinding. Just be careful where you aim any sparks basically.
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ok Ken You know some "experts" say "Chocolate Fire Guards are the only safe things to use" don't you have to rely on what they say. LOL
As long as the cat's happy that's all that matters. Well I have to admit I've not seen another with this interior combination as yet, and given the dash coverings, steering wheel and under dash associated trimmings are all beige as well pretty sure its all original albeit some bits badly faded. Started life up your neck of the woods in Walsall according to the dealer plate on the dash.
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Sorry to hijack, but kenb is that actually a ginger queen and not a ginger Tom? Yes that is a Ginger queen and a feisty little madam at that who has used more than her 9 lives already and not even 3 years old. As we have really gone off tangent here, have a Corsair pic or two taken at the recent Corsair Rally to make up for it
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Not not brown Pete, they're beige seats and two tone beige door cards just bad colouring from the camera phone as its poor light under the carport. Apparently its a rare interior option with the green according to the "experts". The cat is deffo Ginger though.
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Last Edit: Jul 4, 2019 20:43:21 GMT by kenb
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Jun 26, 2019 11:47:04 GMT
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I owned the only two surviving Anglia/Morrison body ice cream vans. Now at the Whitby Morrison Factory in Crewe.
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Jun 11, 2019 13:09:01 GMT
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Only problem with it is I cant go inside the M25 without paying the low emission charge of £100 per day. This is what will kill them all off. With Newcastle being the latest in a long line of other cities/towns now carrying out emission zone consultations, there soon wont be anywhere you can take/drive them. So unless you have a barn to store them in until they reach the exempt status of 40 years old, what was common only a few years ago will become extinct very quickly.
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I'm not telling I don't want to unleash the wrath of the Grump by spoiling his fun or any surprises that would not be fair. Now Pete you say that with an air of contempt - has if I would keep the RR members hanging in suspense with my project threads or something to that effect - I mean that's utterly outrageous - I wouldn't ever do anything like that now would I (and if I did it would only be because some others had put me up to it - and I'm saying nowt but one of them is the owner of a freshly painted Corsair and another one who's workshop is not big enough lives 10 miles down the road from me) Well it aint me !! though there are areas which need re doing badly on mine as its getting on for 5 years of abuse now, I couldn't afford to do it again, not at the moment anyway. don't need a kidney do you Chris?? mine are alcohol free
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Ah you guessed Ken. LOL You will have to wait for the build thread. Well whilst you are fitting things up Pete, something I forgot to mention to you the other day. On the front sidelamp indicator units, I would suggest you add in a earth wire and attach one end to the light unit bolts that hold it on the wing, the other end to the same place as the headlamp earth. Quite how Ford expected it to ever work when there is a sponge gasket separating it from the bodywork, plus the paint on both sides of the wing and the underseal is beyond me. Had this problem recently on my blue car. Not had a chance to add in a wire as yet, but will be over winter. Have already done this on the green car, with much improvement on the poor bulb performance.
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Wow stunning work there. Pete for gawds sake don't scratch it! Chris, not wishing to be picky but just spotted something on both front valance corners where the side bumper bolt goes into it. There seems to be an extra hole next to the one that should be there? Is there something different going in that hole? This be mine and its same on both my cars. Ken That's been done as a request from me and will all become clear in the build thread as I build her back up.
Thank god for that then!! Not fitting those cat whisker kerb feeler things are you Pete???
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Wow stunning work there. Pete for gawds sake don't scratch it! Chris, not wishing to be picky but just spotted something on both front valance corners where the side bumper bolt goes into it. There seems to be an extra hole next to the one that should be there? Is there something different going in that hole? This be mine and its same on both my cars.
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Very nice colour wise choice and had my Pube been a few years newer, mine would probably have been that colour too when I had it painted. I had a 67 Anglia in Lagoon Blue suited it very nicely. Don't think it was available until 66 though not 64 as Chris said according to the Ford paint charts/info I have. Top work as usual from Chris. This did have a greeny tinge to it even in daylight sometimes
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May 31, 2019 11:27:24 GMT
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I’m going for Matt black being underneath, satin on the roof, and a nice blue for the rest of the car. Blue is so common these days ..... I love the colour of mine, but what I don't love it shows every mark and scratch. Or maybe its because I know they're there. The green one (also mine) incidentally, is in my workshop for some love and attention atm, but it wont be near the quality of work displayed here by Grumpy I'm afraid. I have uncovered some previous MoT level repairs which make the job a little harder.
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May 23, 2019 13:23:49 GMT
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Apart from a few on preserved lines, these are going fast. This one is on a disused line possibly coming back into use, but undoubtedly will be replaced by a barrier if it does.
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May 23, 2019 13:08:39 GMT
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No, but it does have to be roadworthy and in the historic vehicle tax class (if it isn't already)to claim MoT exemption. It also mustn't be modified outside of the parameters given on the .Gov website.
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May 17, 2019 10:43:19 GMT
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Dunno if this appeals, as its not a cheap solution depending on the size of your garage, but I used 18mm chip flooring boards. Stronger than you think they might be, as I've use trolley jacks on it with no issues. The only thing I do is use chequerplate squares under axle stands to spread the weight. I used the moisture resistant stuff with black PVC sheeting underneath, and have had oil spills, but they clean up ok. Lovely to roll around on the floor with too compared with concrete anyhow and had no issues up to now. Warmer in winter too. Dropped hammers not an issue either.
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Well there you go, its "factory" !! lol
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My bonnet catches that grille if you open the bonnet with the left hand, clears if you open it with the right lol.
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I don't have to have them based on age but I do have to have them if I want it MOT'd On that subject I may just give up the MOT and have an annual vehicle check. The Goddess and load can travel to events seperately and then come together for display. Not up to speed on the mot regs for commercial stuff, but surely if it never had the marker lights on the side, they aren't required for mot? Seems a bit odd DVSA applying regs retrospectively Would be like my old Ford failing for not having catalytic converters fitted Up until recently my mate still used to test his 1932 bus. Last time I went with him, they failed miserably it for the brakes not being up standard, the standard they said, being the modern standard - not for rod brakes made in 1932. They all worked I saw the readout, but they said they had to be up to the latest standard percentages or fail. Needless to say he doesn't bother now on account of the vehicles age. I don't profess to know the HGV/PSV test rules in detail either, but from other experiences I had with my own HGV many years ago, there doesn't seem to be much leeway or allowances given to the age of the vehicle. Whether thats actually right or not I don't know.
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After this happened to me last January my insurance rebuilt the garage, the garden, replaced the windows and guttering etc, fully rewired the fusebox in the house along with the garage. I was insured with Privelege insurance part of the Direct Line group and they paid for 85% of the value I put on the tools etc. Cannot recommend them highly enough and the Risk Assesor, Surveyor and builders were superb Give them a call Kinell. Its the scenario we all hope never happens, but it can and does.
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