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Good decision with the seats Darren, they look great.

I must pop down for a catch up in the New Year.


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Seats look superb Dazzler

Would love to plant my firm behind in those
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Bootsy wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 5:02 pm Would love to plant my firm behind in those
...cheers Thomas although bet you say that to that to all the boys! :wink:

Would be great to catch up Jon :)

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Will this be the weapon of choice for CLM this year Darren ?
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Darren65 wrote: Tue Dec 24, 2024 11:23 am
Bootsy wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 5:02 pm Would love to plant my firm behind in those
...cheers Thomas although bet you say that to that to all the boys! :wink:

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Nice updates Darrens

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Looks fabulous Darren. Well jealous.

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Darren65 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:26 pm ....and it's time to do this......

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....it's approaching close to six years since I last saw this car on its wheels! :shock:
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Tease
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Bootsy wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:48 pmTease
....editing pics and you'll have noticed my pace has waned these days! :?
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So, today I was inspired to post an update.....or two! :)
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First off Gary wasn't happy with how the spring plates mated with the trailing arms...

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....not quite aligning there was the slightest of gaps between plate and trailing arms which could have bolted tight but this tensioned the plate and Gaza wasn't signing that off so Rich and I went to lend a hand....

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....a little tweak and measure, measure , measure, measure, tack and all was fine....

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...a proper weld and paint and we had arms Gary was happy to mount to the car :) ....

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Darren65 wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 10:20 pm Image
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....but then nothing quite fitted perfectly when blending arms, bells, callipers and discs etc. Everything was tight, rubbed and needed fettling.....although expected on this type of build...

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...fortunately Gary takes it all in his stride even if he does constantly moan about it!
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