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« Reply #1950 on: April 06, 2010, 08:30:58 PM » |
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My lovely photographic assistant shows where the rear valance panel will fit. It'll hold the rear lights & number plate. I'd like to either run the exhaust pipes out through the panel, or cut into the bottom edge of it, depending how much room there is.
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« Reply #1951 on: April 06, 2010, 09:12:38 PM » |
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« Reply #1952 on: April 06, 2010, 09:15:11 PM » |
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and it started like this!!!  |
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« Reply #1953 on: April 06, 2010, 09:19:31 PM » |
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Scary ain't it! A 400 quid Ebay buy. I'm sure some would say we haven't improved it, but we like it & that's all that matters.  |
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« Reply #1954 on: April 06, 2010, 09:54:02 PM » |
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Most excelent guys, looks really good. Are those wheels the ones that'll be on it when it's finished?
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« Reply #1955 on: April 06, 2010, 10:13:43 PM » |
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Yup. They're actually powder coated, but covered in grinding dust at the moment. The hub centres need scrubbing up & painting. We're going for a 1950s hotrod truck look. Blingy billet aluminium wheels wouldn't have been available. Hotrods were originally put together from parts adapted from other vehicles & built for speed, not necessarily looks. That came later, leading to the whole custom scene.
Front wheels are 15" Hillman Minx, rears are 16" black taxi cab.
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Ride it like you want it
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« Reply #1956 on: April 08, 2010, 08:42:52 PM » |
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Thats gona look superb when its done,bet you cant wait to be drivin it down the road?
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« Reply #1957 on: April 09, 2010, 09:37:58 PM » |
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With skinny crossplys, no power steering & neanderthal front suspension/steering, it promises to be a, err...lively, ride -but yeah, can't wait!
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« Reply #1958 on: April 10, 2010, 09:29:59 AM » |
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With skinny crossplys, no power steering & neanderthal front suspension/steering, it promises to be a, err...lively, ride -but yeah, can't wait!
Can't argue with that we will have to see just how the crossplys affect the handling when we do a side by side test on them |
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« Reply #1959 on: April 10, 2010, 01:37:25 PM » |
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You mean a sideways test around the dirt oval.  I'm not really planning on racing mine, even though Loony & I keep joking about it. I just want something reasonably well behaved that I can use as a daily driver for everything except the daily M3 commute to work & back. |
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« Reply #1960 on: April 10, 2010, 03:09:45 PM » |
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I didn't mean racing mate, it will be cool to see how they compare  |
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« Reply #1961 on: April 10, 2010, 10:43:21 PM » |
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i'm guessing i'm a wuss as i'll have IFS with x-plies!!!
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« Reply #1962 on: April 11, 2010, 07:23:00 AM » |
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Independant suspension?! Pah!
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« Reply #1963 on: April 11, 2010, 08:26:03 AM » |
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« Reply #1964 on: April 11, 2010, 09:47:28 AM » |
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Do love the stance of your truck....I am tempted to either find another or track down my old A55/A60 pick up truck to give myself a bit of fun motoring......only trouble is people seem to think just because its old its worth s**t loads lol.....Looking forward to seeing your truck up close....voodoo....
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