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cadboy
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by cadboy Mon Dec 18, 17 6:26 am
Blue wrote: Sat Dec 16, 17 5:37 pm
Cah, you don't want much you do ya? Shall I write a bleedin' how to manual while I'm at it?......
Blue if you do I will have a copy to follow and get mine done
Good work by the way, wish I could do the same as your
kma176
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by kma176 Mon Dec 18, 17 1:31 pm
Great work and great thread!!!
Blue
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by Blue Wed Dec 20, 17 6:17 pm
Rallye dash. Cluster had to come out to replace the voltage regulator with a solid state unit, the original is part of the fuel gauge on these panels. Someone had it all apart before and decided to paint the fascia gloss black which looked 'orrible so I thought I'd have a go at making it look more like it should while it was out. I left the grained section at the top black and masked it off. Sprayed the bottom half with wheel silver then masked that off. Finally sloshed the rest with plastic kote chrome spray. The "chrome" looks more like polished aluminium but I'm happy with the finished result.
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lough3969
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by lough3969 Wed Dec 20, 17 6:19 pm
looks excellent blue! I quite like the soft silver chrome finish on that...
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cadboy
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by cadboy Thu Dec 21, 17 6:14 am
Looks very good Blue
Blue
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by Blue Thu Dec 21, 17 4:59 pm
Torque boxes made and ready to weld in after Christmas.
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Birdman
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by Birdman Fri Dec 22, 17 12:23 pm
Looking good Blue.
MattH
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by MattH Tue Jan 02, 18 1:46 pm
Torque boxes look great, same as standard fit on Aussie Chargers.
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Dave999
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by Dave999 Wed Jan 03, 18 4:47 pm
perfect for taking the skin off your knuckles as you remove the rear spring hangers
The Greater Knapweed near the Mugwort by the Buckthorn tree is dying
Blue
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by Derek Wed Jan 10, 18 6:37 pm
You amaze me at times Blue.
Keep up the great work.
Are we there yet dad ..... 10 to the gallon but worth it.
Mossy68
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by Mossy68 Wed Jan 10, 18 9:54 pm
Great work as always mate.
Surprising our cars even lasted 50 years considering they were pretty much slung together !!!
Good design I suppose !
It's all about Smiles per gallon !!!
lough3969
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by lough3969 Thu Jan 11, 18 8:16 pm
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by Cannonball Thu Jan 11, 18 10:28 pm
more likely had a crash early in its life and a lousy body shop did that repair 40 yrs on it would be hard to tell
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by Blue Fri Jan 12, 18 6:31 am
No definatly came out of the factory that way, you can tell by the spot welds and the original paint and undercoat on the underside, it's never been repaired or hit there.
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Keep up the great work. 
