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    red5 got a reaction from catsinthewelder in Shitefest Shropshire 12-14th July   
    Nice one chap.
    Bit far though 😎
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    red5 got a reaction from Scruffy Bodger in Shitefest Shropshire 12-14th July   
    Nice one chap.
    Bit far though 😎
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    red5 reacted to Saabnut in Boggles my mind…… Towing.   
    They may look like wheelbarrow wheels, but they are very different. Every law that applies to a car applies to a trailer and faults are punished as if it were a car (in law, a trailer is a vehicle). Police are much keener on checking trailers these days, after all the motorist is an easy target.
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    red5 reacted to Saabnut in How much shite is too much shite? Ready for the NEC and I have to decide on the Xantia   
    After a MUCH better day I am back home. I will post the full story on @LightBulbFun thread to keep it tidy, which is where any updates will also be posted to save some of searching for the latest.
    Sufficient to say it was great to meet @red5 and some of his students. The Disco covered 890 miles in 2 days, towing, and never missed a beat!

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    red5 got a reaction from Dyslexic Viking in Column gear shift on manual transmission   
    Mitsubishi L200 easrly and L300 at least mid 90's.
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    red5 got a reaction from lesapandre in Column gear shift on manual transmission   
    Mitsubishi L200 easrly and L300 at least mid 90's.
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    red5 reacted to barefoot in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    Honestly, it's like when I named my girls, from left to right:
    Willy the white car, Olly the orange van, Billy the blue car and of course Suzy the silver shit heap. Christ, the grief I had trying to get parts.
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    red5 reacted to BorniteIdentity in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    Amateur.
    A lady I was seeing to last year had a nice little desk/laptop set up in her bedroom. 
    She pinned me to the bed and rode me like a rocking horse during one teams meeting.  It was quite interesting hearing about her company's projected P&L for the last financial year whilst being mounted.  Made a change from The Archers or Loose Women in the background.
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    red5 reacted to BorniteIdentity in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    That might be a problem. Only - that hasn't happened, has it?
     
    There's that saying about arguing with people on the internet, and I want to make absolutely sure that I don't fall into that trap.  You are absolutely obsessed about this detail, and nothing I or anyone else says is going to change your opinion of it.  So I wish you every success in your pursuit. 
    Please just remember to be courteous in all of your dealings with people; they are often underpaid and overworked - dealing with shit day in day out.  I'm absolutely sure you'll be nothing other than immaculate, patient and polite whilst dealing with people whose priorities and focusses are different to yours.  
     
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    red5 got a reaction from Erebus in Hot Page 3 stuff: new private/light goods vehicle, new me   
    https://www.stardustcolors.co.uk/chrome-paint/1229-brush-on-chrome-chrome-paint-using-brush-3700730806015.html
    The link to the pro kit is in there as well. 
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    red5 reacted to Mr Pastry in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    You are taking all this stuff far too seriously M8.
    I know zilch about computer search systems, but is it possible that your industrial scale DVLA bashing has alerted them in some way, and they are wondering why somebody is so interested in such an obscure group of vehicles?   Not suggesting you are being in any way dishonest, but sometimes it's best to keep your head down.  Just saying.
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    red5 reacted to Mr Pastry in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    I do hope that Dez can get this thing on the road sooner rather than later.  Then he can just worry about whether it is going to start in the morning, like the rest of us. 
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    red5 got a reaction from willswitchengage in Hot Page 3 stuff: new private/light goods vehicle, new me   
    https://www.stardustcolors.co.uk/chrome-paint/1229-brush-on-chrome-chrome-paint-using-brush-3700730806015.html
    The link to the pro kit is in there as well. 
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    red5 reacted to BorniteIdentity in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    I had an indicated 100 out of the Sierra on the private road which is often mistaken for the A421 between what is easily thought of as Bedford and St Neots but is actually not for legal reasons. 
    As the good captain said: it wasn’t an experience I’d like to repeat. In that car 30mph on the needle is exactly 30 by GPS so god knows what it was, but the poor old car protested by vomiting quite a good measure of its internal fluids and I did the same. 
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    red5 reacted to captain_70s in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    Top speed is irrelevant. I had the Dolomite at an indicated 85mph (probably more like 80mph) and it was shit. Loud, light steering, crosswinds trying to shift it a lane over, 6mpg in 20w50.
    You do top speed once for a laugh and then never again.
    Realistically you're not going over 55mph. I wouldn't even take the thing near a motorway - it's a shit place to be in a Triumph Acclaim, let alone something with three wheels.
    Carb needles and ign timing are also irrelevant until you can actually test drive it as the book figures are all based on a fresh engine and petrol that no longer exists. The Dolly drives significantly better tuned by ear and feel over the book values.
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    red5 reacted to loserone in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    The fact he was your granddad and not your odd single great uncle indicates he might not entirely agree
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    red5 reacted to mk2_craig in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    Doesn’t look like anybody has carried out anything approaching a proper scientific, peer-reviewed, industry-standard study. 
     
    None of which matters really, as most sane people wouldn’t wish to propel themselves at such speeds with so little in the way of safety features. (and I’m speaking as someone with a full motorcycle licence)
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    red5 got a reaction from Coprolalia in LightBulbFun's Invacar & general ramble thread, index on page 1, survivors lists on Pages 24/134 & AdgeCutler's Invacar Mk12 Restoration from Page 186 onwards, still harping on...   
    New lad? 
    Joined Nov24....
     
    I was gently poking fun at whoever said that originally...you know, because it's the done thing in a forum/group/gaggle etc.
    'but we cant post about Invacars outside of this thread, because people are fragile cant handle their shit around them for some reason '
    Mate, that's your fault for posting about them everywhere, all of the time!  Despite being asked not to! Some leg-pulling is in order, obviously.  Like me and Fronterrors..🤔😁
    lol. Etc. 

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