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Postby MarkM » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:26 pm

If you can get those rubber arches off intact they would probably be snapped up by someone on here, so do it carefully.
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Postby bob cratchit » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:17 pm

One of them has a small chunk out of it, so is there really any point?. If they were mint and intact, i may have considered leaving them on.

Will remove em carefully, if anyone wants em pm me yer address and i'll get em sent.
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Postby madmark » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:27 pm

she dont look in bad nick mate! dont forget more photo,s :wink:
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Postby bob cratchit » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:22 pm

She's in better nick than i thought, will be removing remainder of interior to the dump tonight, then de-greasing and disinfecting the interior before i can start welding. Once that is done, i shall take pikkies throughout the restoration.

Talk about bargain of the century, managed to get a pair of brand spanking never used fishnet black recaros with red piping!..........as a swap for a mondeo wishbone :wink: ......must go make me some subframes to fit em in the tranny now :D
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Postby rover » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:37 pm

You wont regret the seats mate thats for sure, mine aren't recaro's but replica type one, they are soooooo comfy and great for the back :D

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Postby bob cratchit » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:02 pm

ooooooh yeah, recaros are belters.
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Postby Scottex » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:30 pm

Good effort, I bet your chuffed.

If those two MK2's appeared on our street like that, I think I'd wet myself.

Looking forward to the restoration work.
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Postby transitgeoff » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:31 pm

good on ya :D i would love a v8 Tranny 8) keep us posted and lets see some pics,keep up the good work mate :D
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Postby bob cratchit » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:00 am

Must admit, driving them the 600+ miles home was a bit of a trial, but a smile was on my face, and a lot of drivers seemed to appreciate it, tooting and waving......must be a few mark 2 fans out there, (or people that wanted me to speed up :wink: )
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Postby bob cratchit » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:23 am

Quick query, is there any way of uploading sounds to here?. Just asking as i've got the v8 running sweetly and think the sound should be shared :wink:
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Postby rover » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:44 am

bob cratchit wrote:Quick query, is there any way of uploading sounds to here?. Just asking as i've got the v8 running sweetly and think the sound should be shared :wink:


Do it with a video camera mate, then upload the vid to photbucket, then post the url on the forum.

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Postby UK_ANDY » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:48 am

Good to hear you are on the mend Bob nice project you got yourself there mate I remember it from a few years ago saw it in the padock at more than a few drag racing events .
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Postby bob cratchit » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:45 pm

Needs a fair pile of fettling tho!.....been bodged a bit in its life :evil: will be done properly this time!
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Postby bob cratchit » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:54 pm

Interior now fully stripped

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Sitting rumbling and annoying the neighbours :wink:

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Bloody rear wheel weighs more than my bike :shock: :twisted:

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Welding has commenced. New metal flared arches ordered, along with lower and intemediate panels both sides. Starting to get there :D
Will upload some more pics when a bit more welding has been done.
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Postby rover » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:32 am

Glad to see you are making some progress :D

Lots of welding to do then......can you get it inside anywhere or has it all got to be done where it stands?

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