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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1283  
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The rain fell down at Peterborough on Saturday.
The autojumblers containers filled with water! Went to collect an order from Exmoor Trim, paid for many weeks ago, and of course they got it wrong! 
On another stall I was sold 2 bolt-on galvanised cappings "for early Ninety doors". I have an early Ninety and thought they would be useful as spares, as you don't come across them often. But they were too short for the Ninety doors, and were in fact, for the middle doors of Series 109" Station Wagons and early One Ten Station Wagons. I have these, so they'll still come in handy. 
I picked up some useful stuff for my early Defender at the Show, including two complete front seats in undamaged grey vynil, which is exactly what I was looking for. So a good Show for me. Legin I was coming down the A1, A14 and M11 like you on Saturday pm in my Classic RR and the rain was so heavy, even the "suicidal" drivers had to slow to 50mph at times - it was completely impossible to see through the rain and spray otherwise. |
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17th Sep 2017 6:32pm |
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| Devon-Rover Member Since: 22 Jan 2015 Location: South Devon Posts: 906  
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Don't tell him that it's hard enough to get his head through the door as it is 
Thanks he is our clubs current CCV top driver and has lead the RTV championship for a good few years, He is annoying good at trials and I used to be able to give him a run for his money but haven't CCV'd for a few years as my motor is having some TLC in my spare time. If I pm you my e-mail would you be ok to send me the pictures you have got. and are you ok if we use them for our clubs newsletter? I will make sure you get credited with them. |
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17th Sep 2017 6:33pm |
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| arran jones Member Since: 21 Nov 2016 Location: south west Posts: 725
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Hello devon rover
Yess..that i abosaloutly fine by me send your email across and i will post as many as poss through from my proper camera...do you want videos aswell?? Yes i would like to see the newsletter after u have done it Thanks arran  |
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17th Sep 2017 6:41pm |
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| Devon-Rover Member Since: 22 Jan 2015 Location: South Devon Posts: 906
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I do believe it as 'Flymo' is quite special. I spent a bit of time in Neil's shed at various points in the build seeing how it was going and helping (kind of) spitball ideas on how to do it. I'll ping you a PM ASAP |
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17th Sep 2017 6:48pm |
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| arran jones Member Since: 21 Nov 2016 Location: south west Posts: 725
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Yeah ok
Dont get me wrong...thats was a very nice trialer! Wouldnt mind havin it myself |
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17th Sep 2017 6:53pm |
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| Devon-Rover Member Since: 22 Jan 2015 Location: South Devon Posts: 906
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Neil is a very clever chap he created his own composite mixture to form panels and it is a credit to him. You can beat it with a hammer and they don't break or dent. that things only weighs circa 800 odd kilos. and the weight distribution is perfect too. you can lift it by hand front or rear a good foot or soo before it becomes too heavy to lift. The tricky bit to driving it is the reverse order of the gear shifter takes a bit of remembering to prevent going the wrong way.  |
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17th Sep 2017 7:08pm |
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| arran jones Member Since: 21 Nov 2016 Location: south west Posts: 725
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Devon rover
Hopefully u have recived the emails.if u want/need anymore and when u do the news letter..keep.me.in touch Thanks Arran |
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17th Sep 2017 8:48pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 19535
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I have been very busy with mine lately.
Recently I repaired my old wheel arch spat which had a crack in it and completely repainted. Very happy with the result.  Click image to enlarge Today, thank goodness the weather stayed sensible. So I fitted my new LED light bar. I am very pleased with it, and wired in with 6mm2 thinwall in PVC tube power fed direct from the alternator. It is well over 300w around 35A draw. Quality Durite Relay and Relay base connector and connected with 50A Anderson connectors which are rubber booted and waterproofed. It's mounted on X clamps in the lower location and I made new number plate brackets from Aluminium from scratch but am waiting on some Velcro stuff as well just to finish off the plate to bracket fixing. The output is superb, even brighter than my 200w previous Roolite Halogen set up. I am over the moon with it. 
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17th Sep 2017 9:49pm |
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| legin Member Since: 22 Jul 2017 Location: Chelmsford Essex Posts: 1004 
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You should of gone to Peterborough show it looked like very other stall where selling light bars.I'm not really a fan probably because I'm to old to drive fast enough to need that sort light out put and I'm the silly old fool who seems to get blinded by them .In my day it was four cibies on the front of a Escort with burn baby burn on the cassette and that what it seem like when the paint started to bubble from the 100 W bulbs
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18th Sep 2017 7:58pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3335 
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Or if you couldn't afford Cibies, you got el cheap o spots from halfords, fitted 100 watt lamps and melted the plastic grille on the front
Was that a C60 or C90 in that tape deck, legin? Recorded of the radio by chance?? And if you explained this to the young of the day, that wouldn't believe you |
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18th Sep 2017 8:05pm |
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| AJC Member Since: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1329
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Set up at weekend at peterborough
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18th Sep 2017 9:08pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10478
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Too true, o happy days 
Dont forget the 8 Track as well  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.
Clayton. |
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18th Sep 2017 9:19pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 19535
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And H*lfords quality is still questionable to this day. Keeping up tradition,
Diesel$ Live$ Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧 |
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18th Sep 2017 9:30pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3335
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Clayton, you had made it if you had an eight track
My Dad had a Marina (it was a dog sh@t orange in colour mixed with corrosion) and like most cars are these days, the radio aperture had a unique shape (it sort of tapered to one end) and was obviously an extra (as heated screens were, wing mirrors, had to buy Japanese in the 70's to get those as standard). He rigged a radio up by connecting it to a switched 12 volt supply and installing an aerial somehow to the radio's telescopic aerial (don't ask me how). It did allow us to listen to something other than how whistling on long journeys. A tape deck (or eight track) in our car were just dreams...... |
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18th Sep 2017 9:35pm |
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