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Apr 22, 2012 12:24:41 GMT
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Last Edit: Jan 21, 2013 19:25:15 GMT by ben711200
...proper medallion man chest wig motoring.
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Apr 22, 2012 13:16:07 GMT
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good man. I was umming and arrring over this one.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 22, 2012 13:21:10 GMT
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Looks awesome
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Apr 22, 2012 13:32:11 GMT
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I dropped by '711200 Snr Friday night and he asked if I fancied some company for collecting. Some company on the train and for the long drive back was most appreciated. The morning of collection I'd assembled a survival kit Wallet, funny multitool, AA card, a selection of screwdrivers, oil, mobile phone, WD40, pliers, longnose pliers, lead additive, a sharpie, a litre of water and an adjustable spanner. What could go wrong? ;D A late start, because sleep is a valuable commodity with a 10 week old baby.. Bec dropped us off here at about 11am to start our journey A couple hours sitting backward feeling ill on the train we got here and rushed about the station figuring out which was the train we needed to finally arrive here where JamesP kindly picked us up and escorted us back to his place. It seemed rude to take pictures of James/his house so I left my camera in my pocket then. Paperwork sorted, money paid, quirks and routes discussed and we were on our way. It's worth pointing out that his dad had offered to deliver it on his recovery truck for us, but it didn't seem in the spirit of things ;D Inital impressions of the drive were that it was slow, wallowy and wandery. Perfect ;D First stop was for some fuel. Here's 711200 senior assessing my idiocy He soon started to enjoy it ;D I was a bit nervous... Me "That burning smell.. is it countryside or car?" Dad "That smells like car" Me "Bums" That was 20 miles or so in. We stopped outside a posh looking golf club and investigated. Lucas electrics normally work by holding the smoke in the wires, but on this occasion, they had released it all via the dynamo. The charge light hadn't come on yet though, so we let it cool down and cracked on. We also noticed this The carb is weeping fuel from one of the gaskets. Still its only positioned over the exhaust manifold It wasn't pouring out so I just ignored it.. Also note the terrible fuel filter position. That will be sorted ASAP. Shortly after the charge light came on. We figured we'd just crack on until it broke down and then get the big yellow taxi the rest of the way back to Bridgwater Dad had a play with the camera in the mirror whilst our eardrums ruptured at 50mph
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring.
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Apr 22, 2012 13:39:27 GMT
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Given that electricity was a valuable commodity, I avoided using wipers when it started raining... As we passed Stonehenge, we thought that we just might make it back! To my surprise, we made it home on a reasonable amount of fuel, under our own steam, in about four and a half hours. Awesomes.
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring.
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tofufi
South West
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Apr 22, 2012 13:48:28 GMT
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Awesome purchasing skills Ben Can't wait to see this one!
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Apr 22, 2012 13:48:49 GMT
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I always like a good adventure thread!
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Apr 22, 2012 15:13:38 GMT
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I go away for a week and come back to find this. It's awesome, it makes me smile and I simply cannot wait to see it in the flesh.
Brilliant purchase Dude, it's one of those cars I can really, really see you in and I'm so glad you've gone and bought it. If this thread is even half as good as your Volvo thread then it's going to be superb. I know I won't be disppointed. ;D
Bookmarked.
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1955 Standard 10Robinxr4i
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Apr 22, 2012 16:41:21 GMT
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Love it mate. Awesome little machine, salute you for buying such an old car 1955 madness!
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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speedy88
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1955 Standard 10speedy88
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Apr 22, 2012 17:21:35 GMT
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Awesome stuff Ben I look forward to seeing it
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
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1955 Standard 10Brian Damaged
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Apr 22, 2012 18:01:48 GMT
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I'm with MM on this one, SO pleased it's gone to such a good home and absolutely stoked it made it there under it's own steam, too! Does wonders for building confidence in a new car when you can make a trek like that happen withough any real incident. Superb.
Can't wait to see it in the flesh sometime soon. ;D
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Apr 22, 2012 19:41:32 GMT
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cough speak to seff about powah ;D
who nicked the banded off the back (paint that one blue quick)
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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1955 Standard 10Deleted
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Apr 22, 2012 19:49:04 GMT
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'tache car! I'm happy to see this one has stayed in the family, though I have mixed feelings about those wheels, I can't help thinking they'd look nicer with the hubcaps back on.
Look forward to seeing what you do with this one too, and I'm not at all jealous*
*I am jealous, quite a bit as it happens.
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luckygti
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I need to try harder!
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Apr 22, 2012 20:01:56 GMT
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Awesome purchase mate. Definitely very much 'you' In a good way of course! I'm not too sure about the wheels either, but hey ho!!! So, tell us some plans then...................... ;D
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Apr 22, 2012 20:22:47 GMT
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All it needs is a small block Chevy stuffed in it ;D
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Apr 22, 2012 20:24:44 GMT
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Thanks for the encouragement, guys Bruce, it's exactly why I bought it. Very me and I've learnt a lot from the Volvo. Mainly not to try to daily a project ;D Herpes, Power will absolutely not come before brakes. The brakes on this car are horrendous and the gearing is far too low for anything other than bumbling about at 45-50mph so that needs to be considered too. It isn't on the bandeds and James didn't get a chance to spray the other GT6 rim so I've got one odd coloured one. I'm unsure on the pair of bandeds; whilst undoubtedly cool, they just don't quite fit and only remain vaguely legal by having stretched tyres, which doesn't suit the rest of the car IMO. Angyl, hubcaps are in the boot and the wheels will probably be going less blue. On the subject of being a 'tache car, I thought it appropriate to add a sticker
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring.
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Apr 22, 2012 20:50:42 GMT
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Awesome purchase mate. Definitely very much 'you' In a good way of course! I'm not too sure about the wheels either, but hey ho!!! So, tell us some plans then...................... ;D You have to remember with the wheels and stuff that James boshed them together purely for Wheels Day, so for a single event, big and bright (and whatever was in stock ) was the order of the day. The blue is a bit bright for my tastes and the banded pair too big, but that's simple stuff to rectify to my personal tastes in the near future. Plans? There's no point repairing or replacing the dynamo when it's cheaper and easier to sort an alternator, so that's first Rebuild or replace my leaky carb and move the inline filter to somewhere less daft. The hole in the floor wiill get a tickle with the MIG Look into painting or changing the wheels Give it a good service to know where I stand with it all Maybe convert to electronic ignition. Fortunately someone has already changed it to 12v neg earth which makes it all much easier. At some point I'd like to find out what diffs will bolt straight up. I only need it tall enough that I can sit at the SAME speed as lorries. Sitting at 45-50 is just dangerous Longer term, I don't know. Realistically, I won't be able to undertake anything too major for a fair while and since this will never be anything especially quick or nice handling, I'm happy to largely enjoy it as it is.
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring.
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Apr 22, 2012 21:01:34 GMT
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Liking the plans... sort and enjoy looking forward to seeing it out and about,
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Apr 22, 2012 21:11:13 GMT
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Excellent - looking forward to seeing this progress. ;D
BTW, it would probably be worthwhile whipping the drums off to check that all the cylinders are free and remove accumulations of dust (wet it and wipe it, before disposing of rags in a sealed bag - don't blow the dust away: Asbestos!) before re-adjusting. Can make a huge difference to marginal drum brakes.
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Seth
South East
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Apr 22, 2012 22:28:17 GMT
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I'm liking the relative lack of plans
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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