What happened to the idiot that was fitting 400mm spacers?
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Am i the only person who would have liked to see what it would have looked like if it was actually finished? It cirtainly wouldnt have been my cup of tea, but fair play.
Also, i remember when modified cars looked like this...
Now i dont think this (once painted say white, and tidied up)
looks (even if it is a 1.1) a million miles from something you might see on a rally stage, especially once the bodywork was installed properley and painted (assuming he doesnt paint it with glitter and dogs
t...)
I am fully prepared for an earbashing.
Also, i remember when modified cars looked like this...
Now i dont think this (once painted say white, and tidied up)
looks (even if it is a 1.1) a million miles from something you might see on a rally stage, especially once the bodywork was installed properley and painted (assuming he doesnt paint it with glitter and dogst...)I am fully prepared for an earbashing.
Edited by bigfatnick on Tuesday 3rd August 03:43
bigfatnick said:
Am i the only person who would have liked to see what it would have looked like if it was actually finished? It cirtainly wouldnt have been my cup of tea, but fair play.
Also, i remember when modified cars looked like this...
Now i dont think this (once painted say white, and tidied up)
looks (even if it is a 1.1) a million miles from something you might see on a rally stage, especially once the bodywork was installed properley and painted (assuming he doesnt paint it with glitter and dogst...)
I am fully prepared for an earbashing.
Please send me a sample of the drugs you're on.Also, i remember when modified cars looked like this...
Now i dont think this (once painted say white, and tidied up)
looks (even if it is a 1.1) a million miles from something you might see on a rally stage, especially once the bodywork was installed properley and painted (assuming he doesnt paint it with glitter and dogst...)I am fully prepared for an earbashing.
Edited by bigfatnick on Tuesday 3rd August 03:43
KTHXBAI.
james_tigerwoods said:
thinfourth2 said:
Just 140mm wheel spacers doesn't count as done well
R11ysf said:
Admittedly I never fitted 140mm spacers though
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400mm spacers - 140mm would be tame in comparison, non?)Martin R from 106 thread said:
plans are now to get some 14cm spacers for each corner and then get the car juced
Dixie68 said:
That's true, I just wonder why anyone would spend all that time and money on a car he's never got to the point he can drive it. He's had if for two years after all.
But hey, if it keeps him off the streets
My Dad and I have taken 3yrs and we still reckon we have a year left But hey, if it keeps him off the streets
(ok building a car from scratch, but it keeps us entertained 
)
Jakg said:
All of that time and effort... and it's still a 1.1 106. Which weighs more. And handles worse. Much worse. And doesn't have any door handles. Or rear wipers. Or front washers. Or side indicators.
...and more significantly, doesn't have any way to put fuel in.Good on these guys though - they are the present day version of the Mini/MG/etc tinkerers of my youth. They cause me no issues, since they don't seem to actually drive their cars, and know a damn sight more about car mechanicals than me.
Thank god he came to his senses about those daft spacer.
However, if you take a look at the thread he starts bridging the hole in the bonnet with fiberglass, a few pages later you can see he's progressed beyond this and had a go at welding up the windscreen water jet hole, fast forward a couple of pages and he's cutting out steel and fabricating sections of bodywork and doing a fairly neat job for someone with limited experience.
I've seen post on forums and talked to people at classic car shows who like to brag about the work they have done to their classics but TBH I've seen many jobs that would just about pass for blobs of bird st on some 'restorations' - including the job I've just had to pay to have done on my landy. I think the lad with the 106 is actually learning from his mistakes and enjoying himself while he does the work, even if not everything he is doing is perfect.
However, if you take a look at the thread he starts bridging the hole in the bonnet with fiberglass, a few pages later you can see he's progressed beyond this and had a go at welding up the windscreen water jet hole, fast forward a couple of pages and he's cutting out steel and fabricating sections of bodywork and doing a fairly neat job for someone with limited experience.
I've seen post on forums and talked to people at classic car shows who like to brag about the work they have done to their classics but TBH I've seen many jobs that would just about pass for blobs of bird s
t on some 'restorations' - including the job I've just had to pay to have done on my landy. I think the lad with the 106 is actually learning from his mistakes and enjoying himself while he does the work, even if not everything he is doing is perfect.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff