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Carl
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Shame but know how you feel, will be touch and go if mine will be ready too.
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Dave81 wrote:
Carl wrote:Will it be ready for the Nats?
That was the original aim..........but unfortunately not this year!
Come on Dave.
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gauges look great dave, im with gary, you can make it ,burn the midnight oil, ill be there in the dart, but you wont be able to recognise it , richard :)
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68Roadrunner wrote:gauges look great dave, im with gary, you can make it ,burn the midnight oil, ill be there in the dart, but you wont be able to recognise it , richard :)
The pale blue one Rich ?
Mmmmm. Do tell ! ;)
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yes gary, now met blue n black met roof, see you both there, don't want to hijack daves thread. :) richard
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love the gauges very cool


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Post by Dave81 »

Some progress......

Big thanks to Jim Smith (Challenger) for working on the car and also putting up with my simpleton questions!

Car was MOT'd two weeks ago to give an upto date fail list at which he could go at. Quite a few were as expected and mirrored the fail list of 2012 (mostly underuse issues)!

Couple of extras which included me forgetting to put the battery clamp back on :help:, but overall not too bad!

Hard to believe its been off the road for two years, but luckily whilst not driving I've been collecting parts for this.....

Somethings missing......

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Anyone remember me cross threading one of the nuts when putting the slots on.......Result =

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Luckily the week after I did it I'd got to order stuff from Rockauto and added 5 studs to the list......

Back together......

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Next side in progress.....

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New Moog Upper & Lower Ball joints, Inner, outer tie rod and sleeve, new brake hoses and as Jim had it apart I asked him to put the new KYB's on....

Need to Re-MOT and tax it plus a few other non MOT items and the car should once again be road legal.......... :woohoo:
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Great stuff fella result :thumbright:
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Looking very good!
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Always good to see progress, ready for the Hot Rod Drags?
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Blue wrote:Always good to see progress, ready for the Hot Rod Drags?
That's the aim mate, got a few other minor issues to sort prior to venturing out any distance!

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Post by Steve »

Well done Dave...great to see your progress and looks like Jim has done a cracking job. Clean off any lose dirt and do your wheel arches with spray waxoil and it will look brand new matey :thumbright: :thumbright:

Look forward to seeing her at Shaky next month :thumbright: :thumbright:
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Post by Pete.S »

Looking good

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Excellent !! :thumbright:
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Post by Birdman »

Great progress Dave, HRD's looking promising. Chris
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