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  2. A couple of Tickfords that have passed through. From Biante of Australia is the 1999 Series 1 TS 50. Biante models are quite rare in the UK. The detail is not to bad for a sort of middle range diecast, very much on the IXO and Minichamps level. In the same packaging as the @AndyW201 Focus is this Tickford Capri. This is a resin cast by Spark. Has some great detailing but also has had a slight wheel to tyre reaction.
  3. Sticky butterflies or now stuck again but more closed? Previously it was broken open allowing it to gobble all the air, but now they’re a restriction? (Legal disclaimer: I have no idea how this system works)
  4. Thanks I'll have to measure my plug threads to get the right kit. I've never used one before. Is the idea that the Gunsons kit still creates a spark but it gives you a viewing window to see the colour of the flame and therefore the mixture - yellow being rich and blue being 'good'?
  5. It's definitely on my hit list to check it as there's a possibility it was disturbed when I removed the throttle body recently. I've managed to dig out the relevant readings from the service manual which I can check with my diagnostic kit hopefully.
  6. Didn't even know you could get them with that engine and that high spec. Wonder how much adding a Sat Nav to that would have been back in 2002.
  7. I think you might consider some simple (non-varifocal) lenses just for driving. These will be the cheapest of lenses. Might be worth asking about anti-reflection coatings designed to aid dark-driving. Except when you are driving in dark conditions (away from roadside lighting and oncoming traffic) the headlights of the car that you are driving are unlikely to be the root of the problem. Old windscreens, especially those at shallow angles, are buggers to see through against oncoming light because of the thousands of little diffracting scratches they have acquired over the years. Additionally, the further away from your face the windscreen is, the more the state of that windscreen affects your view. (Try a new 'screen in a Landrover Defender or real VW Beetle at night: flat piece of glass, near to your face. Compared to something old and slopey at arms-length: like night and day. Literally. God help anyone commuting a 44 year old Cybertruck through the suburbs on a rainy night...)
  8. This is just over an hour from me so I won't have to worry about where to stay as I can go home. 🙂 Depending on how much chod I have left by July I could bring a different car each day. 🙂 A trip to Cosford or a train ride on the Saturday bot sound good to me. 👍
  9. Hold off on this decision till the summer, and first refusal please! 😅
  10. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/660495382158009 An NSU Prinz for a grand.
  11. Thank you; that was my plan indeed, but I failed at the masking, and got the layout wrong anyway. On the British Gas CF I pretty much got the layout right but again, my masking wasn't so good. I need to build up some more confidence to tackle them again (but now they're in my head, it will happen) so this CF is going in a 70s custom direction. I don't know yet which way I'm going to take the Transit.
  12. Probably is as it has a plate in the same sequence as this one. Unique Opportunity 1970 'Velar' Pre-Production Range… | Kingsley Cars
  13. One of my great grandads. FN local Canterbury registered car behind.
  14. Housing commission flats, Melbourne, Australia, c.1971.
  15. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/731685082105957 Good idea / bad idea? £1,200 with almost a year of MOT. I like it.
  16. Sorry forgot! doesnt look like ive any gaskets left at the mo, if you not in a rush I may have more in a few weeks
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  18. Good little motors for the time, bit of niche market which should make them cheap, the Vauxhall Owners Club 1903-1957 would be the place to join for spares/support
  19. I am showing 2 new genuine GM windscreens in stock, a clear and a green tint, £100 each but you would have to collect from North Lincs
  20. Exactly! I had a bit of a masking disaster recently, as you can see above. I can deal with the ice cream van (another Dan bargain) by brush. The two-tone Ford sedan just needed re-masking and the darker shade spraying again. I stripped the two vans and re-primed them. This morning I've put some colour on the CF. Nothing is beyond fixing.
  21. nice colour, but not sure I'd buy a car the seller can't be arsed to chuck a bucket of water and and sponge over
  22. hang on another one has popped up, with your Brat - 7 years ago today!
  23. There's a car I never knew was a thing. Figured that's be a laugh - then saw it's petrol with Badermatic. That could be a proper little giffer sleeper motor (shame it is out of MoT)
  24. I will be, when I've got the funds for new specs. I've not long had an eye test and that landed me with varifocals and a £400 bill for the privilege. For now I'll just avoid night driving.
  25. Glad you like em! Get that Capri stripped and painted!! Got to start somewhere… besides, it’s not that hard to do and you can’t really ruin anything. If it goes wrong just strip it again and start over!
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