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I thought it was the 360, I can make out the De Dion tube.

Can you really? That pic is the under the front of the car.

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Just got in after having to dismantle the centre console in order to remove the stupid bloody keypad immobiliser. It started beeping at me just as I was heading home so thought it was best to unplug it in case it stopped working altogether.

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Impeccable colour matching skills here... 18cdb15cba851a6169b9d3fb2348ce81.jpg

 

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I think I have a couple of sets of those centre caps from both c15 vans, I'll look a set out for you.

'ow much for a set, then?

 

Also, how do they fit? Do they just clip on, or are they held on with one (or more) of the wheel bolts?

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Can you really? That pic is the under the front of the car.

Fail. I guess the rear end doesn't even need an anti roll bar?

Looking at the pic again the steering rack is obvious. Think before typing!

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'ow much for a set, then?

 

Also, how do they fit? Do they just clip on, or are they held on with one (or more) of the wheel bolts?

I don't want anything for them, they are held on with the wheel nuts.

 

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Picked up a replacement cross-member yesterday for £20

 

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I'm considering stripping the paint then reinforcing it by welding some gussets onto it to beef it up a bit. It'll need the chassis legs welded and various other bits and pieces.

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C15 is provisionally sold now too. I'll be sad to see it go but I don't really need a van at the moment when I have the Ford Ranger to use. I got some good use out of the c15 but it was too small to use as a camper. I'm hoping that I can buy a medium sized van to convert in the near future.

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Build a camper conversion body for the Ranger? (I'm only being a tiny, teeny bit marginally serious there).

 

 

Also, surely you would need something for postage for the centre caps? Don't know when I'll next be in Fife.

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34342942945_b36798eca4_c.jpgDSC_0331 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Just got in after having to dismantle the centre console in order to remove the stupid bloody keypad immobiliser. It started beeping at me just as I was heading home so thought it was best to unplug it in case it stopped working altogether.

Was it still set to 1111?

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Rover provisionally sold now too!

What's going on man? You'll be telling us you've flogged the Ranger and bought a brand new Duster on tick from Arnold Clarke's next.

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What's going on man? You'll be telling us you've flogged the Ranger and bought a brand new Duster on tick from Arnold Clarke's next.

 

Not quite, just trying to downsize the collection. I've had too many distractions lately and want to concentrate on getting my 305 estate roadworthy. Soon I will have two cars on the road, the Ranger and the Lada and Mrs Foad will have the 190e and the zx. Then I'll have the 360, 305 and Alto to get roadworthy. The other 305 estate will probably be going too.

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Had a mildly productive couple of days, Mrs foad got some metal shelving from her work so we had a bit of a tidy up.

 

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Took a run up to the Practical Classics meet in Perthshire this morning.

 

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I took the Rover up and Mrs Foad took the Lada, The buyer of the Rover came along too and I sold the car at the meet which was a surreal experience.

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That Lada Niva Cabrio is lush - I can only remember ever seeing one other

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Now Mrs foad is renewing some glow plugs on the zx. Such a simple job compared with the dw8 in the c15. 5e65be7eb6c222241cf494d514ebbbad.jpg

 

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Including the one behind the pump. Good work!

But Lucas shame.

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Including the one behind the pump. Good work!

But Lucas shame.

The one behind the pump was easy, the third one along was under a fuel line and was fiddly to get into.

 

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Made a start on the front cross member for the 360, wire brushed the rust then zinc primered it. e6929d1540a3c58e1c47f44c957f91fb.jpg

 

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Barry as fuck. 9eb086f57b953071d057ea0972f68905.jpg

 

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Got some more tidying done, there was some amount of shit down the side of the imp...

 

It hasn't been this tidy in 2 years...

 

Next job is to build a tyre rack. 63e85b26ba3e38fe45b0e3594d53a17b.jpg9f96021da9de7f56d84f8440d8cc48ad.jpg824abe4c128a7b83d280af6a816a804a.jpg835eea6e0c59c9145285c732c0f62f5b.jpg

 

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Got some more tidying done, there was some amount of shit down the side of the imp...

 

It hasn't been this tidy in 2 years...

 

Next job is to build a tyre rack. 63e85b26ba3e38fe45b0e3594d53a17b.jpg9f96021da9de7f56d84f8440d8cc48ad.jpg824abe4c128a7b83d280af6a816a804a.jpg835eea6e0c59c9145285c732c0f62f5b.jpg

 

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Jealous, wish I had a fraction of that workshop space....

 

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Derskine has been tidying... 523777caf6477d7cb61b9491fcc197df.jpg

 

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