Steve
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Making progress in small, easy to handle chunks of awesome
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Mar 22, 2010 12:24:01 GMT
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Sorry i couldnt stay long chaps but had arranged some father-son time and couldnt let the old man down. Certainly looks like it was an epic Playday, Ryans micra looks awesome, Project-X is shaping up well and the A-52 cook(s) never fail to impress ;D Excellent Steve
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Mar 22, 2010 13:52:25 GMT
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Cheers for another awesome weekend It's wet & windy in Brum today so not started welding the Viva yet but thanks to Ian I know how to weld though May go & and stick some random bits of metal together in the garage for practice. Roll on next playday!
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Mar 22, 2010 14:12:04 GMT
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Haha ive been playing welding too. Made a drift steer cart but welded on the drive wheel at an angle by mistake with hilarious consequences
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nutter81
Part of things
I joined facebook so i could talk to the missus
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Mar 22, 2010 18:02:14 GMT
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fan bloody tastic weekend glad to put some names to faces and get stuck in thanks hugely to ian a very very patient man taught a whole bunch of us to weld including me with my skip find welder he also managed to fix it a great guy and his missus and i went on a huge shopping trip for the bbq and it was epic only just got it all in the boot of the ax
every one was really friendly and all enjoyed the bbq AREA 52 for the win
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Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 160
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Mar 22, 2010 20:29:06 GMT
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Ok, a bit of WIP photos for Ryans car Wing got this awesome paintjob cortesy of BiAS.. and not so awesome 'repair patch' for a massive rusty gash.. (my responsibility ;D) Then lots of beer was drank and something amazing happened.. A Bedford Rascal bullbar apeared and was chopped up, down, left and right.. Nice.. Welding and chopping happened: Something is missing though.. More mods.. Ahah! yes.. yees.. haha.. done! Can you say S L A M ? And there you have it. You now are witness to possibly the worlds first rat-look, hard slammed Soft-Roader Micra K-10
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Mar 22, 2010 20:40:47 GMT
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Just as an aside, this thread is one year old today. It's come a long way! Happy-thread-birthday
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring.
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Colonelk
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Mar 22, 2010 20:52:44 GMT
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Happy birthday thread indeed! I'm STILL knackered, despite last minute day off. Will upload pics soon Top weekend Currently suffering post A52 blues! Been so tired Ive barely used my new toy! Proper write up laters
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Colonelk
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Mar 22, 2010 20:54:16 GMT
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BTW we so need to make a FG wheelcover for the Micra that saws something cheesy like "Its Micra Time!" or something haha
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Mar 22, 2010 21:18:02 GMT
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My brain is melting out of my ear!
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Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
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Mar 22, 2010 21:34:06 GMT
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BTW we so need to make a FG wheelcover for the Micra that saws something cheesy like "Its Micra Time!" or something haha Yes! definitly! Shame we couldn't get your car done
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rtlkyuubi
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Low and Slow
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Mar 22, 2010 21:37:30 GMT
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What an epic weekend! I absolutly loved it! (except for maybe sunday morning when the 2 heavy nights previous caught up with me!) I would like to thank Bruce for letting me borrow the ramp for pretty much all of the playday! and everyone who helped with making the Micra awsome, especially Rich! Cheers for all the help and donating the spot lamps! Also thanks for the bull bars and steering wheel Bruce, I owe you one! And aswell, Thankyou so much for the awsome paint on the wing Ian! You did an amazing job! ;D Anyway, time for pictures: Rich trying to get some awsome alloys to fit his trailer There seemed to be a few cut fingers on friday but the medi-kit sorted them out ;D OMNOMNOMNOM. Brian chopping some wood for the burner Then came saturday, and the master welder Ian showing Brain how to weld after fixing his welder Then showing a few more Rich getting all down and dirty on wing by banning anyone to weld the hole up on a welding playday ;D Area52 atracts another micra inside very tidy install (need to do this to mine someday ;D) Whilst the car was on the ramps, we had to have a play Then it came back down to earth with another coil lost (3 coils in total ) Also silly grille idea's came out This one sealed the deal! hmmm ;D Bruce kindly donated this to the cause, in this picture you can see that the top has been lowered, then the legs were cut off and shortend and the sides bent in slightly Whilst all of this was going off Ian came out with a roll of masking tape, a pen, a blade and some paint: Ben and Collen getting in on the action: Ready for paint Then peal back the masking tape and tadda! mmm warm Pretty much sums up what happens at a playday Then came the idea of the spare wheel on the boot! so some of this With this and this gives you: Some more welding practice came next Some interesting art was spread about the unit Then came sunday, still feeling a bit queezy I finished up the bull bars And Rich added the spot lights and wired them up for me! Cheers! Whilst finishing the rear wheel holder in the sun i was admiring Andy's awsome merc and Ben doing some prep on the volvo And thats when the camera ran out of battery! hehe. There are still a few photos that I havnt added in this post but are uploaded. I ended up taking 70 shots that Ive kept from the numerous other burry ones so could put them all up! anyway, there rest are here: s973.photobucket.com/albums/ae220/rtlkyuubi111/playday%2008/?start=all
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rtlkyuubi
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Mar 22, 2010 21:40:40 GMT
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opps, forgot to add on the end, The weekend was that awsome I had to stop on the way home for a cat nap as I was falling asleep on the motorway and I have arc eye, in 1 eye! ;D
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luckygti
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I need to try harder!
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Mar 23, 2010 22:37:39 GMT
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Man, another weekend missed Looks like it was a good one, but a prior engagement in Paris to watch England play France meant I couldn't make it! Hopefully I'll be around for the second weekend in April! We'll see. Oh, Micra looks superb
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spiny
Club Retro Rides Member
Wiki Admin
I am abivalent towards car electrics ...
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Club RR Member Number: 167
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Mar 24, 2010 10:13:35 GMT
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another fun day cheers for the reading material - it should keep me busy for a few weeks at least all the pics I took are pretty much the same as the ones that have already been posted, so have this instead:
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Mar 24, 2010 18:19:31 GMT
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Sweet! It's like a slammed Golf Country.
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary.
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Mar 24, 2010 21:25:46 GMT
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Another awesome day had by all by the looks of it! Hope to meet a load of you guys soon!
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The transformation of the Micra is amazing!
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Click picture for more
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Mar 25, 2010 19:02:08 GMT
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Looks like you all had another cracking weekend i was going to come down but got carried away with the pop. Any chance of popping over for a brew on sunday after the beach meet Bruce ;D
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RYZ Customs
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Mar 25, 2010 22:22:50 GMT
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No worries Ryan, I think we can arrange a small post beach meet cuppa. Anyone else up for it you're welcome to come along.... ;D Just in case anyone is at a loose end on Saturday I'll be at the unit all day doing work on the Delica and also hopefully some progress on 'Project X' which, seeing as it's a group build, will be great to have some people around to get stuck in. Leave a mesaage here if you're interested in coming over on Saturday...or just pop in if you feel like dropping by and lending a hand
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Mar 25, 2010 22:33:28 GMT
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I might force myself to get up a bit earlier then so that I can spend a few hours. Before driving west
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