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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Sept 15, 2021 9:21:51 GMT
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After a month or so period of everything i own suddenly breaking i think I'm now through the worst of it. Maserati - went in for a brake servo and the variators to be done at a 'specialist' 3 months ago. I collected it this week and the only thing they achieved is scratching the one side and putting white dots of overspray on the roof. They have agreed to pay costs so lets see how that goes before naming and shaming. Edit: it went to court and CCJ awarded and they havent paid the bailiffs The 840ci is randomly getting warm and blew its top rad hose. Waiting on some metal work for the W109 air suspension to be completed The jag is desperate for some new shocks and is now undriveable All other projects are ongoing. Bought some cars too. Bought and sold a 2003 volvo v70 D5 estate for a little profit and put that into a 2004 rav 4 to sell on. Not that interesting really. Bought a 1989 740 volvo GLE 2.3 auto which started to get off the delivery truck but then didnt start again. Turned out to be a wire breaking down on the immobilizer. Also passed its MOT so just waiting for the logbook to arrive. Its massive and comfy and i love it. Also a previous Bruce Holder vehicle. Also bought this CLK 230 kompressor with manual gearbox for approx the same value of the cat on it. 1 months MOT but ideal for a future donor to a 190e that i didnt own or plan to buy quite yet. Adding a full english breakfast down the center console was not my ideal morning, the interior was hideous before mind. However a 190e came up for same for the right price and i then had to buy it. Genuine factory cosworth bodykit, correct colour and a 2.0 manual so ideal for my future plans. I'm wanting to build an evo 1 or evo 2 caged track car with the kompressor engine. There is usually 2 reasons to fit seat covers (i hate seat covers). 1. the interior is rubbish 2. it is immaculate and they want to save it for the next owner - never understood this I plan to burn these Chinese seat covers at some point - rest assured they have already been removed. Amazingly despite is 223k the interior was amazing except he fitted grey door cards. However this will all be replaced with black interior bits and race car stuff. The car had the kit removed 3 years ago, all welding done and repainted at a cost of 4.5k and has had a lot of mechanical parts changed. Drives like a new car but with diff whine.
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Nov 19, 2021 16:15:09 GMT
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Dec 19, 2021 15:27:05 GMT
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Dec 23, 2021 11:12:49 GMT
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You do like to keep busy, don't you? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Great for us though = more content.
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Unit Life of deanflowersHARDCORE
@hardcore
Club Retro Rides Member 190
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Jan 10, 2022 12:28:57 GMT
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Ive booked the 190e in for a full rollcage for early next year so will stripe that down over xmas maybe. Who is doing your rollcage dude? 'MOU' means mine (or my) in Greek btw..
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Jan 11, 2022 11:48:29 GMT
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Ive booked the 190e in for a full rollcage for early next year so will stripe that down over xmas maybe. Who is doing your rollcage dude? 'MOU' means mine (or my) in Greek btw.. I quite like the plate on it. Roelands motorsport are local to me and will be doing the cage. They do a lot of Subarus and minis usually. www.roelands.co.uk/
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Engine is back in the lincoln but still need to fit the gearbox and loads of other things The 190e has a new numberplate. Wonder how long till the fun police dislike the spacing: The W109 has had some work done on the air system and been to car audio and security meet: The SL is on the road, front bumper repainted, mot'd and a full correction done by autoshine of abergavenny: The e31 has had new radiator, thermostat, fan clutch and water pump and is no longer getting warm. The old radiator was twice the weight so i think it was definitely blocked. Quattroporte is in having some engine work to cure the cold start rattle. New front subframe has been fitted and all new tyres all round.
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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May 20, 2022 12:40:36 GMT
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There was a big thread and loads of typical dickswinging on UKGSER recently because a members teen daughter had been fined etc for spacing on a plate.
My feeling is, if the ANPR camera can read 9t, they can prosecute for real crimes.
Yes, the spacing is in the rule book, but seriously……….
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May 20, 2022 15:15:26 GMT
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Totally agree Rian but we all know, motorists are a soft target and, (dare I say it,) a far less likely to become aggressive !!) Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Jul 18, 2022 11:29:44 GMT
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Jul 18, 2022 14:30:28 GMT
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Beautiful cars, beautiful house, more importantly, beautiful garage(s) Not jealous at all, not really, not a bit, Well ok, just a little, 😁😁😁😁 Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Aug 27, 2022 16:18:11 GMT
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I had the pleasure of spending the day with Dean at his unit of dreams, and happily, a video happened. So grab a cuppa and enjoy!
Chris
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Was a good day with Chris really happy with how it all turned out. Enjoy
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Sept 8, 2023 10:03:06 GMT
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Sept 8, 2023 10:09:48 GMT
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The SL is now weearing my brabus 3 spoke splits and went to rollhard for its first show:
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Unit Life of deanflowersdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Nov 22, 2023 16:53:32 GMT
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Nov 22, 2023 17:21:42 GMT
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What a thread!! Gobsmacked and loving it. And yes the wee Fiat is cool as
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Nov 23, 2023 14:40:52 GMT
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Stunning mate, You certainly build some beautiful cars, so glad you went with silver wheels, (don't know why, I have a major dislike for black wheels lol,) Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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