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What a difference the black wrap makes, as was said earlier it should have left the factory like that. LOL, thanks My first car was a Datsun 140Y SDX no idea what the SDX meant, but it was not the common at the time, 1200, and the only thing is had that I could see was chrome mirrors and chrome bumpers, all covered in satin black, which was sorted in an afternoon with some paint stripper, soapy water and a bit of polish. what a difference ! well done ! Thanks mate, very pleased. Yeah I second what stensodog said.....it should of been done at the factory. It's one of those discreet modifications that makes a big difference. It's a thumbs up from me 👍 Thanks, sometimes the best are the mods nobody notices, but leaves them wondering why it is different. |
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For a long time I have wanted to buy a metal folder, it beats two lengths of angle iron in the vice. Which is my usual way. And the price, new: .PNG) So how wrong could I go for £40.00 ? .JPG) One meter long, used in a Lamborghini restoration peteh1969 finalised the rendering. Done in three parts with links in the support bar behind, it can be printed on a 200mm bed. .JPG) .JPG) Chatting with Dennis in a cold and wet St Louis, he is busy taking more of the NASCAR Truck apart for more paint and powder coating. .JPG) I also carried on with some bits on the truck, wind, rain and chilly..... Not a lot got done, but a few choice words used. |
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If there was a game of 'metal folder' top trumps......you'd win! I felt smug when bagged my 60cm Clarke folder for £35. But I feel a little deflated now seeing and knowing how much you paid for yours 😁. Great find....once you start using it you'll wonder how you ever managed without one.
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Opel Commodore A Coupe
Opel Rekord C Coupe
Opel Rekord C Saloon
Vauxhall Magnum Coupe V8 (Magnumania)
Mk1 Scirocco GLS
Mk1 Scirocco GLS (early chrome bumper)
Corrado G60
Mk1 Cortina 2 door Pre Airflow
Mk2 Escort 1300 2 Door
VW LT35 Tipper Truck
BMW 320D E91 Tourer
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If there was a game of 'metal folder' top trumps......you'd win! I felt smug when bagged my 60cm Clarke folder for £35. But I feel a little deflated now seeing and knowing how much you paid for yours 😁. Great find....once you start using it you'll wonder how you ever managed without one. Absolutely can see me winning tonight..... feels cool. Was a nice thing to find. He also gave me a 4 barrel Webber and some rebuild kits that were headed for the tip. Nice thing is that craigrk and Paul Y also get to use it and guaranteed it will get used for others, like Mickey next door, so we don’t all need to go buy one. I was saying to Sally that one will use it more than you think. |
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"I was saying to Sally that one will use it more than you think." ...will you be offering mail order ?   |
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"I was saying to Sally that one will use it more than you think." ...will you be offering mail order ? No, but kettle is on.... DIY on offer though. |
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Overnight, this happened at craigrk towers. .jpg) peteh1969 had made it into a 3 piece clip together print. .jpg) Resulting in this. .jpg) Now needs to be built, glued and finished off. Then painted and mounted, at least until Andy in Oklahoma can get around to possibly creating a cast and making some cast metal ones. All the test runs are saved....... .jpg) Then added to a small bottle with some acetone and melted down to create a colour coded “glue” to set the parts together. Some of that gloop that Craig made earlier. .jpg) Snowing outside, so I have a few things that I could do indoors. And a lot of coffee to drink. |
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Yesterday, between little showers and a chilly “Beast from the East” wind on the drive, down the side of the house, I started with some more of the lights and wiring. First job was to identify what the two empty sockets on the rear lights were for, indicating or markers. Turns out they are red side markers, so I added a pair of amber push fit bulbs in. Also took the pair of chrome finish amber bulbs. PhilA had sent and added them to the rear as they now sit in the space the reverse/backing up lamps were before. Wrapped them up again as the weather promised a mess. .HEIC) Next job in the garage was to cut down the old amber and new clear side repeaters and mash them together to make a new unit. I was not going to drill the buckled holes bigger and also was not going to risk losing the wires into the abyss that is the fender spaces. White replaces black .jpg) Cut them up, ground them to shape and also skimmed the new push fit fittings to fit inside the white tubes. Before and after. .HEIC) Back to the truck and found this ........ must have been some cowboy who added the side repeaters, holes are terrible, and then the drivers side wire....... All there was to work with, .HEIC) Passenger side...... all of this. .HEIC) Having cut both old and new lenses up, this what I was left with, sexy glue next. .HEIC) Then the challenge of the day, rain, chilly breeze and a small electric soldering iron. Note the two separate shrink sleeves and a large to fit over both. Trust me when I say, first time around, I managed to seal both, in-insulated in the same large sheath. .HEIC) Sealed them up in a bit of plastic each, after finding the passenger side which previously was temperamental, now completely refused to work. Job for another day. .HEIC) Next up off with the front end....... again. Rain was not helping, and neither the chill running down the alley. I managed to find the two lives, soldered the resistor in, incorrectly, having to remove it again. Gave up, job for another day, screw it, indoors to warm up. .jpg) So what I should have connected was A&C but of course I did A&B because I am not too bright on electronics. .jpg) And then paulf sent me this useful,diagram, just when I got indoors. .jpg) Unfortunately the cold he cut through my 4 layers on the drive and when I went to bed at 10.30 the chicks came home to roost, causing a spasm that resulted in me taking pills and sitting upright in a chair till 01.30 when I crept up to bed, but too scared to fall asleep in case of another spasm, I eventually dozed off at about 5.30 Trust me, it is less fun than it sounds. |
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Thing with foil (wrap/vinyl) is at the factory that's another process,more time and labour, less profit.
They did a similar thing on my Mk2 Scirocco to the b pillar and rear of the door window frame, this tied in the tinted glass.Difference being they were a small volume (by Vw standards) model as they were built at the Karmann factory.
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Last Edit: Feb 7, 2021 17:17:22 GMT by duggers
Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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spacekadett
Part of things
F*cking take that Hans Brrix!!
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Yesterday, between little showers and a chilly “Beast from the East” wind on the drive, down the side of the house, I started with some more of the lights and wiring. First job was to identify what the two empty sockets on the rear lights were for, indicating or markers. Turns out they are red side markers, so I added a pair of amber push fit bulbs in. Also took the pair of chrome finish amber bulbs. PhilA had sent and added them to the rear as they now sit in the space the reverse/backing up lamps were before. Wrapped them up again as the weather promised a mess. Next job in the garage was to cut down the old amber and new clear side repeaters and mash them together to make a new unit. I was not going to drill the buckled holes bigger and also was not going to risk losing the wires into the abyss that is the fender spaces. White replaces black Cut them up, ground them to shape and also skimmed the new push fit fittings to fit inside the white tubes. Before and after. Back to the truck and found this ........ must have been some cowboy who added the side repeaters, holes are terrible, and then the drivers side wire....... All there was to work with, Passenger side...... all of this. Having cut both old and new lenses up, this what I was left with, sexy glue next. Then the challenge of the day, rain, chilly breeze and a small electric soldering iron. Note the two separate shrink sleeves and a large to fit over both. Trust me when I say, first time around, I managed to seal both, in-insulated in the same large sheath. Sealed them up in a bit of plastic each, after finding the passenger side which previously was temperamental, now completely refused to work. Job for another day. Next up off with the front end....... again. Rain was not helping, and neither the chill running down the alley. I managed to find the two lives, soldered the resistor in, incorrectly, having to remove it again. Gave up, job for another day, screw it, indoors to warm up. So what I should have connected was A&C but of course I did A&B because I am not too bright on electronics. And then paulf sent me this useful,diagram, just when I got indoors. Unfortunately the cold he cut through my 4 layers on the drive and when I went to bed at 10.30 the chicks came home to roost, causing a spasm that resulted in me taking pills and sitting upright in a chair till 01.30 when I crept up to bed, but too scared to fall asleep in case of another spasm, I eventually dozed off at about 5.30 Trust me, it is less fun than it sounds. I do cars for a living and wiring still makes me shudder  . Definitely one of those things you get or you don’t, and I certainly have to slow down and think when I tackle stuff like that. It does take me back to when I used to see loads of import stuff; mainly Eunos and Hilux Surfs’ as they all seem to have had the uk lights added in the cheapest, nastiest, quickest way possible; the peak of this was a Surf that had had the rear fog light fitted entirely with speaker wire that they had literally just chucked under the floor mats! |
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Mechanic's rule #1... If the car works, anything left on the floor after you finished wasn't needed in the first place  |
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I do cars for a living and wiring still makes me shudder . Definitely one of those things you get or you don’t, and I certainly have to slow down and think when I tackle stuff like that. It does take me back to when I used to see loads of import stuff; mainly Eunos and Hilux Surfs’ as they all seem to have had the uk lights added in the cheapest, nastiest, quickest way possible; the peak of this was a Surf that had had the rear fog light fitted entirely with speaker wire that they had literally just chucked under the floor mats! Evening mate, Yes, some people r4ally should be forced to ear the food they cook. Or put differently, forced to drive the builds they sell. |
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A few bits done and completed today. Those side badges that so divide. Out in the snow. .HEIC) And inside the bed, the offending holes, if only the fitter had thought it through. .HEIC) And finally completed,,thanks to peteh1969 designing and craigrk printing. Two different styles, side badges, and a grille badge. Painting them, still to be researched. .jpg) Also completed today, side repeaters. .HEIC) And the clear glue all darkened with a black Sharpie. Should work well, once I figure the passenger light bulb out. .jpg) . |
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Wrap up for the weekend. Snow made everything a bit indoorsy, unless you went skiing. So I traded Steve in a straight swap for my Lexus style rear lights to go on his GMC Sonoma Flareside trailer build as I was trying to get this truck the way I wanted it, and OEM does feature in my vision. 22 year old lenses from a well used truck are far from new, but I was happy to risk it to get toward my picture. So the lights brought home by Mate Martin last week have been waiting for their turn to get some attention. Tired, scratched, faded, they were well beyond their best before date. As delivered. .HEIC) So first step was to take a deep breath, decide that if my attempt at a ham fisted refresh were to fail, then I was up for finding or buying a new set, not cheap at around £130.00 landed, without handling costs locally. Thought I would try out my method on one of the side repeaters I removed yesterday. Came up OK and boosted my confidence .HEIC) Back with my lenses, the first thing was to mask off the black edges. In order not to sand them as well when bringing the 1000 grit wet and dry paper, which I decided to do dry. .HEIC) With trepidation I sanded the lens in a straight pattern, rather than circular which in my screwup way would make sense too. At this point I did panic a bit, thinking that I should maybe have gone the wet route or even up to 1500grit. After wiping it all down I realised it was too late for tears. .HEIC) Next up, the flannel sleeve off a pair of pink pyjamas and some G3 compound, Rubbing, rubbing, rubbing. Firstly just following the sanded groove, then breaking out to a circular motion and keeping on at it, three times, followed by a dry bi[uff, then one more pass with the compound just to ensure I had not missed anywhere. .HEIC) Last thing was to grab some furniture polish after removing the masking ta-e to clean the black border. And a photo in the snow. Though the lenses seem to have chips away, there is actually no damage or chips, just an illusion of the light outside. .jpg) After this I came in and made dinner. Chuffed to bits I took a chance on these tired lights. Maybe fit them tomorrow after my 1:1 consultation interview at 11.30 Fingers crossed. I have a mortgage to pay . |
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Look after yourself Rian, hope all goes well tomorrow.
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So first step was to take a deep breath, decide that if my attempt at a ham fisted refresh were to fail, then I was up for finding or buying a new set, not cheap at around £130.00 landed, without handling costs locally. Great refurb on the lights. What a difference! But I make them less than £50 to your door via FedEx with duty paid Just in case you fancied getting new ones later on  |
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Nice work on the lights, Rian, they've come up a treat.
Fingers crossed for today!
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Good work on the lights ...
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thomfr
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Trying to assemble the Duett again..
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Rian,
there might be a very logical reason not to do so but why do you not push that caravan from under that nice carport and get yourself (and the pick-up) at least partly sheltered while working on it?
Thom
(who just gave up working on the Volvo Duett electrics as even with two heaters my garage will not warm up more than to 6 dgr. centigrade...).
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73' Alfa Giulia Super
64' Volvo Duett
65' Volvo Duett
67' Volvo Amazon 123GT
09' Ford Focus 1.8
20' VW ID4
71' Benelli Motorella
65' Cyrus Speciaal
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys
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Look after yourself Rian, hope all goes well tomorrow. Thanks buddy In the end all ot was, was a bloody scripted document being read to me by video Honestly, they should just have emailed us to say we are now on 1:1 consultation. Idiots. |
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So first step was to take a deep breath, decide that if my attempt at a ham fisted refresh were to fail, then I was up for finding or buying a new set, not cheap at around £130.00 landed, without handling costs locally. Great refurb on the lights. What a difference! But I make them less than £50 to your door via FedEx with duty paid Just in case you fancied getting new ones later on Thanks Rich It actually gets better. Anyone got a friend flyong back from BRAZIL ? Check these out. Different but also with amber lens incorporated .JPG) |
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. Definitely one of those things you get or you don’t, and I certainly have to slow down and think when I tackle stuff like that.
