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« Reply #4725 on: April 22, 2012, 12:06:27 PM » |
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It will if I eat half of them first.
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« Reply #4726 on: April 22, 2012, 07:28:48 PM » |
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get the snack size?? its also an excuse not to share
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« Reply #4727 on: April 22, 2012, 08:34:15 PM » |
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We were saying at the 'shop we should make some sort of ridiculously over complicated cup holder that folds out on a spring loaded hinged arm. Like a Wallace & Grommit invention.  |
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« Reply #4728 on: April 22, 2012, 10:36:06 PM » |
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We were saying at the 'shop we should make some sort of ridiculously over complicated cup holder that folds out on a spring loaded hinged arm. what,,,, to then,,,,, extend and automaticly feed the ,,jaffa, cake,, to the driver,,,,,  |
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« Reply #4729 on: April 22, 2012, 10:55:35 PM » |
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Should def be a jaffa cake holder not a cup holder....
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« Reply #4730 on: April 23, 2012, 12:23:03 PM » |
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« Reply #4731 on: April 23, 2012, 04:20:04 PM » |
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That's just wrong. A single Jaffa Cake is a perfect mouth size -small enough to stuff in yer mouth in one go but not so big that you can't munch it.
No workshopping today. I spent the morning trudging the streets in torrential rain, delivering Her Majesty's soggy Mail. Loony spent the morning primering a VW. When he texted me at lunchtime we both agreed we were cold & wet & not in the mood for an afternoon of workshopping, so we both went home. I did call in before he locked up though.
This morning he took delivery of the steel I ordered last week. 2 sheets of heavy gauge flat steel to re-make the floor panels in the cab, plus the corrugated sheet for the pick-up bed. That comes in sheets 18 inches wide, so I had to buy 3. The filler cap for the Reliant fuel tank under the bed comes up through the floor. So we'll make 2 raised sections, running the length of the bed, the same as the temporary wooden floor has, to keep the cap flush with the surrounding steel.
We plan to mount the original Pop fuel tank in the bed, tucked up behind the cab, so I'll make a cradle to hold it that'll sit on the same raised runners.
The 3 corrugated sheets laid on top of the wooden bed to see what they look like. I hope they'll appear more "factory fitted" than the wood.
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« Reply #4732 on: April 23, 2012, 04:31:55 PM » |
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The oval Pop fuel tank holds about 6 gallons & would normally lie flat under the boot floor. I'll stand it on edge like this bolted to 2 cradles. Then, just for show, we'll add 2 black leather straps over the top of the tank. Got to weld up the fuel gauge sender hole, then shorten the filler neck & curve it around until it stands vertically, the same height as the bottom of the rear window. It'll have a seperate electric fuel pump & be spliced into the existing fuel line, so we can switch from one tank to the other. That'll give us a combined capacity of about 10 gallons. The Rover motor should return between 20 & 25 to the gallon.
I like the idea of re-using as much of the original car as we can. The top edge of the tank should be level with the bonnet & the corrugated ribs should be the same width as the pleats of the interior upholstery -see, we do plan these things, honest!
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« Reply #4733 on: April 23, 2012, 07:15:36 PM » |
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looking smooth sir...
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« Reply #4734 on: April 23, 2012, 08:03:09 PM » |
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« Reply #4735 on: April 23, 2012, 09:06:16 PM » |
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Hiya Shauny. Your bodywork's looking a lot smoother than ours -or is it just a thick coat of paint?  Tex, my other half, Tazet, works with horses. The local horse feed & saddlery supplier sells a range of leather harnesses. I've already bought some stirrup straps, but one got used to hold the battery on my XS650 project & the other's currently holding the umbrella shut on our patio table. So looks like I'll be buying another pair soon. |
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« Reply #4736 on: April 23, 2012, 09:18:11 PM » |
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Hiya Shauny. Your bodywork's looking a lot smoother than ours -or is it just a thick coat of paint? Tex, my other half, Tazet, works with horses. The local horse feed & saddlery supplier sells a range of leather harnesses. I've already bought some stirrup straps, but one got used to hold the batery on my XS650 project & the other's currently holding the umbrella shut on our patio table. So looks like I'll be buying another pair soon. PATIO TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when do you have the time to sit out at the ,patio,, table |
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« Reply #4737 on: April 23, 2012, 09:29:44 PM » |
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I don't. Taz smokes & I don't, so she sits outside when she wants a fag.
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« Reply #4738 on: April 23, 2012, 09:34:11 PM » |
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I don't. Taz smokes & I don't, so she sits outside when she wants a fag.
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