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Shawn
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shawn wrote:
...sometimes I amaze myself.

Embarassed Embarassed


I'm not bragging. It's more about a certain idiot who made such a song and dance about setting up his foglight mounts, only then to hide the lights directly behind the over-riders.

Sometimes I'm amazed at how dumb I can be.


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Tadhg
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No Shawn, it still looks great! How often do you reckon you'll use the foggies anyway? And, when you're done over there, I've got a ute over here... Eye Rolls Embarassed


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Shawn
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Just a quick post. The safety certificate went ok and I'm registered. But the weekend was not without it's dramas. It very nearly didn't happen at all. I'll make a longer final post with pics in a day or so.


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Skidmond
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ah, the trials and tribulations of getting everything to work after being assembled from a pile of things on the floor to rego ready....

good work Shawn, it looks great.

more pics are needed and let us know how it all went Very Happy


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John Ballard
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Top job looks great from here.
You know of course your over riders are up side down???? Move the Fog lights in Blue Sedan Blue Sedan Blue Sedan Blue Sedan Blue Sedan


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Scouse
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Um Shawn, I hate to point this out but you have an early Series II front bumper.
The over riders are in a different spot on the 1000 type bumper (further apart) & you won't have those gaps under the front guards.


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Shawn
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott wrote:
Um Shawn, I hate to point this out but you have an early Series II front bumper.
The over riders are in a different spot on the 1000 type bumper (further apart) & you won't have those gaps under the front guards.


I know. Embarassed I have two 1000 bumpers/valances here, but both were beyond my skill level to repair and the chrome blades were rubbish. These bumpers came up on Ebay a while ago and had better blades than either of mine, so I went with them. I'm not a fan of the gaps at the bottom of the guards (especially when they're uneven).

I'll be re-visiting the bumper/valance/foglight situation in the future, because I'm not really happy with it like it is, but that will be when funds and paitence permit!


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Shawn
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, here's the story of last weekend.

Firstly, I had booked my roadworthy for early Monday morning. That was my deadline.

Saturday was an uneventful but full day of refitting and finishing small jobs. All went to plan, and by Saturday evening I was well ahead of schedule, with only a couple of polishing and trimming jobs to do. All was right with the world.

Sunday dawned bright and clear, so, being so far ahead of schedule, I decided to fit the poly top trunnion rubbers I had had for ages. This might have seemed like a risky move, but here again all went well, and a great improvement was had from the new rubbers.

This took me to about 11am, still with heaps of time up my sleeve, I went to fit the wiper arms. I had one wiper box set up incorrectly, so the newly fitted LHS glovebox had to come out and the box corrected. Suddenly a 10 minute had taken over an hour. Still, I had heaps of time.

I went for the shortest of test drives to the top of the drive, and then drove back into the garage. Leaving the engine running, I went inside to wash my hands. Returning a couple of minutes later, I was greeted with this:


The front core plug had popped out completely; I mustn't have fitted it properly. I tried to re-fit it, but couldn't get a seal. Of course, I didn't have a spare, so a frantic call and visit to Alex Connors saw me right. I managed to fit the new plug ok, but by then my afternoon was gone.

Another small driveway manouvre to led to a rear brake cylinder popping. There was swearing. (I also remembered TrevAus's advice to leave the brakes to last Embarassed )

Another call to Alex, and an early morning visit saw me right again. I fitted the cylinder and bled the brakes in record time, and arrived at my safety cert appointment with about 10 minutes to spare. The trip there and back was nervous. but uneventful.

All went well at the safety certificate appointment and the following visit to the Dept. of Transport. So now I'm registered. Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

So here's a massive thankyou to al those who have given advice and suggestions along the way, and an even bigger thankyou to Alex Connors, because without his last minute help this simply would not have happened.

Here's some pics:






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Drew
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:16 pm    Post subject: Congratulations! Reply with quote

Congratulations.

Well done on overcoming the hurdles, glad to hear it all worked out in the end. Very Happy

Cheers,

Andrew.


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Scouse
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very noice, good going there Shawn.

Now you can finally enjoy the fruits of your labour Very Happy .


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mike
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

spotted you out and about in Capalaba today Shawn, didn't notice it was yours until i saw the badge bar, the car looks fantastic in the flesh


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SHAWN, WHAT A CREDIT TO YOU!
Does that mean we may see you at some club outings now?

You have done a fabulous job,
all credit to you!


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Shawn
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

I will be along for more club outings now!

So far all is going pretty well. I've ditched the Electronic distributor in favour of the original Lucas unit. The advance curve was not right, and while I could get great top end or great idle, I couldn't get smooth power delivery across the rev range.

Had my first night run (and first wet run Mad ) on the weekend.

I'll also soon be on the lookout for a set of 14" inch Major rims. It revs too high with 13"s.

I'm really enjoying driving, rather than just looking and working!


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive kept a casual watch on this and FULL CREDIT TO YOU for a job well done, it looks great, also looking forward to seeing more of you as well on various events
cheers


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John Ballard
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shawn
Fitted 14 inch Major rims to my car not for gearing but for the 4inch width
I highly recommend the fitting of 4.22 diff to 948cc Minors it makes a world of difference ., Yellow Sedan Yellow Ute Eye Rolls
They are available you need to just keep looking.


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Triumph Man
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks great, & what a quick job, well done. Very Happy
Trev
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LittleBlue
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shawn,

Whenever I am lacking in inspiration for doing my car, I look back on this thread. Thank you so much. You've done an amazing job!


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Shawn
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your kind words. Indeed, I still look at it myself sometimes, as a reminder.


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LittleBlue
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I actually commented to dad today as we were working on my car 'I should make Shawn's before and after my wallpaper... for encouragement!'


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