I would just like to say

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Stanleysteamer said:
When doing the truing, do you ping each spoke until it makes exactly the same noise? I do this with the wire wheels on my kit car.
This may not be the final solution but I find it gives you a good starting point. Maybe if you have perfect pitch it helps!! Dunno!;);););)
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I once knew a man Eric Booth from Coventry who was one of the last true wheel spokes.
A true gent and stand up man. Went to his funeral and the car museums and even Stirling Moss sent him a wreath.
Stirling's Wreath was done as a spoked wheel which I thought was a lovely fitting tribute to such a true guy and a dying breed of skilled men.
 
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kurtjohnson10 said:
I am seriously thinking about buying an old Ford Capri to restore.
I have done a couple years ago and they are easy to do.
Any ideas how i can get my wife to agree to another car on the drive?
And a rusted heap of a car at that :eek:, no not my P38s the Capri :D
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Start looking at them ont web and mention to her how cheap they are, compared to ones done up, and how little it would cost.
 
Hippo said:
Start looking at them ont web and mention to her how cheap they are, compared to ones done up, and how little it would cost.
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I have started already mate :D:D

I reminded her what paid for our holiday to Vegas , i bought a 2.0s for just under £2000, it looked a mess . My brother and I spent 5 months on it cleaning all the interior , servicing the running engine., Replaced one wing and two sills and respray, cost about £600 in parts and just a few days a week labour for two of us.
We sold it for just under £9000
Good clear profit , though now they want serious money for a rusty shell of the said vehicle, though you can get a bargain if you haggle and catch the buyer who needs to sell desperately. I will see if my brother still has the pics and upload them .
Its a waiting game and keeping a level head when buying a car to restore, do not bite off more than you can chew lol.;)
 
kurtjohnson10 said:
I once knew a man Eric Booth from Coventry who was one of the last true wheel spokes.
A true gent and stand up man. Went to his funeral and the car museums and even Stirling Moss sent him a wreath.
Stirling's Wreath was done as a spoked wheel which I thought was a lovely fitting tribute to such a true guy and a dying breed of skilled men.
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The logo for my kit car club was a spoked wheel with the name of the club in white lettering on the black of the tyre. although we usually had about 50 members, we only got them made into badges once, and the bloke did a top job.
Apparently, cos there are only 20 in the world, that makes them valuable.:rolleyes:
We has plasticky ones made after that and they were nothing to compare. The first were nickel on brass with enamel. Look brill!
I'd put a pic up if I could find one.
Maybe later.
But it does seem to be a dying art. There used to be a company down near us that did them but i think they are gone now. Jeez are they pricey brand new!:(:(:(
 
kurtjohnson10 said:
I have started already mate :D:D

I reminded her what paid for our holiday to Vegas , i bought a 2.0s for just under £2000, it looked a mess . My brother and I spent 5 months on it cleaning all the interior , servicing the running engine., Replaced one wing and two sills and respray, cost about £600 in parts and just a few days a week labour for two of us.
We sold it for just under £9000
Good clear profit , though now they want serious money for a rusty shell of the said vehicle, though you can get a bargain if you haggle and catch the buyer who needs to sell desperately. I will see if my brother still has the pics and upload them .
Its a waiting game and keeping a level head when buying a car to restore, do not bite off more than you can chew lol.;)
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You did well. Not easy to make a profit in that game.;)
 
Stanleysteamer said:
You did well. Not easy to make a profit in that game.;)
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It was just good timing really we were very lucky. :):)
We got the car cheap as the bloke who bought it had to get someone else to do the work that needed doing. He had not got enough ready cash so panicked and sold it to get his money back.
We did the work between us and to be honest there was not a major thing wrong with the car. The 2 rotten sills and filthy interior made it look worse than what is was.
We put it up on a Capri enthusiast forum and sold it within a week. They guy came from London to buy it, win /win :):)
 
kurtjohnson10 said:
It was just good timing really we were very lucky. :):)
We got the car cheap as the bloke who bought it had to get someone else to do the work that needed doing. He had not got enough ready cash so panicked and sold it to get his money back.
We did the work between us and to be honest there was not a major thing wrong with the car. The 2 rotten sills and filthy interior made it look worse than what is was.
We put it up on a Capri enthusiast forum and sold it within a week. They guy came from London to buy it, win /win :):)
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Giving a car an FFing good clean before sale makes all the difference. :):):)
 
kurtjohnson10 said:
Thing is that is so true.
I am a bit weird as once i get started cleaning a dirty interior on a vehicle i end up going ocd on it and want it looking like new again :D
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and that is my problem too. I posted only a few days ago that if I clean a car at all i end up spending 3 days on it and using a toothbrush in small circles, which is why i hardly ever clean a car.
Did it once to a Citroen BX of Wifey's and sold it just like that, the blokes remark? "This is about the 6th one we've seen and it is by far the "cleanest"". :):):)
If you are short of time the thing to do is wash it, clean all the glass, hoover it out properly and clean the wheels. Under the bonnet clean all the pipes etc and other plastic/rubber bits. In the old days of metal rad caps, a new one makes a bit of difference as does a rattle can of black paint, here and there. Like on top of the rad.
But now it's all plastic cr@p. :( Still, that is what baby oil is for.;)
 
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