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Aug 18, 2020 19:24:31 GMT
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rear suspension stripped for radius arm shaft/bearings rebuild the radius arm had no play when MOT'd but a few miles of driving has worked loose the rusty needle rollers that had stood for 30 years corroding the spring cup mounts the same way as a hydragas unit so a straightforward 5 minute strip down   rusty radius arm bearing shaft  triple c sunstrip graphics fitted  |
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Last Edit: Aug 18, 2020 19:27:29 GMT by vauxviva
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Sept 7, 2020 20:01:52 GMT
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a few pics from capesthorne hall car show and the mini/metro show at the British motor museum its first big journey a 280 mile round trip it ran great and i'm getting 30 mpg at 60 mph on the motorway engines coming out in winter though, the gearbox has the reverse idler bush fault, the bush works it's way out of the gear and causes a misalignment of the selectors causing stiff gear changes, its getting really difficult to get it in reverse now when hot simple to fix but its a full gearbox strip down to get to the part   |
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Last Edit: Sept 7, 2020 20:03:22 GMT by vauxviva
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Oct 16, 2020 16:06:59 GMT
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this car has 4 recorded previous owners i have copies of 3 previous logbooks,they came with the car in a file but the first registered keeper i have no logbook or info on with it being a prototype/concept car i was confident the first registered keeper would be British leyland but i had nothing in writing i sent off the v888 form to dvla for the previous keepers, you can still use this service but the names and addresses have to be redacted for data protection after 3 months the previous keeper history arrived from dvla and luckily the info i wanted hasn't been blocked out the cars first registered keeper is BL cars Ltd Austin Morris, MG plant Abingdon   |
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Last Edit: Oct 16, 2020 16:08:36 GMT by vauxviva
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Oct 17, 2020 13:35:38 GMT
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Thats a very pleasing stamp of authenticity
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Last Edit: Oct 19, 2020 12:27:51 GMT by darrenh
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Feb 15, 2021 20:57:22 GMT
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engine out, gearbox stripped and rebuilt to fix the reverse idler gear problem, as you can see in the pic the brass bush should be flush with the gear but it had wandered out and doesn't allow the reverse idler gear to return fully home, this binds the gear selector mech up i lived with this problem for a year, the car was still drivable just a really stiff gearchange replaced with the older 1 piece bush sorts the problem, easy fix  the 40 year old rear shocks have finally give up, both leaking oil, replaced with good secondhand units (new on the left)  cibie oscar spotlights fitted   classic car weekly feature 9 DEC 2020   I've had the original tour of mull rally entry plates/stickers reproduced 1981, 82, 83 with correct entry number for this car stuck them under the bonnet   |
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Last Edit: May 10, 2021 18:29:20 GMT by vauxviva
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May 10, 2021 18:35:09 GMT
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Last Edit: May 10, 2021 18:39:05 GMT by vauxviva
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May 25, 2021 19:18:57 GMT
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Last Edit: May 25, 2021 19:24:27 GMT by vauxviva
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The wheels you have are the same ones we had on an old Allegro.At that time they were available from the empire stores catalogue as well. Not important just a fun fact.
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Jun 14, 2021 17:02:02 GMT
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ripon classic car show, a surprise reunion with the rally car and Dave Bulman the original owner who built it 40 years between photos and 36 years since he last saw the car    |
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Last Edit: Jun 14, 2021 17:05:05 GMT by vauxviva
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Jun 14, 2021 17:38:30 GMT
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I bet dave was over the moon to see his old car again.
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I bet dave was over the moon to see his old car again. yes he was, the meet up wasn't planned so it was a bit of a shock when he walked over and introduced himself we had a good chat about the car and its great to know he is still building cars |
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Jun 16, 2021 21:47:50 GMT
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interesting tyre profile on the black and white photo, if you google goodyear G90 you will see what i mean.
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xrmike
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Jun 19, 2021 21:39:53 GMT
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malpassi filter king fitted   on the rollers at AB garage Chester for carb tuning   Glad to see you took it to AB. They are wizards there! Proper old school guys. Love the car! |
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Jun 20, 2021 16:20:30 GMT
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interesting tyre profile on the black and white photo, if you google goodyear G90 you will see what i mean. tyres are a pain for this car, 12 inch rally tyres are no longer made and the only ones i can find available are maxsport 145 70 12 which i have fitted, these are ok but smaller in width and sidewall compared to what it originally ran my best option is to look out for some 155 12 winter tyres when i need a new set |
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Jun 20, 2021 16:33:11 GMT
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on the rollers at AB garage Chester for carb tuning Glad to see you took it to AB. They are wizards there! Proper old school guys. Love the car! thanks Ade at ab garage is a great guy, he didn't need to do much on my car as the jetting was spot on, just dropped down a choke size to improve the low end but he has years of experience and knowledge on weber/dellorto carbs which i why i booked it in with him I'll defiantly be using him again in the future |
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Dec 19, 2021 16:21:03 GMT
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Any recent news on this??
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Dec 20, 2021 20:12:56 GMT
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Any recent news on this?? not much to update I’m afraid the car hasn't been used since august, I'm building another car at the moment so its taken my attention away from this, there's a few jobs need doing on the metro but it will just have to wait its turn only update is i met the original owner again and he gave me some original stickers including a triple c cling sunstrip    |
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interesting tyre profile on the black and white photo, if you google goodyear G90 you will see what i mean. tyres are a pain for this car, 12 inch rally tyres are no longer made and the only ones i can find available are maxsport 145 70 12 which i have fitted, these are ok but smaller in width and sidewall compared to what it originally ran my best option is to look out for some 155 12 winter tyres when i need a new set Don't know if this is any use to you... www.summitracing.com/parts/COK-50648?seid=srese1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInseSo4L09AIVoj6tBh3xKw3dEAQYASABEgL0APD_BwE |
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Dec 10, 2023 16:08:14 GMT
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Found an original set of arches for the metroplus kit at a autojumble I Also have the front spoiler now as they are being reproduced from an original I might fit the kit and lower the suspension and see what it looks like but it won't be permanent The kit is just to keep with the car as part of its history    |
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Dec 10, 2023 16:13:34 GMT
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Last Edit: Dec 10, 2023 16:55:29 GMT by vauxviva
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