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Neil
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 Re: Yet another red spesh... Tom Duckpower wrote: Russell wrote: I have been thinking about that. If I got an externally opening roof I could do away with the need to use the doors. How do you want to close the roof once you're in the car?  You always call upon the services of one of your beautiful groupies! 
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twofifty AZU
Firing on two.
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Re: Yet another red spesh... Somehow I'd never imagined James as beautiful........... Neil wrote: Tom Duckpower wrote: Russell wrote: I have been thinking about that. If I got an externally opening roof I could do away with the need to use the doors. How do you want to close the roof once you're in the car? You always call upon the services of one of your beautiful groupies!
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beckymosaic
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Joined: December 23rd, 2008, 12:12 am
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Location: Deep in the Fens...
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Re: Yet another red spesh... Neil wrote: Tom Duckpower wrote: Russell wrote: I have been thinking about that. If I got an externally opening roof I could do away with the need to use the doors. How do you want to close the roof once you're in the car? You always call upon the services of one of your beautiful groupies! I'm sure Em could heft him in!  She's remarkably strong and a purple belt in ju-jitsu 
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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: Yet another red spesh... Today i cut the rear legs for the roll cage at work, and tacked them in. My welder is ducking useless so I will be taking it to work tomorrow to use a proper one. I am really unsure whether a front cage is a good idea, I really can't see how I'll get in the car and although practicality isn't really my thing, I think I need to draw a line. I'm not gay or anything. Had my headlamp shells painted, they look much better than the old ones now.  Because I can't take the car to work, or bring the workshop home, I had to roughly measure/guess the length and angles of the rear legs, I got it pretty close actually, but I also had to make sure I could get it out of the car to take to work and weld properly. This is the trial fit of the rear legs.  Fishmouthing machine makes stuff like this a pleasure to do. The other option is to develop the pattern, cut it from paper, draw round it and then try and cut the shape with a grinder. Bollocks to that.  The legs are in and I put a little weld round the joins to make sure they didn't break in transport.  You'd think that as it fitted in the back of a saloon, it'd go in a van right? well, I did, apparently not, as the highly tensioned ratchet strap would indicate in this picture. It was an almighty game trying to get it out of the car, a bit like one of those chinese puzzles, but life size. It was even harder getting it in the van. 
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Tom Duckpower
Firing on two.
Joined: August 18th, 2009, 10:31 pm
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Location: Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands
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Re: Yet another red spesh... Looks nice!
Is one of the things I want in the pick-up, a roll cage, just for show.. Maybe in a few years.
Why didn't you use the already existing points for the rear legs?
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Re: Yet another red spesh... Russell wrote: Today i cut the rear legs for the roll cage at work, and tacked them in.I am really unsure whether a front cage is a good idea, I really can't see how I'll get in the car and although practicality isn't really my thing, I think I need to draw a line.
I'm not gay or anything.
Yeah right, whatever. Real men have full cages! And then moan about it everytime they use their car  
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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: Yet another red spesh... Real men don't have padding on thier seats. Rest assured, I'll moan about that in the future too
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Joe
Firing on two.
Joined: July 23rd, 2009, 4:03 pm
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Location: Bournemouth
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Re: Yet another red spesh... Russell wrote: Real men don't have padding on thier seats. Rest assured, I'll moan about that in the future too they wont be men after a while though.
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Little Louis
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Re: Yet another red spesh... after about 20 mins in that seat you'll be on the kirky web site looking for planning
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Russell
Firing on two.
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