What did you do in the garage yesterday?

What did you do in the garage yesterday?

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phazed

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21,844 posts

203 months

Thursday 18th March 2021
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Not a lot happening in the garage so I squeezed my car trailer in and put it on the ramp.

Renewing all the decking/boards, checking it out, lubing and a general once over.


Classic Chim

12,424 posts

148 months

Friday 19th March 2021
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I love a good trailer.
Vital kit thumbup

Zener

18,928 posts

220 months

Friday 19th March 2021
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phazed said:
Not a lot happening in the garage so I squeezed my car trailer in and put it on the ramp.

Renewing all the decking/boards, checking it out, lubing and a general once over.

You would be amazed at the amount of people who dont rolleyes known of a few instances locally of failed bearings , shot tyres, loose bolts etc who find out too late with cars of value on the at the time confused I just dont get it these things dont just fail overnight banghead

TwinKam

2,936 posts

94 months

Friday 19th March 2021
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Simon, they are probably the same group of people who don't get their cars serviced annually, nor even check their tyre pressures & fluid levels monthly... (these two groups have a very high level of overlap in my experience) so why on earth would it enter their tiny heads to service/ safety check their trailers?

wuckfitracing

990 posts

142 months

Friday 19th March 2021
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Starting to put it back together and the Mrs let me get away with using the dining table.

phazed

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21,844 posts

203 months

Friday 19th March 2021
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Just preparing my TVR chassis prior to assembly..........






QBee

20,903 posts

143 months

Friday 19th March 2021
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phazed said:
Just preparing my TVR chassis prior to assembly..........

That's more the shape of a Box.............ster? whistle

phazed

Original Poster:

21,844 posts

203 months

Friday 19th March 2021
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Ouch! smile

jojackson4

3,026 posts

136 months

Friday 30th April 2021
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Hand brake finished
Charge leads connected to battery
Centre console back in
Pas seat back in
Pipe back on
Arb back on
Turned the key and fired up first crack

Tax in the morning and use the fecker

mk1fan

10,507 posts

224 months

Wednesday 5th May 2021
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phazed said:
Ouch! smile
Far too much bracing for a TVR chassis.

caduceus

6,069 posts

265 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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wuckfitracing said:
Starting to put it back together and the Mrs let me get away with using the dining table.
That looks fantastic. Apart from the plenum, was the rest original that was just soda blasted and coated?

wuckfitracing

990 posts

142 months

Saturday 8th May 2021
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The steel brackets and the fuel rail were original, I just dropped them off at the platers and picked them up 2 weeks later. £40 later and it must be the cheapest thing I`ve had done so far.

Edited by wuckfitracing on Saturday 8th May 17:23

s p a c e m a n

10,752 posts

147 months

Friday 15th July 2022
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Moved house, using the garage for house building projects so the chim has been sitting outside. It does mean that it has been getting loads more use as I have to walk past it, however it seems to have the hump about the weather.

Any suggestions? Is this leather or plastic? I've got a can of evostick contact adhesive but I need a way to stretch the material back to shape.

Option two is to rip it all out and bodge a bit of something green in there the best I can until a later date, it can't look worse than it is.




phazed

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21,844 posts

203 months

Friday 15th July 2022
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Ouch. This hot weather is terrible for these cars.

I would be inclined to search out an upholstery indy.

I know one in the Leatherhead area but I guess that's not local...

Might be worth looking for a shower cap hood protector to keep the heat down in there.

s p a c e m a n

10,752 posts

147 months

Friday 15th July 2022
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Good idea, I'll have an ask about around here, I don't think that a professional would touch that without wanting to take the window out though.

I've had the car for over 10 years now. Every year I say that I'm going to sort out the cosmetic issues that let it down, and then I drive it like a loon for 8 months and then say that I'll sort it next summer hehe

It needs carpet, and I want to change the seats, and I want to change the leather colour.. and the car needs repainting really. Just didn't want to drive about for the next four months with the dashboard looking like that, and I doubt it's going to stop to there.

Just put 4 new tyres on it and had the wheels painted, there's something productive I've done in the 'garage' this weekend. I was going for a bronze colour but I think I might have poo rolled in glitter..


keeling54

186 posts

168 months

Friday 15th July 2022
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I built one of these. Jesus it's heavy. Just need to sort the electrics now.


trev4

736 posts

161 months

Friday 15th July 2022
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This is the best thread on pistonheads, every new owner should get a link with their purchase. smile

phazed

Original Poster:

21,844 posts

203 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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WTF?

QBee

20,903 posts

143 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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keeling54 said:
I built one of these. Jesus it's heavy. Just need to sort the electrics now.

I was just thinking why so close to the wall, then realised you can turn the car round to do the other side.....DOH!

keeling54

186 posts

168 months

Saturday 16th July 2022
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QBee said:
I was just thinking why so close to the wall, then realised you can turn the car round to do the other side.....DOH!
I have 3 cars I need to store there and I share it with a guy with a 19ft long Ford Thunderbird, it's only just wide enough for 2 cars side by side and I don't want to block him in and visa versa. I was after a 2 post but they are too wide for the space I have.

I will use it for maintenance but it's primary purpose is for stacking a couple of cars, and then park the third in front. It's probably overkill for storage but renting another space is dead money.

If the guy I share with ever gives up his half I'll shift it to the middle and forward slightly.

My chimaera will always be underneath because of the amount of oil that p1ss3s out of it.