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Hey Folks! Another week, another weekly chat, your place for stuff that may not warrant a full thread or stuff that is just going on right now that you want to share. As per the title I'm having a holiday. Bit of a reset, clear out the old brain and increase some mojo. Back on Thursday. What you up to? Previous Thread: forum.retro-rides.org/thread/227258/chat-thread-why-tired-wc |
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Apologies, not car related… but maybe sort of club related Daughter did a zoo experience day thing  Met some capybaras  Have a good holiday  |
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I did zoo keeper for a day at Dudley Zoo quite a few years ago, the capybaras were ace, but the ring tailed Lemurs and the Giraffe's were my favourites
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They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast
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Yay for capybaras, they are bigger than you think.
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stealthstylz
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Club RR Member Number: 174
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Got all the engines I needed to build done so a few quid in the bank so got back to the car. Decided to clean the rear inner arch up ready for underseal before moving to the other side and the grinder went straight through it so got that welded up. Had some distortion problems but luckily managed to save the visible bit but ended up with the flange where it all comes together wobbly. Luckily it's covered by the side trim.   |
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adam73bgt
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 4,915
Club RR Member Number: 58
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The Crossfire went off for welding work today as it continues it's transition back from driveway ornament to a functioning car again. I need to crack on with the wings and bumpers before it gets back  |
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Clean sheet wof/mot achieved on the Laser yesterday. Not only no work required but no advisories either. Very pleasing for a 34 year old car with 524,000kms on the odo.
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Started trying to remove the spotty rust on the roof of my project car. Last week I finished scraping the last bits of top coat off it, then I had a go with my air sander to remove the primer. That's more difficult than it looks, it took ages using the coarsest discs I had (320), so I figured I'd get some a bit coarser this week and come back to it. Once I'd turned off the compressor, put the tools away, put the hoses away I went to put the box of discs back in the cupboard - on top of the box of 240 grit that I already had.
There are lots of rust spots on the roof, for some reason. It seems to be original paint, but I had similar marks on my car which makes me wonder whether there was something going on with the steel when these were made. Fortunately my rust killer gel is pretty good at cleaning them off leaving clean but slightly pitted metal, but it's a big roof and it's going to take ages.
I've got a bit of work to do for the next few days, so I'll have to leave it until that's done. Oh, and with my other hand, I need to paint the final of the four alloys on my daily driver. Only a quick job, just to make them a bit more presentable.
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My mate should be coming over to help with Project Zippy's electrics this Friday. My knowledge of electrical stuff is minimal, so I would rather get a bloke what knows in, than accidentally set something on fire.
Plus there's likely to be excellent banter. Need to get some battery cables so will do some final measurements and get those made up beforehand.
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,914
Club RR Member Number: 174
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Phil
Part of things
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 Going to collect this tonight... |
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Got all the engines I needed to build done so a few quid in the bank so got back to the car. Decided to clean the rear inner arch up ready for underseal before moving to the other side and the grinder went straight through it so got that welded up. Had some distortion problems but luckily managed to save the visible bit but ended up with the flange where it all comes together wobbly. Luckily it's covered by the side trim. What car is it?? Loving being back in a fairly old car 😎  |
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misteralz
Posted a lot
I may drive a Volkswagen, but I'm scene tax exempt!
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Please do something that'll annoy the CAMRA types. Make it an MGD. Y'know, with an Audi TDI engine.
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vulgalour
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 7,237
Club RR Member Number: 146
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After [insert too many years here] I finally got the inner and outer sill done on the Princess on this side. 6-7 hours graft and a 9 litre gas bottle spent on that and it's only 90% done.  |
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