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1 hour ago, 4wheeledstool said:

The underside is now sporting some dirt, the minty freshness is already a thing of the past.  :(  It was alas inevitable

Tell you what, with the work you've put in that would've genuinely brought tears to my eyes. Bet its a lovely drive as well. 80s and 90s. Peak car

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On 3/9/2022 at 7:31 PM, 4wheeledstool said:

Sadly, the plates that were on it are not a matching pair.

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Not in particularly good nick, not matching, not put back on.   :(

It was originally registered by Vauxhall Motors in Luton. If I can find out what their plates looked like, I'd definitely get some reproduced.

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On 5/9/2022 at 5:45 PM, Dick Longbridge said:

Fantastic! Cap doffed - it looks factory fresh. 

I bet the MOT inspector was gobsmacked?!

The bloke who tested it has a unit very close to mine - he tested it before fettlings began, and has witnessed the transformation over the last few years. 

I'll be doing some work on one of his cars when he gets round to digging the thing out of storage.   :)

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Mileage milestone passed.

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150 miles done since MOT. So far, the dash lights stopped working, then fixed themselves.  The dimmer switch is the culprit here, I can try cleaning it up, or just bypass it if necessary. I lost most of my gears this morning, just needed to tighten the selector rod pinch bolt though. Apart from those small hiccups, it's been fine. I'll go round the car checking all nuts and bolts are tight next week, just in case anything is planning to fall off. :)

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Got a little time on a four post ramp to check suspension nuts and bolts today

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Didn't get much movement on anything, but you can't put a price on the peace of mind it gave me. 

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Back to pootling around in it to bed everything in before giving it a bit of stick.  :)

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A couple of weeks ago a photographer bloke got all his light up umbrellas and stuff out, and did a photo shoot of this chariot for a feature in Practical Classics magazine.  

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I don't yet know when it will feature in the mag, but I'll let y'all know when I find out. I wasn't expecting to be featured myself, but sure enough, sporting work clothes and a general "well turned out tramp" look, the photographer snapped away. After an hour or so he was done, and I arrived at the inevitable conclusion that my photos will always look a bit shit compared with those  done by a professional.  :)

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On 10/10/2022 at 12:26 PM, Cavcraft said:

And THAT is the moment we've all been waiting for. 

Don't know if I'm ever going to be ready for that!

Christmas came early this year! After completing a couple of small jobs, I had a bit of a play with my new toys.

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Much easier to move cars around the shed now. :)

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