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I am looking forward to putting it together and seeing your first burn out! P. Bad bad influence...... But bad influence is good, right? I wish we had that system of paying duty up front here. I've just been notified that my braided brake lines have arrived and, as they've come by post, I have no idea on duty until I spend a day down Manila PO picking them up. I'll either be able to have a cold beer to celebrate, or won't have any cash left to afford one!
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I've used summits Iparcel as well. Rock auto also charge for tax and import duty up front, very useful. Once ordered and paid for, there's nothing else to worry about and no nasty surprises later on either. I've also used Ron Fenton, again, excellent service
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1968 Dodge Charger 1985 Chevrolet Camaro 1993 Toyota Hilux Surf 2001 Ford Mondeo
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Bad bad influence...... But bad influence is good, right? I wish we had that system of paying duty up front here. I've just been notified that my braided brake lines have arrived and, as they've come by post, I have no idea on duty until I spend a day down Manila PO picking them up. I'll either be able to have a cold beer to celebrate, or won't have any cash left to afford one! Bad is good...... When my wife is good, she is good, when she is bad, she is even better. I hate the culture of bribery. I've used summits Iparcel as well. Rock auto also charge for tax and import duty up front, very useful. Once ordered and paid for, there's nothing else to worry about and no nasty surprises later on either. I've also used Ron Fenton, again, excellent service Ron is brilliant, and makes a great cuppa tea. These upfront services are great.
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Brown van Brown van Brown van.......... I love the way one can track just where a parcel has made it to. Tonight UPS has taken delivery of my parts..... Who knows, they could be here next week.
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Best I have had was four days from Australia to the Uk. From a shop,not even someone I knew. Thought that was exceptional...
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Best I have had was four days from Australia to the Uk. From a shop,not even someone I knew. Thought that was exceptional... My record is a set of seat covers ordered in the UK on wednesday morning, in my mailbox in Toronto thursday afternoon. Still don't know how they did it except to say, in my experience, British mail is the best in the world! BTW My brothers swears that when he retires he is becoming a UPS driver because everyone will be happy to see hom!
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Mar 10, 2016 12:56:57 GMT
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technology is brilliant! they send you a text at 7am saying its out for delvery on the van, you check on the tracker and it says out for delivery, it never arrives, then next day you check the tracker and it says they havent received your parcel yet from the sorting depot so it will be delayed
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Mar 10, 2016 22:47:18 GMT
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I think my best result was just under $AU300 worth of rum that got 'delivered' according to the tracking site, but I was home the whole day and the door was open and the dogs would have barked had anyone pulled up outside. So started the process of shipping insurance. Was a nice fast and easy process. Next morning my parcel was discovered 3 houses down on the side of the road. Still intact! So I scored 3 bottles for free.
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Mar 11, 2016 17:51:27 GMT
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Home for the weekend........ Passed my test for the week, and other validations. Progress of parcel beats progress on truck. Hope to get some truck time in over the weekend, between online studies and spending time with Mrs Boss. Tonight I raise a glass to my friend Marcelo Vasquez Mansilla from Santa Fe, New Mexico, who left this world last night to go cook in that great kitchen in the sky. I will miss him from a distance.
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Last Edit: Mar 11, 2016 17:52:05 GMT by grizz
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Mar 12, 2016 19:51:13 GMT
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Spent most of the day with Nicola today. Shops, great lunch etc. Then home and she went to see her dad and I went to the garage for about three hours. Started by just cleaning up and oiling the pushrods and also cleaning the garage and my massive oil basin...... Then found the Edelbrock manifold and thought it would be good to give it a quick clean....... Took off the thermostat housing and found it was pretty deeply pitted in three places on the inside..... Cue more new parts. I think the thermostat is probably still fine, so will leave it alone and refit once I have new parts. Took it all apart, then petrol and thinners cleaned it all, masked off all the relevant holes. Pulled the blasting cabinet out the garage and cleaned it all up. Cleaned the inside and de-oiled it, removed the masking tape etc....... Done. Now just waiting for the brown van to bring my bits.... Then Paul and I will rebuild the motor. Remember next weekend is the NSRA Swapmeet.
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Last Edit: Mar 12, 2016 20:31:45 GMT by grizz
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Mar 12, 2016 21:31:35 GMT
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Now just waiting for the brown van to bring my bits.... Then Paul and I will rebuild the motor. The Brown Van just excelled themselves. Door mirror glass ordered on Thursday afternoon, delivered yesterday. Looking forward to this engine going back together. Should sound sweet.
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Mar 12, 2016 21:44:02 GMT
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Can't believe a valve is only $10 !! The powers of the American economy !
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Mar 12, 2016 22:18:14 GMT
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Now just waiting for the brown van to bring my bits.... Then Paul and I will rebuild the motor. The Brown Van just excelled themselves. Door mirror glass ordered on Thursday afternoon, delivered yesterday. Looking forward to this engine going back together. Should sound sweet. So am I George, it's all new learnings for me. As for sound....... That s what it is allllllll about. Can't believe a valve is only $10 !! The powers of the American economy ! My mate in St Louis is involved in NASCAR truck racing and they use these valves..... That's pricey. One of the trucks.
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Last Edit: Mar 12, 2016 22:28:28 GMT by grizz
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Rian, The thermostat housing are renowned for that corrosion. Get a new one from customville as they are only cheap or you will be chasing a water leak forever! Or the swap meet. P.
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Mar 13, 2016 21:49:14 GMT
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Rian, The thermostat housing are renowned for that corrosion. Get a new one from customville as they are only cheap or you will be chasing a water leak forever! Or the swap meet. P. Most certainly will mate. Got this email earlier........ All I can say is Roll on weekend....!!
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Mar 16, 2016 22:32:32 GMT
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Well, it seems that this afternoon a parcel was delivered from Summit Racing. I ordered the parts last Monday afternoon, so 8 days........ Got a be good. Now just got to wait till I get a chance to open, unpack and obviously use them. After work today I popped around to see an old friend and serial Teardrop trailer builder, Dave, whose latest creation you can Google to get a better look at "Campenarti Steampunk Teardrop Trailer" or look for it on Facebook where he has a page on various things.......... He recently built an acoustic amplifier for his mobile phone...... Click the link below for a look. It was good seeing him and his family again, strange how some friended ships have no link to time.
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Amazingly...... The first 5 weeks of classroom training for the new job came to an end yesterday. Next up is two weeks of shadowing, and much online home study plus a week of conference, followed by one more week in class plus another exam and practical evaluation, so I really only start working the 25th of April, which means Truck and Garage time will be severely limited. But there has to be some. In time honoured style, the last two days we had an outside lecturer in who was very good at what he does, but only let us out at 4pm which on a Friday in England, is not a good thing. My trip to the office on a good day takes two hours, being 120 miles....... Yesterday..? Three hours to get home. I guess the upside of that is the fact it took me three hours to get home from a job, rather than an interview. Anyway, I was tired, irritable and kinda looking for a reason to get road rage, jump out of my car and get the living cramp beat out of myself and then to become a viral sensation of how to finish a week at work. It did not happen....... So when I got home, unpacked, laundry in the machine, cuppa tea and sandwich after 7pm the cats took notice, my wife went back to her forensic telly (I am sure she is just using it to learn how and where not to hide the body) but only after she said that the local supermarket had used me as a model for their new Ginger bread man, and that she had got me a sample (I do like gingerbread cookies) Gotta like her thinking. Me in shorts, roll on summer. I had planned on leaving the big brown box unopened over the weekend, as I have a load of yard work and some online training modules to deal with over the weekend, and Sunday there is the NSRA Swapmeet in Essex. So I only peeped when I could not wait any longer. Looking forward to having Paul Y and mate Martin over soon to get into reassembling the motor. Next Friday is Wheels Day over in Surrey. Sunday and Monday is again the Chatham Festival of Steam. Couple of previous years links in case you need to see why you need to attend. retrorides.proboards.com/thread/165490/chatham-dockyard-traction-transport-photosretrorides.proboards.com/thread/177453/wheels-friday-chatham-festival-sunday
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Mar 20, 2016 19:47:09 GMT
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Another weekend over....... No truck time in the garage at home, but some truck stuff nonetheless. Drove over to mate Martins this morning at 07.30 and dropped my car at his place. We then headed out to Arena Essex for the NSRA Swapmeet. Got there nice and early, met up with Andy "Über Cool" and some of his mates in the car park to make Martin a happy chappy...... This long propshaft came from Del's truck where Martin got a cab, doors etc from last year, it went up north to Andy, and now back this way again. Martin also got lucky to buy a new heater matrix core for his truck. My scores for the day included some stuff I have no use for but wanted and some stuff I needed for the rebuild. Let's see if you can figure which they were...... Once calculated, based on what I paid for the mostly unused parts, and what they cost at stalls for new, it seems I was still ahead £10.00 and got the parts "free" This is a good reason to go to Swapmeets. Meeting up with a load of friends from various forums today made it even better. My Best Buy for the day was this small quick release Gas filler cap for £10.00 and it is something I both wanted and needed for the rebuild. My plans to relocate the filler neck from where it is currently in the side of the load bed. Plan is to move the filler neck of my relocated fuel tank to the rear corner, just inside the tailgate, but below the level of the load bed as I do plan to fit a tonneau cover again once the truck is done. This filler cap and its mount are really narrow, so will take little space. Solid metal vs chrome plated plate.....? You can see the difference. Taiwanese chrome and rust vs the solid metal item. Also bought an oval solid ally air filter with similar look to my existing valve covers for a sensible price. I will paint the sections between the ribs red and then polish the ribs back to original. Next to the original air filter and valve covers. The old school hooter is for an acoustic speaker like the one I showed on here last week. The petrol pump nozzle........ Remember this build? retrorides.proboards.com/thread/163806/star-brand-replica-retro-buildWatch this space. Also bought a new replacement thermostat housing and three tubes of grease. Fresh grease is good. So a great weekend all told.
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Last Edit: Mar 20, 2016 20:12:51 GMT by grizz
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Mar 22, 2016 18:41:42 GMT
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Couple of yard jobs after work, including cutting the grass. Also turned two grass boxes into one as mine had given up on its hooks. Managed to poke a screwdriver into the tip of my finger with force, it may hurt a bit in the morning. But Stupid Should Hurt. After that I decided to just do another small prep job, it serves no purpose but makes me feel I have done something. So some VHT paint on the gearbox that I had already cleaned and masked up. Lot of effort for something that will not be seen. Another little job done.
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Looks good Rian. P.
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