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grahamw48 said:
'Standard' 280i brakes weren't even vented...though I had vented ones (Granny estate) ones on mine, as on 390SE, which is what yours appear to be.
I didn't actually notice much difference between those and the 4 pot 400SE ones to be honest.
My 350i was 'first batch' and had Tasmin spec solid discs. I see The Hatter already has spacered calipers and vented discs now I look closer at his photos. I upgraded to alloy 4 pot calipers and vented discs.I didn't actually notice much difference between those and the 4 pot 400SE ones to be honest.
Amazingly good condition considering its long lay up. I have a feeling this will be one "Happy SEAC" -to reverse your original thread title -when finished. So... body night. It should be Kevlar, it was built in Sept '86. There's some pie crust ripples on the sides of the car which confirms it's not GRP but I couldn't get any decent photos that show it.
It's been resprayed at some point, no obvious reason why. As it's been laid up since 1995 it must have been resprayed early in it's life, maybe because the owner wasn't happy with the Kevlar finish?
The body's got plenty of cracks, and some damage on the front spoiler where some oaf has tried to tow it - very annoying!
The front nearside corner looks like it's been in some kind of altercation...
The passenger door's suffered too, and had some ineffective local paint repair:
And random cracks elsewhere:
The dirtiest ducktail in the world...
None of the above is life threatening; this , however, does concern me. What's within the screen frame moulding? I assume a mild steel frame. The screen's cracked so doesn't lend any strength to the screen frame, but it does seem to be extraordinarily flexible. Any ideas what to do with this?
It's been resprayed at some point, no obvious reason why. As it's been laid up since 1995 it must have been resprayed early in it's life, maybe because the owner wasn't happy with the Kevlar finish?
The body's got plenty of cracks, and some damage on the front spoiler where some oaf has tried to tow it - very annoying!
The front nearside corner looks like it's been in some kind of altercation...
The passenger door's suffered too, and had some ineffective local paint repair:
And random cracks elsewhere:
The dirtiest ducktail in the world...
None of the above is life threatening; this , however, does concern me. What's within the screen frame moulding? I assume a mild steel frame. The screen's cracked so doesn't lend any strength to the screen frame, but it does seem to be extraordinarily flexible. Any ideas what to do with this?
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