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Mr Cerbera
2,976 posts
100 months
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PoleDriver said: What did it fail on?  I'll give you a clue
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PoleDriver
20,243 posts
64 months
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Mr Cerbera said: PoleDriver said: What did it fail on? I'll give you a clue OOPS!
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Tanguero
3,362 posts
71 months
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It fits! 
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ukkid35
Original Poster
1,646 posts
43 months
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I don't like looking at photos of your car, it just hammers home how awful mine looks in comparison. The only consolation is that I should be able to drive mine again soon, hopefully to Zolder at the end of the month.
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Mark.
10,074 posts
146 months
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ukkid35 said: I don't like looking at photos of your car, it just hammers home how awful mine looks in comparison. +1 I really need to do a body off job such as this on both of mine, but finances and  always seem to get in the way.
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Tanguero
3,362 posts
71 months
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ukkid35 said: I don't like looking at photos of your car, it just hammers home how awful mine looks in comparison. The only consolation is that I should be able to drive mine again soon, hopefully to Zolder at the end of the month. My deadline is the end July - hopefully in time to play on the long runway at RAF Woodbridge as a guest of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. Good luck getting to Zolder! Its been a big old job getting it like that - last night was the first time in 6 months that the body has been bolted back onto the chassis.
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ukkid35
Original Poster
1,646 posts
43 months
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Tanguero said: My deadline is the end July - hopefully in time to play on the long runway at RAF Woodbridge as a guest of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. Good luck getting to Zolder!
Its been a big old job getting it like that - last night was the first time in 6 months that the body has been bolted back onto the chassis. Jeez - you're going to build the whole car in just over a month?!? I think I should be the one wishing you luck...
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Tanguero
3,362 posts
71 months
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Its not that bad. Suspension is all done and on the chassis, gearbox is rebuilt and ready bolt back on. Just got fuel lines to change, refresh wiring, re-veneer dashboard, sort out front cover oil leak, reassemble alternator & ac pump & coils etc, then engine back in, bleed brakes and clutch, connect up steering, interior back in, MOT and alignment check and it should be good to go. 
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Tanguero
3,362 posts
71 months
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Mark. said: +1 I really need to do a body off job such as this on both of mine, but finances and always seem to get in the way. Pick what you think is a genuinely realistic figure - then treble it. You wont be far off.
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Mark.
10,074 posts
146 months
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Tanguero said: Mark. said: +1 I really need to do a body off job such as this on both of mine, but finances and always seem to get in the way. Pick what you think is a genuinely realistic figure - then treble it. You wont be far off. I know, and that's another reason it's not getting done. I won't do it myself, even though I did an apprenticeship as a mechanic, I have the attention span of..........what was I saying? Anyway, I know I'd be great at pulling it all apart but then realistically I know I'd never get it back together. I've identified who will be doing them both, we have a rough figure in mind. Just need to get those lucky numbers right then I can run around in an Aventador or something similarly dull while they are done 
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C3BER
4,069 posts
93 months
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Bump into something on a roundabout
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djstevec
2,112 posts
44 months
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Mark. said: Anyway, I know I'd be great at pulling it all apart but then realistically I know I'd never get it back together. This is my great fear with mine too!! Lots of labels, bags up bolts and other bits already, with many, many more to come!
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Tanguero
3,362 posts
71 months
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djstevec said: Mark. said: Anyway, I know I'd be great at pulling it all apart but then realistically I know I'd never get it back together. This is my great fear with mine too!! Lots of labels, bags up bolts and other bits already, with many, many more to come! It does take a certain amount of determination and a definite deadline goal to keep going at it. You have to be willing to put other things on hold until its done, or I strongly suspect it could actually take forever.
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djstevec
2,112 posts
44 months
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Tanguero said: It does take a certain amount of determination and a definite deadline goal to keep going at it. You have to be willing to put other things on hold until its done, or I strongly suspect it could actually take forever. Deadline will be determined by bank account I reckon!
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chibbard
711 posts
130 months
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Just been washed:- 
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K33LER
146 posts
87 months
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chibbard said: Just been washed:- OOOH, That's nice!! Nice bike too... I could get my knee down on that!!
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7erbera
339 posts
67 months
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This is my car this morning dried off after driving through the rain Thursday evening.  Is this stuff what I think it is? I can't find any obvious place that this stuff would have come from the body, its just all over the rear of the car. 
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Brummmie
4,257 posts
91 months
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7erbera said: This is my car this morning dried off after driving through the rain Thursday evening. Is this stuff what I think it is? I can't find any obvious place that this stuff would have come from the body, its just all over the rear of the car. Exhaust packing? or you have driven via the loft!
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7erbera
339 posts
67 months
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Brummmie said: Exhaust packing? or you have driven via the loft! Lol The material doesn't have any smell that I can tell (hope its not asbestos!) It looks a lot fluffier in person, like it chewed up and pit out some sheep or something  It has done something similar everytime I drive through rain, but this time the covering is much heavier.
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Mr Cerbera
2,976 posts
100 months
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