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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 24, 2020 23:02:29 GMT
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The scrap was taken at the very end of the day which was handy...  I removed the wheels on Sunday too as a recent purchaser of an Acty messaged to see if I had any for sale so I decided to sell on my best set with road legal tyres. Cleaned them up and now waiting to be collected by the courier.  As posted in the WPL RC thread my 1:10 scale RC truck arrived in the post. It’s actually a Suzuki D12 but close enough.   I’ll make some lower sides out of plasticard and paint it in brown to match my truck and plan to ride it around the bed of my 1:1 scale truck at shows. Also not sure if I posted a photo of my QR code sticker last week? I thought I was ordering a 40mm sticker to put on my windscreen so people can scan it to see my spec list. It arrived a day too late for the Yakushi show but when it did arrive it was a bit too large for the windscreen...  Surely there’s been some kind of mistake?! There sure was - I checked back on the eBay ad and it said 40cm not 40mm. Arrr oops. Any way I had a think and realised I could put it on the inside of my canopy. I remembered that I acquired this notice from a smart show that I was in the show and shine in at Mercedes Benz world back in 2006, I’ve been hoarding it ever since, it’s been on three house moves.  I cleaned up the back of the board, and applied the sticker...  I’ll put a note on the top saying spec list and cable tie it to the inside front panel of the truck canopy (the one that backs onto the rear of the cab) so it’s visible through the mesh at the rear - this should make it the right distance / scale to scan from the back of the truck. |
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Sept 25, 2020 7:33:01 GMT
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You have done well to recycle so much of your donor so far.
As always, enjoy your updates mate.
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 25, 2020 18:51:04 GMT
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Added some minty vinyl wrap that I had lying around in the garage and a “SPEC LIST” text sticker that I ordered when I thought the qr sticker was going to be 40mm.  Wire removed and cable tied in place to the mesh, hold your smart phone camera up et voila...  |
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 25, 2020 20:35:12 GMT
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I then moved on to tidy up the battery by removing the label and applying vinyl to the retaining plate, as well as wrapping the cables and battery mounting threaded bars in convoluted tubing.  |
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Sept 26, 2020 5:59:45 GMT
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It even work all the way in Australia....  |
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 26, 2020 14:40:25 GMT
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It even work all the way in Australia.... You flew over here, broke into my garage, scanned it, and flew back without even staying for a cup of tea?!  |
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MiataMark
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,971
Club RR Member Number: 29
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Sept 26, 2020 16:19:19 GMT
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Does rusty travel in the back (even if just for a photo op)?
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 26, 2020 17:08:24 GMT
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Does rusty travel in the back (even if just for a photo op)? I’ve not tried but I think he’d get stressed due to the noise of the exhaust, plus the only travel crate we’ve got is a bit too small for him now so there’s not a way to restrain him in comfort on the bed. |
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Sept 26, 2020 17:51:24 GMT
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No car/van/pickup ever looked so good surrounded by bins.
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 26, 2020 20:36:19 GMT
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No car/van/pickup ever looked so good surrounded by bins. Not much else would fit in the gap to be honest! It took a bit of manoeuvring, possibly down to poor vision and bad drivership  |
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Sept 27, 2020 6:44:16 GMT
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What is "FLY" tipping?
**** I Googled what Fly tipping is. "Illegally dumping waste"
I thought that is had to do with "relieve oneself".....
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Last Edit: Sept 27, 2020 6:55:38 GMT by rblote
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 27, 2020 19:22:55 GMT
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What is "FLY" tipping? **** I Googled what Fly tipping is. "Illegally dumping waste" I thought that is had to do with "relieve oneself"..... That’s illegal in supermarket car parks too! |
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l33dwc
Part of things
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Sept 27, 2020 19:32:29 GMT
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What is "FLY" tipping? **** I Googled what Fly tipping is. "Illegally dumping waste" I thought that is had to do with "relieve oneself"..... If you are old enough to remember, Fly tipping was also a photographer for max Power. Andy Tipping, then Fly Tipping, then shortened to Fly. |
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Current fleet
1991 Fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus - The garaged queen
2003 Shogun 3.3 DiD - The family truck and general dogsbody
2004 Audi A4 1.8t.- Project that needs Mot
2007 Nissan Note 1.4 - Business car 1
2008 Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 Auto - Business car 2
2014 Toyota Yaris 1.4 - Business cars 3
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 27, 2020 19:34:46 GMT
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I had a nice 150 mile round trip to 3 sisters race circuit near Warrington today, watching the sun come up on what turned into a gorgeous day. I came home with 3rd place in best of show which I’m chuffed with, second place was a 1980 Honda Accord that looked factory fresh, and first place was a nicely modified NSX.     A quick video of all the awards winners... |
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Sept 27, 2020 21:12:57 GMT
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Love this little truck.
City Turbo 2!!! I would sell the Golf for one of those lol
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 28, 2020 4:49:35 GMT
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Love this little truck. City Turbo 2!!! I would sell the Golf for one of those lol It even had the compomoto in the boot! |
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tom13
Part of things
Posts: 571
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Sept 28, 2020 11:40:53 GMT
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Keep seeing this truck pop up on Adam C's video and I'm always like go and film it and give it the recognition it deserves. Although your awards speak for themselves.
I see you go to a lot of shows though where are you getting all the info from? Do you have a event calender which I thought you had previously? If you wouldn't mind sharing a picture of it that would be ace.
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1985 Honda Acty Show Truckfr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Sept 28, 2020 12:11:05 GMT
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Keep seeing this truck pop up on Adam C's video and I'm always like go and film it and give it the recognition it deserves. Although your awards speak for themselves. I see you go to a lot of shows though where are you getting all the info from? Do you have a event calender which I thought you had previously? If you wouldn't mind sharing a picture of it that would be ace. By nature of his videos each car only gets a second or two of coverage any way but Adam did briefly mention it in the Yakushi Sunday video at Gaydon British Motor Museum. Edited to add: The 2020 calendar has pretty much been torn up and thrown in the bin, in fact all of the shows I've attended are ones that I hadn't originally planned to attend and the ones I had planned to attend were all cancelled. Actually, maybe I'm the problem! Usually I get my info from Instagram - I'm not even on facebook any more so don't get facebook events info either - I follow the majority of pages that organise the shows / shows that I've attended in the past so I just find out about them that way. I didn't even realise there was a show and shine on Sunday until Thursday evening - until then I thought it was a track day only. AdamC does promote an online car show calendar though - i think he's posted about it on instagram or maybe in comments on his videos? |
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