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1985 Honda Acty Show Truck

fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 7, 2016 20:15:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Managed to grab some time to pop a wheel off and take some measurements for wheel fitment and suspension purposes today Ethan really wanted to help and the worst thing was he knew he was being fobbed off by pretending to mend his car rather than work on my real wheels but it's too dangerous for me to try and keep myself safe let alone him while I'm on one leg but things are boding well for the future Who needs manuals any way?!
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grenade Posted a lot Posts: 2,054	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck grenade @grenade
	May 8, 2016 0:26:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Love these little trucks. Heal up and have fun.


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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 8, 2016 5:53:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 8, 2016 0:26:23 GMT grenade said: Love these little trucks. Heal up and have fun. Cheers, me too, I had to get one out of my system and it feels just the right size to keep on top of the maintenance.
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MattW Part of things Posts: 841	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck MattW @mattw
	May 9, 2016 15:19:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	in for this too
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 11, 2016 12:47:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Three original Acty steel wheels came up on eBay yesterday only a couple of hours after I'd placed an order for a pair of custom wheels. So I decided to make an offer which I won. I've decided to get a pair banded to fit to the rear and fit the custom wheels to the front. Obviously they won't match but I don't mind things like that and current plans are to get a deeper set of rear side panels fabricated so most of the rear wheels will be covered up.
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 11, 2016 13:10:10 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Actually allowing for tyre wall depth the whole of the rear wheel will be covered up so even better
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steveg Posted a lot Posts: 1,586	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck steveg @steveg
	May 11, 2016 13:47:55 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Just reading you post about wheel threads and wondered what you were doing. Seeing as you have the adaptors it might be worth considering 12" Metro wheels as they have far more offset then Mini ones. A lot of aftermarket Mini wheels stick out more then they need to anyway, even a standard 10" or 12" Mini wheel might be a better starting point, depends exactly what you have planned.


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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 11, 2016 14:13:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Basically the mini wheels are fitted via 25mm adaptor s but I want to get rid of those wheels and the adaptors and fit specific 4x120 wheels directly to the original wheel studs. I suspect that the wheel studs have been cut down though so I'm trying to establish if it's safe to use those or replace every wheel stud which will be another £120 plus a hell of a lot of time.
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steveg Posted a lot Posts: 1,586	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck steveg @steveg
	May 11, 2016 14:23:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Ah, I see. Hopefully they haven't. The steel wheels aren't that thick and it looks like you have about 20mm left.


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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 14, 2016 16:04:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Wheels have arrived and these are the best two, some slight surface rust which won't be a problem, apart from that they're in good condition and some of the marks on them is just dirt. Close-ups of one - 3.5"x10" manufactured 14/07/1982. Will be banded to 5" wide and fitted to the rear.
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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck grizz @grizz
	May 14, 2016 16:38:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Loving the way this is drifting....
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 15, 2016 19:16:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The sun was shining and we were in the garden any way so before you know it I've sprayed down the wheels with kitchen cleaner left them to soak whilst having an ice lolly, scrubbed them up with a washing up sponge and got Ethan to hose them down. (He likes water just as much as sand and slightly behind trains - combining all three is his ultimate pastime) Any way... Three dirty wheels Three clean wheels, rust levels increase from left to right ... Close-ups... This pair will get banded and used on the rear... Then Ethan said he wanted to watch me fit them, obviously I didn't want to let him down So set mini minty up in the bed... And Mrs minty up in the bus... And time to get down to work... Adaptor off... Front fitted, flat tyre adds to the shabby chic charm Rusty rear fitted... Let the Angels shine down their approval... The money shot... I know I'm going against all RR virtues by returning things to standard but the tuck is needed before I can sort out the lows. Hopefully I've sourced another steel too so I can sort lows all round at the same time.
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 16, 2016 20:46:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	And after posting photos of the three wheels on my Facebook page I now have a fourth (not got a photo or cleaned it up yet though)
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 28, 2016 8:40:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nothing substantial to report but I've picked up a complete Honda shop manual for the Acty in immaculate condition off eBay for £10 + £3.75 including postage. Chuffed with that considering my max bid was £30. I think it was down to an advert with one sentence in the description and a photo of the cover but suits me as I've now got all the info I need for anything that might go wrong.
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 28, 2016 12:34:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Just had another "would you sell your van?" door knocker. This time he knew his stuff and offered a fair £1500. The answer was still no.
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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,989	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck bmcnut @bmcnut
	May 28, 2016 13:08:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	thats got to be worth more than 1500, id imagine many people would snap your arm off at that price. Great colour and i like where its going.


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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 28, 2016 15:28:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Cheers @automatik I spotted the blue one on here before I bought mine. Built by ratdat I think? The Suzuki does look good too.
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 28, 2016 15:36:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	After picking up the "wd40 to clean residue off Perspex windows" tip on RR recently I finally got around to giving it ago.... Before - Outside done but still scuffs remaining - So onto the inside and looky looky what do we have here?! The protective film was still on the inside of the rear window. - That's more like it - While i was in the cab I discovered that i could actually operate the pedals fully despite my ankle limitations so tried it out in the Elgrand and all good in there too!
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varelse Posted a lot Posts: 3,515	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck varelse @varelse
	May 29, 2016 9:11:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Pressing the pedal once or twice may be fine, but I imagine 30 min might be another story. So... did the WD40 trick work?
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	1985 Honda Acty Show Truck fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	May 29, 2016 11:30:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	May 29, 2016 9:11:42 GMT varelse said: Pressing the pedal once or twice may be fine, but I imagine 30 min might be another story. So... did the WD40 trick work? Having a test drive today to see how I get on And yes the wd40 worked after holding the cloth over the areas to let it soak in and then rubbing over the residue until it worked free
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