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more whoring, Mr Brealbags popped up other day so we nipped up to middleton top for a few snaps, a kick about and a drool over some other peoples BBQ that we couldn't have :(
anyway, old cars, modern colours! 432 Monaco Blue v's 630 Xerus Grey 8)...
It's done i think, so i ventured out into the high peak for some boost and snap a few shots of the old jalopy ;-)
love it when the weathers good, can't beat a british summer imo :D
Cheers
Coops
At the RTOC day, lad from 2007bc photography, Dave Binns, got some snaps of my motor which he's kindly let me have copies of.
its nice to get some pics of the car in action for once rather than just stills
enjoy ;-)
cheers
Ben
since i missed the last RWYB and i wanted to get my pod fix, i went along to the RTOC day at santa pod.
rocked up with Darren in the split mint williams 1 and Lee in the megane of doom!
Weather was excellent, if a little warm, i set a PB, Darren got his first pod experience and Lee pissed...
..........greedy much?! :P
got distracted after fixing blown coolant hose on the turbo,decided to clean my white wheels as hadnt touched them since decemeber (ace cafe meet) and they were a state. came up spot on with min effort, cheers to chris for the G101 and also cheer to poor boys...
worthy lamb to the slaughter i believe
there is nothing left of the sills, and entire under windscreen area is fubar.
williams 3's and N plate valvers = rediculous rot boxes!!!
word to the wary, avoid ;-)
and death of another one ;-)
Bought 0199 back in october i think it was last year, since then its been my daily and hasn't seen a wash in the last 5 months :oops:
So with the cold finally breaking and the rain/snow stopping I decided to get off my arse and actually break out the bucket and sponge :D
As you can see...
blew my gearbox again, so my car didnt pop a time ,but drove Ronee's naples itb'd beastie, clocked a 13.6@105 then took a few snaps to commemorate the moment!lol
went to the RWYB/Saturday night special this weekend just gone
all runs update from the weekends attempts, did 8 in all:
Best was:
12.83@112.9mph
Rest were:
12.88@112.8mph
12.89@113.2mph
12.91@111.8mph
13.05@111.8mph
13.09@112.6mph
13.16@112.8mph (muchos wheel spin)
13.24@109.9mph (missed...
Had a bit of a photoshoot in Sutton-in-Ashfield today...........
:P
some i took at the shoot
and some my mate Barry took
Nice to have the car out and about finally 8)
cheers for looking
Ben
looking for info on:
a. how to wrap a set of 4 15" wheels and tyres for postage
b. best place for courier delivery options
any info/experiences much appreciated
thanks
Ben
....pics of the skin being fitted, only 2 the lads at the bodyshop took as they were, well fitting the skin mainly :lol:
WARNING - scary major clio surgery pics, not for the feint of heart or stomach :P
and a bit of a flock to finish off
should be off down the bodyshop...
14-05-2009 Painted!
popped up to see the car, it had literally just come out the oven and to say i'm happy would be a little bit of an understatement
check out the party piece of the show as well.......no more showers for me in this bad boy now! :P
nice escort aswell at the shop today...
just picked her up, ratty runabout for the win! :unibrow:
patched up the rust tonight, few electrical niggles to sort and i think the head gasket it less than perfect but for a coupla ton can't argue. new suspension, brakes and tyres all round and mot till november, good times!
let me...
09-05-2009 Bodyshop Progress
went down on saturday to strip some more bits and key up the interior ready for paint. all the panels are ready and most of the shell prep is done, just waiting on a part from france and some under chassis welding and its in for the paint back end of this week...
few snaps after another wash and wax courtesy of mr chris of the legend :P
starting to get the hang of the SLR, less rubbish pics and more am pleased with! :wink:
i think i need to get a mechanical fault soon, am beginning to scare myself with all...
First off, a massive thanks to mr chris for putting up with me skippin about like a child all day and generally getting in the way. and also for taking the time to sort the car for me, its sat out the back of mine now in the rain, sheeting and beading like a f**king beauty 8)
right on with...
what do people normally shoot in? picked up an old 350d on loan for a bit but only got small cards for it, 2x 256mb and am not buying more memory as its only a loan and its old format memory, so am i best off still stickin to RAW or just kick the jpegs out at a lower size and have more pics? the...
been a while since i took some pics of the old girl, so whilst waiting in the muscrat manor car park for winston on saturday i took a couple of quick snaps!
Coops