BikerGran
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« Reply #3195 on: June 04, 2011, 09:23:04 PM » |
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Ah you only get a bit of a bump from an electric fence.
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« Reply #3196 on: June 06, 2011, 06:51:09 PM » |
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I forgot to mention the other night that if you want to tow you will need bar and electrics fitted at time of test,it's a one off and you CANNOT tow without them assigning a weight at time of test .
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« Reply #3197 on: June 06, 2011, 10:18:41 PM » |
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Useful info Kev, but I'm rubbish at towing trailers! We did consider fitting a tow hitch so I could take both the Pop & my trike to shows, but doubt we'll really bother. Loony & I fiddled with the bonnet a bit more today. He welded the repair patches into the the front corners while I butchered, carefully cut up the remains of the spare side sections to give us a strengthening edge bead to stiffen the panels up & get rid of some of the razor sharp edges. Loony also managed to free off the siezed bonnet catches & fitted the replacement handles I bought last year. We only had 3 of the 4 original ones. These were just 15 quid for a set of 4 in stainless steel from Ebay -cheaper than replacement mild steel ones from most Pop parts suppliers. We've decided to use 2 of the old ones as interior door pulls inside the cab.
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« Reply #3198 on: June 06, 2011, 10:20:09 PM » |
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Make a list, we keep being told, so you know exactly what needs doing. So we made a list. It's taller than the truck & almost as tall as the Lunatic.
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« Reply #3199 on: June 06, 2011, 10:35:40 PM » |
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nice work there andy, i've a set of bonnet pull handles sitting here doing nothing, but they are'nt the blingy ones!!!! lol
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« Reply #3200 on: June 07, 2011, 07:57:59 AM » |
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Why do you keep telling me you've got stuff after I've bought it Chris!
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« Reply #3202 on: June 07, 2011, 10:03:00 AM » |
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Not a lot really -unless you just happen to have a complete set of window rubbers & channels? Just spent what seems like a lifetime on the phone to my local DVLA office, (Wimbledon, North London). All I wanted was to talk to someone about ordering a kitcar registration pack & to ask what info they need to issue a VIN number. Their crazy phone system's completely automated -you can't actually talk to a real person. You're just given endless lists of options -press one if you'd like to jam your phone down our throats, press two if you've completely lost the will to live etc. I know all Government departments are like this but you'd think there'd be a general enquiries bloke somewhere there surely. Anyway, I ended up being routed to the main enquiries call centre in Swansea, Walesshire, where I was able to order the registration pack. As for the VIN number, I'm just going to have to go to Wimbledon in person for that I think. It's several years since Taz & I went there to pick up VIN numbers for our trike builds, (still not finished). I'm pretty sure we only took proof of ID & address as we didn't have any receipts for anything on the trikes & we were still building them, so I guess it'll be the same, though I've still got the original Pop logbook & I can give them the engine number. As most trike builders here have found, it's the paperwork & bureaucracy that cause the biggest headaches in most one-off builds.
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« Reply #3203 on: June 07, 2011, 10:25:26 AM » |
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« Reply #3204 on: June 07, 2011, 11:34:22 AM » |
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« Reply #3205 on: June 07, 2011, 11:40:46 AM » |
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which rubbers? runners etc as i've some here.
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« Reply #3206 on: June 07, 2011, 12:25:58 PM » |
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its their quaint insistance on paying road tax and having your mot up to date im not too keen on
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« Reply #3207 on: June 07, 2011, 11:34:51 PM » |
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Chris, I haven't got any of the rubbers, so need windscreen surround, rear window surround, (standard Morris Minor pick-up. I've got the rear glass). Also any felt channels & weather seals for the side windows. Haven't got any weather seals for the doors either.
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« Reply #3208 on: June 08, 2011, 12:08:13 AM » |
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no door rubbers === 1950.s air conditioning
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« Reply #3209 on: June 08, 2011, 12:19:27 AM » |
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The rest of the exhaust tubing arrived in the post today from OJZ Engineering. 38mm O/D stainless steel. I ordered 2 1 metre lengths of straight tube & 4 45 degree bends. Unfortunately I'd forgotten that the bends behind the cab are tighter than 45 degrees, so I had to cut several wedges out of them to pull them up a bit. Loony welded them up again, using stainless MIG wire. Not pretty at the moment but they should smooth out O.K with the trusty angle grinder & hand file. The pipes will follow the line of the chassis up behind the cab, then along, under either side of the pick-up bed, before tipping down at 45 degrees towards the road. This will all be hidden by the bed sides once they're fitted. I also bent up 4 stainless tabs to hold the British Leyland Mini exhaust "bobbins" that the pipes will hang from.
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