Murtaya

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Frankthered

1,623 posts

180 months

Thursday 29th March 2012
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p1doc said:
as i am sure you have learnt anything involving murtayas is hardwork lol
i think adrenaline said minari/murtaya roofs were different but have never compared them to be honest, arden got a nice cheap roof to work on for targa top as dont fancy a soft top
martin
Knew I should have asked for more money! frown

NZ Rob

68 posts

166 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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Frankthered said:
Hmmmm, not sure we're talking about the same frame. The one I have is in three pieces, two that make up a "hoop" at the rear and a bar that goes towards the screen header. To erect the hood, you put the two pieces of the hoop together, raise the hood and attach the catches (held to the hood fabric with on a GRP header rail) to the screen rail and then tension the hood with the bar, which is then locked into place. Not sure why you don't like the look when the hood is down - the frame doesn't (actually can't) stay in place. It's a bit of a faff, but it's ok!

Sounds like you have some good ideas anyway.

Paint job looks awesome btw!
We are talking about the same frame, I thought you could leave the rear section up without the hood.... Another factor was the extra freight volume to get to NZ.
Looking forward to picking up the car tomorrow and seeing it in natural light. smile

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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Frankthered said:
Knew I should have asked for more money! frown
pmsl
martin

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Friday 30th March 2012
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looking forward to pics-looking very similar colour to prodrive p2 ?moondust silver looks very subtle
martin

NZ Rob

68 posts

166 months

Saturday 31st March 2012
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Storm Titanium......
cool

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Saturday 31st March 2012
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now that is nice-love the headlight surround colour
martin

NZ Rob

68 posts

166 months

Saturday 31st March 2012
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Thanks, I am very happy with it. The picture doesn't really do it justice

SA boy

661 posts

190 months

Saturday 31st March 2012
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OMG thatis just stunning.

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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SA boy said:
OMG thatis just stunning.
yours looks great in pics on ebay ian -fully specced up ready to drive mmmmmm
martin

SA boy

661 posts

190 months

Monday 2nd April 2012
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p1doc said:
SA boy said:
OMG thatis just stunning.
yours looks great in pics on ebay ian -fully specced up ready to drive mmmmmm
martin
Thanks Martin, friend is selling it on my behalf. Would have loved to have in South Africa but the tax is an issue.frown

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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you had looked into this before ian but the level of tax you mentioned makes it impossible to do anything but sell in uk which is a real shame as car fully specced to what you want and like most recent murt owners you have been through a lot to get it this far,some lucky person is going to get a nice piece of kit for less than it cost to build!
martin

SA boy

661 posts

190 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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p1doc said:
you had looked into this before ian but the level of tax you mentioned makes it impossible to do anything but sell in uk which is a real shame as car fully specced to what you want and like most recent murt owners you have been through a lot to get it this far,some lucky person is going to get a nice piece of kit for less than it cost to build!
martin
I know, the roads out here are epic. It would be sooo nice to have it out here lol

How are you enjoying your murt?

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

198 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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SA boy said:
I know, the roads out here are epic. It would be sooo nice to have it out here lol

How are you enjoying your murt?
Couldn't you import as a kit of parts in an ISO container. I'm sure SA has some odd law re Parts vs Bikes and Cars.

SA boy

661 posts

190 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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sounds interesting. i will try and find outsmilethanks

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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just got new 8 pot k-sport brakes with carbotech xp8 pads=as good as my old ap 6 pots and k-sport gave me a cracking deal as well


just fit lol
martin

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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SA boy said:
sounds interesting. i will try and find outsmilethanks
ask mike in usa-he had to do similar for his car-body in 1 shipment engine gearbox etc in another
martin

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

198 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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p1doc said:
SA boy said:
sounds interesting. i will try and find outsmilethanks
ask mike in usa-he had to do similar for his car-body in 1 shipment engine gearbox etc in another
martin
Or ask BassGT3 in the biker banter thread. He was talking about it the other day and he lives in SA.

p1doc

3,114 posts

184 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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gave mine a good blast today as doing out of hours-brakes are spot unlike fuel consumption lol
martin

Hiryu

161 posts

212 months

Saturday 21st April 2012
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Looks like there might be some live Murtayas out there after all...Hopefully one driving around the US soon....but we're having blower/heater/AC unit issues. I'm not sure if anybody else had such a unit installed in their Murtaya? We don't have any install instructions for it and are being blocked on a bunch of the details...Update soon...

Mike

Edited by Hiryu on Saturday 21st April 19:25

Hiryu

161 posts

212 months

Saturday 21st April 2012
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NZ Rob said:
Storm Titanium......
cool
Damn, this looks fantastic.