Tiny's getting his sills done
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Pilkie
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Pilkie
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Hi Yep.
Click over the img code,then when you write your text like this,right click once and click on paste. Do a quick preview to check its all worked and then submit,and bobs your auntie!!
You could do it this way,I have left the start of the sequence off,the [ so you can see how it should read.
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When you enter the [ it will look like this
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Click over the img code,then when you write your text like this,right click once and click on paste. Do a quick preview to check its all worked and then submit,and bobs your auntie!!
You could do it this way,I have left the start of the sequence off,the [ so you can see how it should read.
url=http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m296/PILKIE/IMAG0135.jpg]BADGE BAR[/url]
When you enter the [ it will look like this
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Pilkie
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I too admire people with the guts to have a go!!
I would of called the scrapman,and found something more solid to start with ,but thats just me!
I have no problem with,and dont mind doing a bit of basic maintainance welding.
I can understand if the car has some sentimental family value.
I am sure that if ALL the bodypanels were available new,somewone would attempt to build a brand new shell.
A few years ago, and to save it from the scrappie,I bought a ' 73' 2000tc that was an abandoned project.
I didnt have the time or space to rebuild it,otherwise I would have,but I had to save it,or at least try to!!
Its base unit had been very well and fully repaired,but I couldnt sell it!!
All the other parts were there, either new/recon,or refurbed, I couldnt even find a buyer who wanted an easy winter project,so reluctantly I broke it and the phone didnt stop ringing!!
The eng was sweet and I think was a recon,and the box was good,they went to the states!!
BUT I couldnt sell,or even give away the almost perfect base unit,so,very reluctantly and sadly it went to the crusher,as I didnt have the space to keep it forever!
GO FIGURE as they say!!
I would of called the scrapman,and found something more solid to start with ,but thats just me!
I have no problem with,and dont mind doing a bit of basic maintainance welding.
I can understand if the car has some sentimental family value.
I am sure that if ALL the bodypanels were available new,somewone would attempt to build a brand new shell.
A few years ago, and to save it from the scrappie,I bought a ' 73' 2000tc that was an abandoned project.
I didnt have the time or space to rebuild it,otherwise I would have,but I had to save it,or at least try to!!
Its base unit had been very well and fully repaired,but I couldnt sell it!!
All the other parts were there, either new/recon,or refurbed, I couldnt even find a buyer who wanted an easy winter project,so reluctantly I broke it and the phone didnt stop ringing!!
The eng was sweet and I think was a recon,and the box was good,they went to the states!!
BUT I couldnt sell,or even give away the almost perfect base unit,so,very reluctantly and sadly it went to the crusher,as I didnt have the space to keep it forever!
GO FIGURE as they say!!
Believe me that call to the scrapman nearly happened as I had a cracking 3500S shell & I've got a lovely V8 in a rotten car & was very tempted to make a nice one out of all of them but the yard the shell was kept in changed hands & the new owner gave it away to a scrapman 
& to top it off it was registered on an XC plate WXC996L or something similar cant remember exactly.
But then I thought just bite the bullet & do it & to be honest it's taking a long time but it isn't half as scary as I expected, I don't think I would have done it if I'd had to make all my own panels though.
I think the weather might beat me & I'll have to get the driver's side & boot floor done as quick as I can & resume next spring with the passenger side as I don't relish the though of spending the winter months in my open air workshop.
Regards Colin
& to top it off it was registered on an XC plate WXC996L or something similar cant remember exactly.But then I thought just bite the bullet & do it & to be honest it's taking a long time but it isn't half as scary as I expected, I don't think I would have done it if I'd had to make all my own panels though.
I think the weather might beat me & I'll have to get the driver's side & boot floor done as quick as I can & resume next spring with the passenger side as I don't relish the though of spending the winter months in my open air workshop.
Regards Colin
Hi were you getting your new panels from im in need of some for a base unit2Diesels said:Believe me that call to the scrapman nearly happened as I had a cracking 3500S shell & I've got a lovely V8 in a rotten car & was very tempted to make a nice one out of all of them but the yard the shell was kept in changed hands & the new owner gave it away to a scrapman
But then I thought just bite the bullet & do it & to be honest it's taking a long time but it isn't half as scary as I expected, I don't think I would have done it if I'd had to make all my own panels though.
I think the weather might beat me & I'll have to get the driver's side & boot floor done as quick as I can & resume next spring with the passenger side as I don't relish the though of spending the winter months in my open air workshop.
Regards Colin
regards
marcus
zardoz
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It looks as if i have a lot of work ahead of me if i have as many spot welds to drill out as you did. A zip-cutter i presume ? On the plus side for you though it looks as though you had an easier time of it than i will. Thats a handy bit of raised path you have there to ramp the car on, then get access to it from the lower pavement, must give you a lot more elbow space.
I swear when i win the lottery the first thing i will buy is a garage with hydraulic ramps. Never mind the Bugatti Veyrons and the worlds most expensive P6. A big workplace with ramps and room to wield a spanner would be heaven for me and my tools
marcus68: JR wadhams are a good place for spare panels, also look at http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/
or have a look at the links page under 'suppliers'
I swear when i win the lottery the first thing i will buy is a garage with hydraulic ramps. Never mind the Bugatti Veyrons and the worlds most expensive P6. A big workplace with ramps and room to wield a spanner would be heaven for me and my tools
marcus68: JR wadhams are a good place for spare panels, also look at http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/
or have a look at the links page under 'suppliers'
zardoz said:I swear when i win the lottery the first thing i will buy is a garage with hydraulic ramps. Never mind the Bugatti Veyrons and the worlds most expensive P6. A big workplace with ramps and room to wield a spanner would be heaven for me and my tools
I second that, with an humidity controlled store room for all the P6's I would rescue.
It's a pretty big job but it is a lot easier than I expected but what was tricky was balancing on that stone wall & wielding a drill doing the high up bits, I fell in that coal bunker a couple of times :shock: I drilled it all out using a cordless drill & an 8mm spotweld bit. I'll pop some more pics on when I get my next film done, I mustn't have taken any photos of it before I started :roll: but I'll get some of the N/S when the time comes
Regards Colin
Regards Colin
webmaster said:The great thing (or should that be bad thing) about having a garage is that you can do a bit, then leave it there for years untouched.....
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