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antony denman

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  1. 1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

    Presumably the same Aurora who made plastic kits?

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    This came in a mixed lot some years ago, I sold it on again.

    I believe some of their cars ended up with Monogram. The Maserati 3500 GT I finished last summer was one of their own mouldings, was a pretty decent kit for something dating back to the '60s.

    took me right back to early 70s as a kid bought same kit at hendon raf plane museum 1st kit got me into model makeing,

  2. been busy yesteday gearbox is out.the clutch was knackered,new clutch needs holes were dowle locate needs drilling out bigger,cant get to my drills car in the way lol,its on axle stands,found it very therapeutic took my mind off whats going on being under house  arrest lol,lockdown as they call it,loads off clutch dust so going get some brake cleaning fliud.The floor off the mazda has never been touched its unreal so while gearbox is out will underseal it,my laptop wont let me upload pics up,hopefully next week it be back on the highway take it down coast rd,get my daughter look at laptop see she fix it put pics up,it took all day get it out the bolts were at back off the engine couldent get the sockets in or rachets spanner had use good old fashion ring spanners and starter sits at top off the engine what fun i had there brill,bag and taged all bolts what  a sad git,up date fitters at work are going to use pillar drill drill holes out for me,

  3. worst heap i ever own were 2 astras mk5 i had 2 off them, one think it was 1800 diesel other 1300 diesel both leaked oil from day i owned them,had one striped off engine new gaskets still leaked oil i was told it was a fiat engine what the hell was a fiat engine doing in a vauxhall mad ,and both daulmasters clutches went well under 100k ,from that day told myself no more vauxhalls,had one reg 2000 estate early shape looked dog rough but was brill car,later ones keep away,

  4. 2 hours ago, tul66 said:

    I've got this kicking around if you're into Sierras.

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    makes me want to buy one,had mint 2 door b reg in the 90s i had about 5 off them best one 1800 cvh one had it for years only sold it buy mrs auto astra,she was dangeriuos so she gave up driveing,always thought last great car that ford made

  5. here my tate spot on morris minor and joblot off 3 worthless model off yesteryear and truc i never seen befor,but its common looked online its budgie truck ,and jensen,all on top off factory workshop manual for my mazda witch i won,done 2 cars from my last batch,merc am happy with but mini probaly do again,abslute pain had trim window down,and went bit cloudy sure bakeing soda when super glued it only way could get bottom on,front grill and bumper was metal one was stopping bottom caseing going in,so i ordered plastic front grill and cleaning original windows.start again as the white got my finger prints on roof dope,

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  6. made a start on the joblot,mini was white am keeping it white just waiteing on the parts  i ordered,jag and merc met blue,diped them in costic soda and cleaned with wire wool,put them in my basket got dinky ford corsair and mk1 escort in the wings lol,thats how far i got,got to take the mrs shopping,take the dog out for a walk put pic up with her faverite toy shes hard work its my daughters dog but might as well be mine,then am going to go to  thehungry horse pub tonight meet to good friends for meal,so dont think i will be doing any more.

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