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Top top work - looking great. That exhaust is really something
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I’m having one of Ryan’s on my car too - always following your lead Dazzer!
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Thanks for the support chaps and I think we're guided by the same crowd Matt! :wink:

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“Everything is important” said one R Dickinson…
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"That's a bobby dazzler' said one D Dickinson... :P
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“Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast” said one B Dickinson
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‘I’m a celebrity, get me out of here’ said one J Dickinson

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Yeah. Agreed. I’m a bit embarrassed I did mine.
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Darren,
Is this what you bought? :shock:

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Sam wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 3:54 pm Yeah. Agreed. I’m a bit embarrassed I did mine.
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Darren, fantastic level of detail, and has already been said, the exhaust system is a piece of art. 8)
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Cheers Brendan :)
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Bootsy wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 12:28 pm "That's a bobby dazzler' said one D Dickinson... :P
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IanM wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 5:38 pm Darren,
Is this what you bought? :shock:

https://www.early911sregistry.org/forum ... k-Assembly
Nope, don't think I could have lived with stainless steel braid! :shock:

Has to be zinc even if it does mean taking the braid off one hose and fitting it to another! :wink:

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