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« Reply #405 on: January 23, 2013, 12:07:37 PM » |
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That's great! Satin purple for you & satin green for me.
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« Reply #406 on: April 07, 2013, 10:16:40 PM » |
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I had a bit of a road trip today.
Left Basingstoke in Hampshire at 8.30 this morning & headed to Dorking in Surrey for the Harley swapmeet.
Then over to Guildford for the Newlands Corner Sunday morning bike meet & to check on my Dodge Charger that's stored in a barn nearby.
From there it was across to Popham airfield, near Andover in Hampshire for the Japanese bike jumble & lunch in a nearby diner.
As I was munching my sausage, egg & chips I thought I wonder what Shaun's up to?
A quick text message or two & I was paying my bill, jumping back in the car & pointing it towards Tonbridge Wells in Kent.
An hour & a half later, after a suprisingly easy drive up the M3 & around the M25, I was pulling into Shaun's farmyard workshop.
Great to see you mate. He was hard at work, making new engine mounts to mate the 1.8 diesel Pinto motor to the original Pop chassis. So of course, I chatted, got in the way & generally slowed him down.
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« Reply #407 on: April 07, 2013, 10:18:56 PM » |
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The wire wheels & higher ride height give Shaun's Pop, (actually both his & mine are Anglias, the export version of the British Popular), a completely different look to mine. His seems much more vintage, which is just the look he was after.
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« Reply #408 on: April 07, 2013, 10:19:39 PM » |
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The smaller, inline 4 cylinder engine means Shaun's been able to keep most of the original bulkhead panel, whereas I had to cut mine out to accomodate my bigger Rover V8 motor.
He plans to fit a roll back canvas sunroof.
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« Reply #409 on: April 07, 2013, 10:24:10 PM » |
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The "suicide" doors fascinate me. The hinges only bolt through a thin lip around the back edge of the door skins. By rights they should sag under their own weight & fit really badly. But they don't. I'm jealous.
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« Reply #410 on: April 07, 2013, 10:25:45 PM » |
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Shaun's mate Mick was just leaving as I arrived. He travelled up to Hampshire with Shaun a few months ago to have a look at my own Pop. Hi Mick.
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« Reply #411 on: April 07, 2013, 10:28:56 PM » |
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This was Shaun's daily driver for a while until it failed the MOT on the brakes recently. Powered by a Ford V6 with auto box. I love it. Really good to see you today Shaunus. I promise somehow I'll get mine running right in time to drive to the Pendine Sands speed trials with you in June. See you again soon. Look after yourself mate.  |
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« Reply #412 on: April 08, 2013, 07:48:10 AM » |
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good to see you mate.. god I've got some crap!!! you didn't take a pic of the "new" motor mate Basingstoke is my (unrealistic) goal but Pendine is the ultimate aim... |
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« Reply #413 on: April 08, 2013, 06:11:26 PM » |
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brilliant, great. not much else to say.
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« Reply #414 on: April 08, 2013, 08:10:52 PM » |
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god I've got some crap!!!
But it's quality cr*p!
New motor. Straight 6 Oldsmobile "flathead" engine & manual box.
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« Reply #415 on: April 09, 2013, 03:25:09 PM » |
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Studebaker old boy... not some common old Old's motor  |
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« Reply #416 on: April 09, 2013, 03:27:11 PM » |
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Just proves either I wasn't listening when you told me or I really have got the memory span of a ...one of those little fishy things.
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« Reply #417 on: April 09, 2013, 03:29:05 PM » |
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« Reply #418 on: April 09, 2013, 05:06:46 PM » |
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lol
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« Reply #419 on: April 09, 2013, 07:24:55 PM » |
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I was overawed by your collection of tatt, valuable automobilia.
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