Worlds longest Resto, my C2 2.7 19/3/18 Vent guage action

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Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:21 pm

So still not done yet? Shall I pop out and come back in another couple of years?
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I thought i'd update this, after a hard slog from this Christmas to feb i finally got this into running condition. So it moves under its own steam. Still needs MOT, niggles sorting and the minor matter of running the engine in and getting it close to 100% i'd say its 90% now but this last 10% is going to be possibly the hardest part! It ran out of MOT in 2007 so only 10 years to do it!
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Wed May 31, 2017 10:47 pm

Nice one Si looking forward to seeing it finished!
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Wed May 31, 2017 11:50 pm

Wow lovely. Moved on a bit since its WLN days!
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Can't rush this stuff... :D
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Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:39 pm

Nice. Will you be fitting Alpina stripes/badges/decals? 8)
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Sun Jun 04, 2017 11:59 am

which exhaust do you have on it si? i need to get mine sorted....the rear parts are NLA though now
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Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:35 pm

Good to see it out and about Si :)
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Fri Jun 09, 2017 7:35 pm

exhaust is a Racing dynamics 6 branch with scorpion centre and back boxes. I've got a brand new Alpina rear back box which i shall fit in due course.

Its awfully council my exhaust but sounds epic
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E30 is responding well the treatment, a massive 32 miles on new engine!

Brakes were shocking and i've changed the master cylinder and adjusted the linkage bar, bleed them up for the 3rd time and now it stops to something how it should. But discs and pads need more milege to bed in

Sorting niggles, like cruise control working today, adjusted up the handbrake. Have a small PAS leak and coolant one i'm trying to trace but its all part and parcel of it. It seems to drive better every time i use it, starting to feel like a car and one thats ready for an MOT!
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Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:26 pm

Hoo-ray :D
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Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:11 pm

Awesome! :D
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Wot, no centre caps? :?
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Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:01 pm

relax they're in the garage, the wheels are off all the time and i can't be bothered with caps!
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Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:16 am

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Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:16 pm

Today is a momentous day, MOT on her!!


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Front spoiler off to get her on the ramp, so last MOT ran out in 8th august 2006 till today so just over 11 years without a ticket and 3000 miles difference

Major milestone! Still lots and lots to do but it all seems so easy now its at this stage
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Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:54 pm

a milestone indeed.
enjoy it.....you deserve it. :D
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Did it pass?
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Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:32 pm

Congratulations! :P Quite an epic resto, though I suspect maybe not quite the world's longest...
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Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:23 pm

Gert_8 wrote:Did it pass?
no it failed on rust
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Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:32 am

Simon13 wrote:
Gert_8 wrote:Did it pass?
no it failed on rust
hopefully not to much? :eek:
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
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Sun Aug 20, 2017 7:59 pm

both sills inner and outer, rear arches, floor pans and seat belt points. I'm thinking P40 for now
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:01 am

How is your photobucket still working?
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Simon13 wrote:both sills inner and outer, rear arches, floor pans and seat belt points. I'm thinking P40 for now
if it gets it back on the road for a while then why not??
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:53 pm

You know when you post saying MOT PASSED at the top of this very page then get clever cocks like Gert asking if its failed! Theres no rot in my E30 jesus, the only holes in the shell are for the windows

Dan, i've paid for a few years for extra storage and photobucket seem to have kept all my pictures hosted
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:43 pm

Simon13 wrote:You know when you post saying MOT PASSED at the top of this very page then get clever cocks like Gert asking if its failed! Theres no rot in my E30 jesus, the only holes in the shell are for the windows

Dan, i've paid for a few years for extra storage and photobucket seem to have kept all my pictures hosted
Sorry mate, I missed that, but doesn't stop you being your usual obnoxious coont self?
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:32 pm

Hey, he's from Surrey, don't you know, give the guy a break! :roll:

Instead, hark at the Alpina E30 goodness with the rare (one year only?) bullseye non-Smiley headlamps. 8)
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:25 pm

115 pages, over a decade, the last thing people will want to note is the thread title, muppet.
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:52 pm

Can't you read before typing then? I'm not in the mood tbh having you spam / try the wind up on this thread, hows that?

Plenty read this thread look at the numbers viewed, i'm such a coont!
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Simon13 wrote:Can't you read before typing then? I'm not in the mood tbh having you spam / try the wind up on this thread, hows that?

Plenty read this thread look at the numbers viewed, i'm such a coont!
Yeah, you're a real working class hero. Take your head out of your arse you arrogant cunt
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:57 pm

you just can't beat a snobby bricklayer two words often used together, now begone pleb with your vulgar swearing!
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Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:07 am

so it passed then :D
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Well done Simon :cool:
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Simon13 wrote:You know when you post saying MOT PASSED at the top of this very page then get clever cocks like Gert asking if its failed! Theres no rot in my E30 jesus, the only holes in the shell are for the windows

Dan, i've paid for a few years for extra storage and photobucket seem to have kept all my pictures hosted
"Clever cocks?"...

I make a mistake of not reading the thread title and your mangina starts bleeding.

So,instead of pointing out my error, you continue to spam your own thread and accuse me of doing that.

I know you have no sense of humour, but that's your best joke yet!

PS. One slips into the vernacular when I need to because I can communicate at all levels, from Boardroom to Bricky.

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Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:54 pm

Gert, go and "knock one off" in the chairmans bathroom, you seem to have frustrations that you need to let go.

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