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 1979 Jaune Mimosa 2CV 
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Of course no worries

Shall we convoy like last year? Incase of fuck ups or mishaps woth ypur trailer tent / our cars..?

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August 23rd, 2013, 8:29 pm
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I can't get away until first thing Friday, when are you going? I'm not fussed about convoying, I've got RAC, but if you want to we can?

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August 23rd, 2013, 11:38 pm
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Oh, and thanks, my little car will probably be struggling with all he shit I want to take!

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August 23rd, 2013, 11:39 pm
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Friday morning also
So ill follow you.

Rac will take a week.

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August 24th, 2013, 8:59 am
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Well, today was a total waste of time.

I modified the spring cand and replaced the battered ones with some others, put some packers under the springs so stop them bottoming out but alas, no joy. It's slightly better but not perfect, I'm starting to think the rear springs are going coil bound which means they're basically fucked and I need to replace them and start again. I changed the steering rack but midway through I started to wonder if the play in the steering wasn't the rack but maybe something else, the bottom of the steering column was a bit mangled and I've changed that for a spare. I also did away with the torpedo silencer and this was a colossal mistake. From memory, doing this results in a nice raspy sound. What I've got now is a car I cannot bear to drive as its so bloody loud. I've modified the rear pipe and that was slightly successful, it looks better now anyway.

I spent the entire day at work trying to make it better and lower, I've ended up with a car that's pretty much the same height but with a list of more things that need replacing. All the engine mounts are FUBAR, I haven't changed the kingpins, track rod ends or anything else as I didn't finish until 7pm.

What. A load of old bollocks.

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August 24th, 2013, 10:17 pm
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Russ ive got a few things to do tomorrow but if i get spare time i can always come
Help if you want

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August 24th, 2013, 10:33 pm
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Why does it have to lay at the ground..... a littlebit higher = much less trouble....

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August 24th, 2013, 11:33 pm
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Jameswallace wrote:
Russ ive got a few things to do tomorrow but if i get spare time i can always come
Help if you want


We can do the king pins when the race car gets stacked or the track floods.


August 24th, 2013, 11:35 pm
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I also did away with the torpedo silencer and this was a colossal mistake. From memory, doing this results in a nice raspy sound. What I've got now is a car I cannot bear to drive as its so bloody loud.


There's no difference in the sound, you're just getting old. ;)

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August 25th, 2013, 2:12 am
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Why does it have to lay at the ground...

It's the same reason that a dog licks it's dick .... ;)

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