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Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:29 pm

Well this is the first proper clean it's had since it's engine build and since last year really. I've been using it in anger since getting it running and tomorrow, it's on show at Vines for their "Experience joy" weekend. So it has to look right.

It's come okay as it happens :D

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Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:33 pm

Looks lovely fella... well done.. think i might clean mine tomorrow as i havent done since the re-shell a couple of months ago....

Nice :cool:
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:38 pm

You have a stunning car Trevor 8)
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:40 pm

Looks spot on, just as a chromie should look 8)
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:05 pm

gorgeous :cool:
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:19 pm

very nice
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:23 pm

Good job, thats a really mint looking chromie.
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:26 pm

needs to be lowered and a mtec kit and some alpina reps then it would look phat













only joking looks beutifull the way it is mate...... :D
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:35 pm

Looks great - as always - don't change a thing :cool:
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:27 pm

capri_rob wrote:don't change a thing :cool:

Theres a couple of jobs left to do. This winter is a rear suspension out job to do the rear beam bushes which, as you can see by the way it's on it's arse, are now well and truly f*cked. While the diff and beam are out, the front to rear brake pipes, the flexibles above the diff and fuel lines will be replaced. Will probably source a nice 3:64 slipper to go back in as well.

Not happy with the steering wheel at present. Noticed a couple of splits in the tired leather the other day :cry: . So now on the look out for a smaller Tech1 OR maybe have this one re trimmed but with tri colour stitching like the late e36 mTech wheels.

Then I reckon it's all done and dusted. After 5 years of work there will be nothing left to do.
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:51 pm

Looks good Trev.,do you like the 2.7 with the autobox? :D
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:53 pm

daimlerman wrote:Looks good Trev.,do you like the 2.7 with the autobox? :D
yes, it's very entertaining thanks winkeye
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:55 pm

Gorgeous :)

Certainly had the weather today
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:53 pm

Very nice mate, looking superb. Pre facelift cabs are best!

Must get round to giving mine a good clean, but with weather so good I can't stop driving it!!
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Jaw droppingly gorgeous :cool: :cool:

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Very nice mate, a credit to the race :D
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:58 pm

Looking great Trevor, worth all the hard work
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Whats that thing in the bit infront of the ashtray
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6potpower wrote:Whats that thing in the bit infront of the ashtray
1991 Alpine spectrun analyser. Very period :wink:
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Hideous.


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B7 wrote:
6potpower wrote:Whats that thing in the bit infront of the ashtray
1991 Alpine spectrun analyser. Very period :wink:
Could you get a pic for me please
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B7 wrote:
6potpower wrote:Whats that thing in the bit infront of the ashtray
1991 Alpine spectrun analyser. Very period :wink:
Could you get a pic for me please
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There's a lesson on how an E30 should look!

Vines horley or crawley Trevor?
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Wow! not a Tech II kit in sight :D
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Stunning motor :cool:
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SteSE wrote:There's a lesson on how an E30 should look!

Vines horley or crawley Trevor?
Vines Guildford my man.
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6potpower wrote:
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6potpower wrote:Whats that thing in the bit infront of the ashtray
1991 Alpine spectrun analyser. Very period :wink:
Could you get a pic for me please
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probably the best I have at the mo. Originally bought new and fitted in an F reg 16v Golf by an ex of the wife friend , he stripped it all out in '93 and it (along with a period Alpine Pull out head unit) was stuffed in a box in the corner of the house the girls rented at the time. I made an offer to him which he accepted and it all went in a series of my brother in laws cars up until a few years back, when I claimed the analyser back for this car.
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:42 pm

whats it do?
like an equaluzer or the thing with bars that go up and down
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6potpower wrote:whats it do?
like an equaluzer or the thing with bars that go up and down
Both. It's an equaliser which produces a spectral graph on the screen. It's a bit out of sorts TBO as the 4 buttons light up classic Alpine green. Would be better it they lit amber like the dash and stereo.
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:03 pm

looking good Trev
are you bringing her to pod next week?
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:03 pm

tylerma wrote:looking good Trev
are you bringing her to pod next week?
I've had to pull out mate. We have a few things on at home next weekend and I have to say, I've not been about much at home with work and other things. So I'm afraid I cannot make the pod!

I'll endevour to go next year though.
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:05 pm

thats a shame mate
good luck with the stuff at home though
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:51 pm

Sometimes, with a family and all that, you just have to go with the flow just to keep the peice. I go to guildford virtually every month, as i try to the Ace. I always get to Gaydon, today I've been at Vines Experience Joy event all day. Yesterday I spent cleaning it and all this is without mentioning the hours we spent building and getting the engine running. And that includes taking a day's leave to drop the gearbox out of it rather than take the family to Chessington World of Adventures for the day (which went down like a cold cup of sick!).

So to miss the pod is a small price to pay for all the crap I get up to!
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:22 pm

Trevor, I know where your at with this. I too am dipping out on my first pod due to family stuff. Next year though, next year . . .

Any pics from your day of JOY :D
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Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:04 pm

whats that worth :cool:
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