Manky's Pop.

[Manky Monkey]

Hi Kev. Christmas is cancelled for me this year mate.
Waiting on door hinges n stuff at the moment. Once they're on, we'll fit the new locks & rebuild the openings around the doors. Then windscren in, wipers on, seatbelts in & floor panels bolted back in. Think that's about it.
I think I'd rather MOT it -don't want to trailer it all the way to the DVLA office for them to say Where's your MOT certificate?

[kapri]

Fit hinges and locks and other parts rebuild and make good shuts etc AFTER MOT and registration .Paperwork is the important thing .

Normal procedure is all paperwork to office ,they look through it and then decide if they want to inspect rather than trailer down when you present paperwork .

[TwistedPatience]

Hinges should be finished next week, so box of stuff can go as soon as they are done.

[Dslam]

I am in the process of registering a 1920's bike I have just rebuilt. My understanding is that the DVLA will require an initial MOT after the 18th.
Hope that clears that up or will it open a can of worms.......... discuss

[Manky Monkey]

I've got the phone number for a hotrod friendly MOTer -not dodgy, just someone who builds rods themselves so won't just dismiss it out of hand cos it's built with 60 year old parts.
Need to sort out the sharp metal edges around the door openings at least, which really means hanging the doors in their right positions. Hopefully only a couple of days work. I showed someone the sharp return edge on the bodywork above the passenger door the other day -& promptly slashed my finger on it. Don't think the MOT examiner would look kindly on that. I guess if we've got this far, we shouldn't be afraid of presenting it for an MOT.
Thanks for machining the parts for me Doc. We'll get those sorted then call in that nice Kapri chap to check everything over & get the thing running again, (hasn't been started since the SVA test).
Paperwork. All I've got is the SVA pass certificate & a bunch of receipts & build photos. Anything else the DVLA will want to see?

[Manky Monkey]

Took some bits & pieces to the local upholsterer, Mike Simms in Basingstoke, Hants today, only for him to come to the door & say Sorry, I've retired.
Poo.

[Clive]

Could try these people Andy, not too far away, and I've used them........top job!!!

http://www.andoverupholstery.co.uk/classic--vintage-cars.html

[Manky Monkey]

I'm going to try another local guy first -Phil Silk of Newbury in Berkshire, but will put them on the list. Thanks Clive.
Used to use Phil about 20 years ago. He once offered to swap his Volvo Amazon estate for my Moggy Minor pick-up. Should've taken him up on it.

[Archie]

Simms is retired - bollox.

I knew he was pretty fed up when he did my dads seat.

[Manky Monkey]

So it's your Dad's fault? Upholsterers seem to be a pretty miserable lot. Phil Silk used to complain that he hated the job every time I saw him. That was 20 years ago & he's still doing it, (the job, not the complaining I hope).

[NeilG]

Andy i used these guy's for my chevy seats http://www.klfautomotive.co.uk/
They're behind Popham airfield.Great guy's and nearly half the price of others i tried.

[Manky Monkey]

How do you get behind the airfield? Can you PM with some idea of price Neil. I've had my Pop seat bases covered twice so far -once in buttoned black leather, (taken from a Volvo seat), & again in black vinyl tuck n roll with red piping. Now I want to remove the piping & add a small lumber support.
As I'm currently looking for a room to rent, I could do with getting the seats & the roll of material I've got out of the way, so seemed an opportune time to get them done.

[NeilG]

PM'd you Andy (i think lol)


Hope its ok to post this here,this is the job they done.

[Manky Monkey]

Neil, I gave KLF a ring today, but got no answer. So as Loony had taken the afternoon off for a family birthday, I decided to nip over to Newbury, (the next town down the road from the workshop), to seek out Phil Silk. I used to use him for bike & trike seats a couple of decades ago. Amazingly, he still lives in the same house, his workshop still looks exactly the same & so does he. Very nice guy. Always used to run big 50s Yank cars, but has recently down-sized to a very pretty lemon yellow, Rover V8 engined, mark 1 Cortina.
He couldn't quite understand why I didn't want to upholster the whole seats, just the bases, but was quite happy to unstitch Mike Simms' work & re-do it. I want to remove the red piping as we're now going with a green & black colour scheme, rather than black & red. He's also going to add a little more padding, plus a small lumber support pad. Should be ready in a couple of weeks.

[spanners]

i,m going to have to ,trim, my own as i havnt a clue as to anyone around here who can do it