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Apr 13, 2006 19:40:01 GMT
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Had the afternoon off today so got back into the Ventora. Needed to tidy the garage a bit before I could get started but got some done none the less. First job was to finally fit the fith size fuel hose I tried to the Plymouth so I could move it so I could get the garage doors open in front of the Vx. That was easy enough and the old brute fired right up and backed up, OKish. That brake dragging hasn't fixed itself with a few months standing over winter! So I can see the front of the Plymouth for the first time in 6 or 7 months!  So I can now see the front of the Ventora for the first time in ages. Still a bit of work to do.  Today I have been mostly degreasing and degunking. The engine bay and front valance was full of crud so I had to get all that out. I've been trying Cilit Bang 'cos I'd got some in the kitchen but that was no good. So I bought a special "grease eating enzyme" cleaner from Halfords. Non-Toxic, non-irritant, environmentally friendly.... yeah, you guessed it - it doesn't work! So I put a load of celly thinner in a squirty bottle and used that. Luvly jubbly.  After that, realise I can't push the Vauxhall back in the garage with slippery floor, sticky calliper and slightly up hill. So charged up a abttery and backed it back in on the starter. Great fun "no brakes" moment... But safe and sound. So I filled up some low spots and puttyed some pits in the filler a while ago so I finished sanding them and tried some primer over them to see how flush I'd got it all. Looks OK.     This is what keeps me going if you were wondering...  Oh, and the narsty surprise? Well, lets just put it this way, if you're thinking of buying a car from California because it will be "rust free" consider this... I just about put myy foot through the floor in the Plymouth. This is just some of what I found when I lifted the carpet to see what crunched... Bvgger. Theres plenty more where that came from...   Oh well, theres always tomorrow... |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 13, 2006 19:41:09 GMT
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OK, why is it Imageshack's "resize" option hardly ever works these days  |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 13, 2006 19:54:46 GMT
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shame about the rust in the plymouth. owning an F-body put me of any more yank tin, very quickly.
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Apr 13, 2006 21:03:02 GMT
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when they rot, they really can rot. I guess its just a bigger car has more space for more rust!
Some of the 70s stuff is dreadful for it though. Sound familiar?
I've had plenty of rust-free yanks. Odd that this one was supposed to be so clean and virgin has turned out to be hiding some real interesting surprises.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 13, 2006 21:21:44 GMT
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Your ventora is going to be the nuts. Such a great shape. Are you going to keep the standard engine, or put a good one in?
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Christ on a bike, you've got a hair hand  *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Penski, I'm a mutha funkin' werewolf.
Mr_B, for now the stock high-mile motor will have to do or it will be another year in the shed and the Plymouth will have no floor at all... I did have one which started out as the 1600cc Victor and ended up with a 350 Chevy V8 in it and that was a tremendous transformaton but like a twit of the first order I sold it "just needing a few finishing touches" as I'd "spent too much on it already, I'm spending no more" and needed to find some cash to pay a couple of bills.... IDIOT. So I'd thought of going for a Supra Turbo motor in this one but not sure if that would be manly enough?
Either way it has to wait till maybe over winter.
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Last Edit: Apr 14, 2006 8:47:18 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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I don't care if you are a Werewolf, what a great collection of cars!
Shame about the rot in the Plymouth. Nothing worse than that heart sinking moment when you find rot in what you thought was a pretty solid car.
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Apr 14, 2006 11:17:25 GMT
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I like the feeling you get when you find that the once thought totally rotten car turns out to be not so rotten ;D Nice cars!
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Did a bit more yesterday, just having a cup of tea and I'm out to do some more. Mostly sanding bits down, refilling a bit like the rear wheelarch one side and trying to prep up the front panel.  Also wafted some No1 primer ontot the radiator support/fan shroud.  Then Leigh turned up with his Herald for some Stereo fitting fun.  Here's the happy chappy  He loves having his photo taken.... ....not  Right, back out to it and see if I can get the flamin thing ready for primer and maybe even get some on. Not looking too promicing as I have to be at the parents' this afternoon. |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Bloody hell, what time did you start this morning?!!
I've got plumbers in fitting a new boiler so I won't be out for a bit.
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Photos are from yesterday! LOL
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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filmidget
East Midlands
Mostly Lurking
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Apr 15, 2006 20:25:28 GMT
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Hmmm... thought I had figured where you are in Nottingham, but from these piccies I am not so sure... Not that I am stalking or anything   |
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'79 MG Midget 1500 - Still patiently awaiting attention
'02 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Elegance(!) - Better than you might think
'03 Mazda MX5 - All new and shiny looking (thanks to Antony at Rust Republic)
'09 Renault Clio - Needs to go.
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Apr 16, 2006 14:53:48 GMT
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I did have one which started out as the 1600cc Victor and ended up with a 350 Chevy V8 in it and that was a tremendous transformaton but like a twit of the first order I sold it "just needing a few finishing touches" as I'd "spent too much on it already, I'm spending no more" and needed to find some cash to pay a couple of bills.... IDIOT. couldn't have put it better myself........lol don't do the supra turbo,WAY too much wiring to think about..... V8 Chevy and Vauxhall Victors/Ventoras/VX4/90's are made for each other.... |
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Apr 16, 2006 15:38:19 GMT
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Hmmm... thought I had figured where you are in Nottingham, but from these piccies I am not so sure... Not that I am stalking or anything i've been puzzling over that too. |
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Apr 16, 2006 18:14:18 GMT
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LOL, I've got visions of you two crawling up suburban streets with prints from the forum in hand and a Sherlock Holmes hat on now LOL.
Where did you think I was? I'll tell youhow warm you are!
Andy, I know I know I know I know. Kelvin saw the white car at the NEC last November and rang me up specially to tell me I was a "prize c**t of the first degree to sell that" and "if you saw it now you'd puke your guts up". Now runs a T700R4 which is a lot more friendly to those gears (4.1s or 3.9s I forget now, but with 13" rims it was hella gearing issues for crusing speeds...)
Bah. I think I'll just run the straight 6 POS until I can get a proper motor in it. Problem I have with the Chevy is last time I needed to get custom headers made to clear the steering column and I'd rather avoid the expense again. If you know of anything which will fit off the shelf let me know. Also I'd like to run a heater and the distributor on the SBC fouls the air mixing flap and housing bit. I'd thought SBF or even Buick as they have a front dizzy and are both slighly narrower then the SBC, so I might be able to run a manifold/downpipe past the column OK. Maybe....
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 16, 2006 18:21:05 GMT
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i was thinking Bramcote or Toton,
maybe top of Chilwell even.
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Apr 16, 2006 18:26:21 GMT
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LOL, I've got visions of you two crawling up suburban streets with prints from the forum in hand and a Sherlock Holmes hat on now LOL. Where did you think I was? I'll tell youhow warm you are! Andy, I know I know I know I know. Kelvin saw the white car at the NEC last November and rang me up specially to tell me I was a "prize c**t of the first degree to sell that" and "if you saw it now you'd puke your guts up". Now runs a T700R4 which is a lot more friendly to those gears (4.1s or 3.9s I forget now, but with 13" rims it was hella gearing issues for crusing speeds...) Bah. I think I'll just run the straight 6 POS until I can get a proper motor in it. Problem I have with the Chevy is last time I needed to get custom headers made to clear the steering column and I'd rather avoid the expense again. If you know of anything which will fit off the shelf let me know. Also I'd like to run a heater and the distributor on the SBC fouls the air mixing flap and housing bit. I'd thought SBF or even Buick as they have a front dizzy and are both slighly narrower then the SBC, so I might be able to run a manifold/downpipe past the column OK. Maybe.... i was parked next to it and i thought it looked good to be fair.....lol SBF has everything you could wish for to fit into a Ventora....apart from firstly it's a f**d,and more to the point the sump has a front hump instead of a rear one...dizzy is in the front,shorty headers exit at the back of the engine,really narrow block,C4(small and light) and AOD fit directly on to it,it'll make as much power as a Chevy(except it costs more),you can pick up 302's and C4 combos at good money these days,probably even get the heater to fit(just).....go get the cheque book out and relive your dream..lol |
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Apr 16, 2006 18:56:49 GMT
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Yeah, my chequebook is hiding from me these days... I think the Fox platform has a rear hump sump. But I know what you mean about it being F**d in a Vauxhall, at least the Buick is GM... I have the LeSabre parked next to the Ventora in the garage and it looks a reasonable size to fit... Excuse to go to a 425 nailhead in the LeSabre as well LOL. I think probably SBC 350 is the way to go for common parts really, backed with a 200R4, should fit nice in the tunnel being quite narrow and they have a nice deep first gear too.... Although I was thinking of a manual. Bah, you've got me started again... headers are still the issue, and the dizzy... guz, you're cold. Go south.... |
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Last Edit: Apr 16, 2006 18:57:33 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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He loves having his photo taken.... ....not
