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Postby andy001 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:14 am

clee wrote:8)

You move pretty quick for an old fcker :wink:


10 years ago i was saying...im getting too old for this... :lol:
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Postby andy001 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:21 am

Teglen wrote::shock: 8) :D

Looking fabulous! Love the little video clip as well 8)


glad you like it, i'll get it all polished and build it back together, screen could be fitted tuesday onwards but we are in thier hands.
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Postby johnb » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:41 am

Looks a good job, Andy. Must press on with the A310 so that you can give it the treatment.
Did you have your extract fan running in the video? You were slowly disappearing in the overspray.
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Postby andy001 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:49 am

johnb wrote:Looks a good job, Andy. Must press on with the A310 so that you can give it the treatment.
Did you have your extract fan running in the video? You were slowly disappearing in the overspray.


no that was just a bit of theatrical :lol: switched it all on after.
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Postby blueg33 » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:25 am

Looks like a really good finish - I am savin the pennies so you can do the same to mine :)
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Postby andy001 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:34 pm

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tempary screen fitted, just the mirrors to do, final polish and clean,ready for tuesday.
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Postby clee » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:15 pm

Nice job Andy .
Put the bat on charge will you please :wink: Waiting to hear from Paul but assuming all good for then .
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Postby andy001 » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:51 pm

thanks lee, painted the mirrors today so i'll fit them to the car on monday and charge the battery up. all good to go tuesday 8)
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Postby andy001 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:43 pm

all finished and nice to get the car outside into daylight to view its true colour.

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many thanks to paul for bringing the car up to halifax and for being patient it has taken a while with the repairs and then the respray but worth it in the end.
always go to meet lee who came along to swap a faulty injector, once fitted the engine started almost straight away and ran very sweet after being stood nearly 8 weeks. i'm sure he will let us all know how he gets on with the final tuning on the rolling road at the end of the week.
here's a short goodby clip. poor sound recording though. clic the pic.

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Postby BIG_MVS » Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:51 pm

Top work Andy. That looks (to quote the youngsters) Lush 8)
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Postby clee » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:28 pm

I don't do paint but I must say they do look great with a fresh coat .I'd be scared to drive it :lol:
Top work by the old fella yet again and got back here safely with a bit of boooost now thrown in after fitting new squirter .
On Peter's rollers this Friday with MrF so hoping for some good results .It is running OK with just a high idle issue and a missing CO pot .....
One step forward two back with Paul though as a moggy has sneaked into the garage at home and pissed on his replacement driver's seat I had stored ...Sorry Paul :oops:
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Postby andy001 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:40 pm

could have been worse.....dump :lol:
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Postby blueg33 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:10 pm

clee wrote:I don't do paint but I must say they do look great with a fresh coat .I'd be scared to drive it :lol:
Top work by the old fella yet again and got back here safely with a bit of boooost now thrown in after fitting new squirter .
On Peter's rollers this Friday with MrF so hoping for some good results .It is running OK with just a high idle issue and a missing CO pot .....
One step forward two back with Paul though as a moggy has sneaked into the garage at home and pissed on his replacement driver's seat I had stored ...Sorry Paul :oops:


Lee - I have a high idle issue. Need you to look at that at some point
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Postby Teglen » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:58 pm

My thanks to Andy for a stirling job on the car, the pictures don't do it justice - it really does look fantastic in the flesh, the finish quality and the attention to detail is outstanding. If anyone else is umming/ahhing about doing this... just do it, worth every penny.

As for Lee... I didn't realise we were doing Christmas presents, the musk freshener you put in my car isn't really to my taste :wink: See you on Friday to see if she goes as well as she looks :twisted:
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Postby mellowyellowa610 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:14 am

Great job Andy. Was a lovely car anyway but should be amazing now Clee has worked his magic too. 8)
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