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Mar 15, 2019 21:52:19 GMT
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Didn't they sell the tooling to an Indian car manufacturer and someone over here bought out all the spares a while back? May be imagining that............. ooh a unicorn........... Not at all - Rimmer Brothers at Lincoln purchased everything they could get their hands on, has they did with the Rover Group plant when that fell off the rails too |
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phil1380
East Midlands
Only the depth varies........
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Mar 15, 2019 23:34:28 GMT
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The Sparkright thingy is probably as you say a first generation '80's style alarm - they used an Infra-red arm/disarm blipper which is why the thing mounts on the windscreen. There is probably a big old school electronic module mounted somewhere for the actual guts of the alarm.
Phil.
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CaptainSlog
Part of things
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Club RR Member Number: 180
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My range rover had a very similar alarm, didn't work so I removed it, this also identified why the central locking didn't work, the switch in the drivers door had been removed and replaced with a solenoid and the alarm used for the switching, easily fixed with a £15 ebay remote set up.
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Mar 16, 2019 12:44:48 GMT
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Commiserations on going to dunstable
Great work with the car 😎 I guess NEC is off the cards now due to proximity? Well, I mean the original idea of driving it there?
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Mar 16, 2019 15:19:33 GMT
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Commiserations on going to dunstable Great work with the car 😎 I guess NEC is off the cards now due to proximity? Well, I mean the original idea of driving it there? I somehow think Jim has it all in hand and you will find it at the show - maybe not driven - but certainly on a stand |
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Last Edit: Mar 16, 2019 17:39:10 GMT by Deleted
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Mar 16, 2019 15:45:23 GMT
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Commiserations on going to dunstable Great work with the car 😎 I guess NEC is off the cards now due to proximity? Well, I mean the original idea of driving it there? Yes sadly on Monday I have to go to Birkenhead, then Warrington on Tuesday, so no way I’ll have time to finish it and get it mot’d. So I’ll be taking it on trailer. |
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Mar 16, 2019 17:33:59 GMT
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What? No parking lot workshops in Birkenhead and Warrington? Do they roll them up at night during your normal hours for working on the car? Trailer won't transport the car behind you to these cities?  Total admiration for what you've been doing under such "impossible" conditions... Lance |
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Mar 16, 2019 18:40:37 GMT
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Commiserations on going to dunstable Great work with the car 😎 I guess NEC is off the cards now due to proximity? Well, I mean the original idea of driving it there? I somehow think Jim has it all in hand and you will find it at the show - maybe not driven - but certainly on a stand Yes the sd1 stand. Are you doing another crazy show build? |
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Mar 16, 2019 18:45:53 GMT
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Mar 16, 2019 18:56:11 GMT
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Get your wallet out sgain jim!!!
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Mar 16, 2019 19:34:36 GMT
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I somehow think Jim has it all in hand and you will find it at the show - maybe not driven - but certainly on a stand Yes the sd1 stand. Are you doing another crazy show build? Jim - Lets just put it this way - there's certainly a lot to get through over the 3 days of the show  but I'll be finding time to come and say hello |
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Mar 16, 2019 19:40:30 GMT
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What's not to like: A: It's a SD1 B: It requires restoration C: It's rare & needs saving D: Moonstone Blue Metallic - really nice colour E: It's on your side of the country F: It's got your name all over it G: And here is the spoiler - it's on E Bay - will it go for sensible money or will it just get bid to stupid money |
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adam73bgt
Club Retro Rides Member
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Mar 16, 2019 21:13:23 GMT
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"ideal summer restoration project" Looks more like an ideal winter, car park, restoration project to me  |
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I would be tempted but no more space to keep it.
Got the rear section of the floor welded in. I was lucky with the weather, it did light showers and was windy but it didn’t actually curse word down.
Broke my grinder which is annoying🙁
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Looking forward to seeing this next weekend Great work yet again |
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Mar 17, 2019 10:55:36 GMT
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The Sparkright thingy is probably as you say a first generation '80's style alarm - they used an Infra-red arm/disarm blipper which is why the thing mounts on the windscreen. There is probably a big old school electronic module mounted somewhere for the actual guts of the alarm. Phil. I can't find the original comment in the thread, but what the OP's say is correct. In mid 80's Sparkrite brought out two infra red remote controlled alarms, the AT100 and AT120 iirc. They had a little infra red receiver in the windscreen, a box of tricks. I seem to recall the AT100 was just an alarm and the AT120 interfaced with CDL. They were expensive compared to other alarms, but good and 'flash'. I sold loads of them, fitted one to a colleagues Golf GTi and on a Saturday and Sunday, crowds round it as we demo'd it in the car park. |
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Mar 18, 2019 10:31:59 GMT
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Even if the spark right doesn’t work, I think I’ll keep it as I like the period modifications. Might try and track down some matching alarm stickers.
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Mar 18, 2019 10:43:40 GMT
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Even if the spark right doesn’t work, I think I’ll keep it as I like the period modifications. Might try and track down some matching alarm stickers. ill have a rummage in my "drawer of plenty" in the garage...no promises but i think i might have something in there? (or i might just be confuddled as usual!!) |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Mar 18, 2019 12:15:51 GMT
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Even if the spark right doesn’t work, I think I’ll keep it as I like the period modifications. Might try and track down some matching alarm stickers. ill have a rummage in my "drawer of plenty" in the garage...no promises but i think i might have something in there? (or i might just be confuddled as usual!!) That would be great! |
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but I'll be finding time to come and say hello 
