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« Reply #10140 on: January 28, 2018, 03:12:24 PM » |
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Yeah, been following it on FaceBook. He's a very fast worker. As long as he does a tidy job I'll be happy. There's a lot of fabrication work to do to the doors. I'm in my garage as we speak, sorting & bagging everything up. I'll give him everything I have, including the paint & handles, upholstery panels etc, & see how much he wants to do -it's a big pile of parts out of the way in the garage. It'd be great if he could hand them back complete, ready to go straight to the sign writer. It's nice to say you've done everything yourself, but this has always been a forum group effort & I'm happy to farm things out now just to get it finished.
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« Reply #10141 on: January 28, 2018, 03:20:59 PM » |
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If Ifan did the lot I'd still need to get glass cut & toughened, so would need plywood templates. I'm replacing the original bakerlite interior trims, (never had any), with steel ones from a 1940s Ford/Mercury. So I've already cut them into sections to suit the chopped windows. I have a spare trim to canablise for fill-in pieces. The 1/4 lights will need chopping too.
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« Reply #10142 on: January 28, 2018, 03:27:05 PM » |
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I've had mild steel window runners made up. Bernie the fabricator folded the channel himself then made up the curved corners from flat plate. Clever guy. Shame they'll be welded inside the doors & never seen. Pop's use flexible "Furflex" channel clipped into the window opening, but I've never had much luck with it, (always droops & pulls out when you wind the window down), so wanted rigid runners like my old Moggy Minors had. They'll also brace the tops of the chopped doors.
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« Reply #10143 on: January 28, 2018, 07:08:54 PM » |
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that will be a big chunk of work out of the way. lets you focus on other stuff.
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« Reply #10144 on: January 28, 2018, 08:01:16 PM » |
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Precisely.
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« Reply #10146 on: January 30, 2018, 01:26:38 AM » |
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There is another clip of us turning right out of the park going towards the petrol station. I will see if I can find it.
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« Reply #10147 on: January 30, 2018, 10:23:58 AM » |
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Don't remember that one! I've booked a hire van for tomorrow & will be nipping over to Cardiff with the doors.
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« Reply #10148 on: January 30, 2018, 06:12:38 PM » |
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passport? inoculations?
quarantine on your return?
safe journey Andy.
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« Reply #10149 on: January 30, 2018, 07:35:04 PM » |
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watch them pesky sheep
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« Reply #10150 on: January 30, 2018, 07:50:57 PM » |
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It's not the sheep you need to watch out for, it's the sheepsha...rs!
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« Reply #10151 on: January 30, 2018, 08:53:22 PM » |
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Watch out for the Speed camera's.
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« Reply #10152 on: January 30, 2018, 08:58:37 PM » |
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i travelled all the way to south wales to pick up some pop wings many years ago. long trip from up here in norfolk. did it all in one day. did'nt think twice then. was a major headache though as m4 was shut for hours, and me alternator started to pack up on m25 on journey back!!!!!
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« Reply #10153 on: January 31, 2018, 06:49:16 PM » |
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I picked up a rented Transit this morning, loaded everything door related I had into it & trundled over the bridge into Wales. Ifan turned out to be a nice guy, (I only knew him though FaceBook), & runs a one man custom fabrication business from a barn on a farm, much like Loony. We went through what I planned for the doors. He suggested using VW window winding mechanisms, as he has on another build, might work better with the shorter windows. Basically, as long as the doors fit & everything works & they're tidily done, I'll be happy. He's taking a van full of parts to the Essex swap meet in March, so I'll collect them from him there to save another trip back to Cardiff.
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« Reply #10154 on: January 31, 2018, 06:53:50 PM » |
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I wasn't sure if he does paintwork or not, but took a tin of paint just in case. I also took the new fueltank as that needs painting too. He doesn't, but I was able to drop it off to the painter in Newbury, Berkshire, who recently sprayed my motorcycle tank, on my way home. Got back to Basingstoke with 5 minutes to spare before the van hire place shut. So a day of long distance errands, but all done now. Time for tea
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