Sublime Pandamonium II
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Merry Christmas everyone. 
Transition day for me so between yesterdays day shift and today's night shift I thought I'd replace the porous 80's alloys with bigger porous 80's alloys.
Close to a good finish but I have a mirror polishing kit in my shed somewhere.
Fill the rear arch nicely...
...but even with a 10mm spacer they're up against the Omega arm.
The only set of four wheels with legal tyres I have are the ones on the 4x4 (that I wouldn't trust as far as I could spit them out) and the orange Guff II alloys.
Orange and green could work.
Transition day for me so between yesterdays day shift and today's night shift I thought I'd replace the porous 80's alloys with bigger porous 80's alloys.
Close to a good finish but I have a mirror polishing kit in my shed somewhere.
Fill the rear arch nicely...
...but even with a 10mm spacer they're up against the Omega arm.
The only set of four wheels with legal tyres I have are the ones on the 4x4 (that I wouldn't trust as far as I could spit them out) and the orange Guff II alloys.
Orange and green could work.
Following another frustrating day with my Winter runner I thought I'd address an issue with my Fantasia.
Summer headlights.
The new headlights I fitted for the show are okay but they are the 50/60W type. Road legal but about as much use as driving with side lights compared to modern stuff so the old headlights are back 60/80W with white bulbs. "E" marked and fit for M.O.T and a damn site safer than the new ones.
A little thing I do with my build threads is "Tool of the Job".
The tool that made this job a lot easier was very similar to the one I named before...
...the 8mm version is ideal for swapping headlights the 7mm version if perfect for Jubilee clips.
Summer headlights.
The new headlights I fitted for the show are okay but they are the 50/60W type. Road legal but about as much use as driving with side lights compared to modern stuff so the old headlights are back 60/80W with white bulbs. "E" marked and fit for M.O.T and a damn site safer than the new ones.
A little thing I do with my build threads is "Tool of the Job".
The tool that made this job a lot easier was very similar to the one I named before...
...the 8mm version is ideal for swapping headlights the 7mm version if perfect for Jubilee clips.
Me said:
She's a bright green car with orange wheels! How the bloody Hell did you not see it?
Idiot said:
Don't know.
Lucky those trim panels are available...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Parasassi-posteriore-sin...
...from my friends in Italy.
I've harvested a few parts from the Peterborough Panda 4x4 project.
As it's not going to have doors fairly soon it doesn't need door mirrors or a passenger side door pod.
The hand painted mirrors were pathetic. Once most of the paint was removed with a brilopad the surface has more dimples than a thirteen year old on two cans of Redbull a day.
I'm thinking of painting them green when I do the new grille (that's been in primer over a year).
As it's not going to have doors fairly soon it doesn't need door mirrors or a passenger side door pod.
The hand painted mirrors were pathetic. Once most of the paint was removed with a brilopad the surface has more dimples than a thirteen year old on two cans of Redbull a day.
I'm thinking of painting them green when I do the new grille (that's been in primer over a year).
So making the 4x4 into a van has been a bit of a curse and I'm not using my Fantasia to collect engines any more...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331098497390?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
...I've got myself a proper Fiat van instead and may end up with a pick up shell as well.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331098497390?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
...I've got myself a proper Fiat van instead and may end up with a pick up shell as well.
Mr2Mike said:
Liquid Knight said:
...I've got myself a proper Fiat van instead and may end up with a pick up shell as well.
Did you have any issues with insurance? I know a couple of people that found it difficult to get insurance on a commercial vehicle for private use.£20 more than the 4x4 so long as you don't transport anything hazardous you're fine.
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