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 Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! A bit more progress on this today although it was too warm to do much to be honest... I took the engine out-much easier when it's a cold engine!  I then swapped the ridiculously light flywheel for a standard one  Then lobbed the engine back in. I had planned to make and fit tubular bumpers but a rummage through the garage turned up a usable front bumper and I've got a similarly usable narrow rear bumper kicking around so......  What do you all reckon? Do you think it looks as shit as I do? Honest opinions please.....
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| October 2nd, 2011, 7:11 pm |
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Matt_S
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! sorry jon yes I do!!
Think it looks a lot better bumperless!!
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| October 2nd, 2011, 9:43 pm |
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jack_dyane
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Location: East Sussex
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! i would have to dis-agree, me thinks it look good!
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| October 2nd, 2011, 10:06 pm |
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Rhythm Thief
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Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! It looks fine to me, but then the way a car looks is always way down the list of priorities for me. If you're building it to use, who gives a f**k how it looks? 
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| October 2nd, 2011, 11:55 pm |
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! These are the only photos I got of the remains of the original shell. The bulkhead mostly got swept up/washed/blown away!  The steering column wasn't even attached to the bulkhead thanks to rust!    I've got a pair of Peugeot 406 seats that I'm hoping to persuade in today then it's heater, exhaust, maybe some sound proofing, seatbelts, a driveshaft gaiter then MOT..... 
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| October 16th, 2011, 8:00 am |
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imothepixie
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Joined: December 26th, 2008, 11:46 pm
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Location: Leicester
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! Eastbourne 2cv6 wrote: Is that book any good? Thought of buying it in the past. Not briiliant, it's been done better! (HERE!  ) A chap seeing me working on my car gave me a copy... not much more than a compilation of articles from Car Mechanics mag... I'd call it a makeover rather than a restoration! For example they don't take the rear wings of to repaint them 
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| October 16th, 2011, 10:18 am |
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Chris 2cv
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! imothepixie wrote: Eastbourne 2cv6 wrote: Is that book any good? Thought of buying it in the past. Not briiliant, it's been done better! (HERE! ) A chap seeing me working on my car gave me a copy... not much more than a compilation of articles from Car Mechanics mag... I'd call it a makeover rather than a restoration! For example they don't take the rear wings of to repaint them I think Spanners picture above sums up how good that book is!
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| October 17th, 2011, 1:38 am |
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! Anybody fancy this? A possible (probable) change in domestic circumstances means I may have to seriously rationalise my clutter and car collection......... 
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| October 17th, 2011, 8:03 am |
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J-dub
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! Uh oh
Tempting.
Ami ?
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| October 17th, 2011, 8:51 am |
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Simon Crook
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Re: 1987 (was) Road legal racer but soon to be winter hack! Project Pick-up 
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