Body parts.....

On Tue, 2 May 2006 22:15:11 +0100, "Diane Brookman"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:36:26 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>>> I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!
><SNIP>
>> Whilst of our 'country adventure' <SNIP> Di mentioned the lack of 'back
>> seat drivers' - which given we literally had a car-full was
>> surprising. We all felt she was driving fine, until then .... <SNIP>
>
>I was actually terrified of taking you lot in the Disco and was suitably
>impressed with your lack of comment on driving - ta muchly Glad you
>forgot that I had to pull out of the parking space before passengers were
>able to get into the vehicle <bg>
>
>
>> IMO, she's actually a very good driver and was evaluating the power to
>> weight ratio in anticipation of towing the caravan to France.
>
>The power to weight ratio was a serious mathematical problem as to how many
>cases of wine are equal to six passengers minus two. Count yourselves lucky
>that I didn't do a weigh in before you all clambered in.

now that would have been interesting for Martyn!!!!!!
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Richard Brookman wrote:

|| No, really. Owing to an unfortunate incident with a ivy-covered
|| tree-stump close to an ivy-covered bank, I am now in need of a front
|| spoiler and foglight for the Td5 Disco. Small crunch, major damage!

OK, update time...

Have been round all the breakers suggested and drawn a blank every time.
Logic, innit - the flimsiest and most vulnerable part of the vehicle is the
least likely to turn up in good condition as a s/h spare.

I've taken the whole bumper assembly off today (yes, it's all-in-one, have
to replace the whole thing even though 90% of it is fine, grrrrrrr). Turns
out both foglight mounts are smashed and the whole thing is held together by
plastic brackets and plastic pins, most of which are u/s or hanging by a
thread. Cracks galore. My original plan was to use a lot of Araldite, bits
of alloy and rivets to brace it all from behind and mount the foglights
securely, but having had a good look today that seems like more of a project
than a quick fix.

Plan B is therefore to source an aftermarket h/d bumper to replace the
original. After an hour on Google, the only one that turns up this side of
the pond is a winch bumper by Bearmach, but no prices on the website.
Famous Four do a OEM assembly in primer, which will come to about 450 notes
after VAT and carriage, so I need to get a price from Bearmach to see how
they compare.

Does anyone know of any other suppliers, or have any better ideas?

Sorry for the long post, feel better now.

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Rich
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Richard Brookman wrote:

|| No, really. Owing to an unfortunate incident with a ivy-covered
|| tree-stump close to an ivy-covered bank, I am now in need of a front
|| spoiler and foglight for the Td5 Disco. Small crunch, major damage!

Bumper off, cracks araldited and reinforced with alloy plates riveted on
behind, plastic fillered, sanded, sprayed, new foglights fitted, and all
back on today. Looks as good as new if you don't look too closely. Cost
about £15 for materials, plus a week's worth of evenings dodging the showers
to try and get a decent finish from the can. Now if only I hadn't reversed
into the trailer hitch while repositioning the Disco, and punched a hole in
one of the bumper light units...

Arse!

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In message <[email protected]>
"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Richard Brookman wrote:
>
> || No, really. Owing to an unfortunate incident with a ivy-covered
> || tree-stump close to an ivy-covered bank, I am now in need of a front
> || spoiler and foglight for the Td5 Disco. Small crunch, major damage!
>
> Bumper off, cracks araldited and reinforced with alloy plates riveted on
> behind, plastic fillered, sanded, sprayed, new foglights fitted, and all
> back on today. Looks as good as new if you don't look too closely. Cost
> about £15 for materials, plus a week's worth of evenings dodging the showers
> to try and get a decent finish from the can. Now if only I hadn't reversed
> into the trailer hitch while repositioning the Disco, and punched a hole in
> one of the bumper light units...
>
> Arse!
>

Hi Richard,
which side was it?

Cheers
Richard
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beamendsltd wrote:

|| Now if only I hadn't reversed into the
||| trailer hitch while repositioning the Disco, and punched a hole in
||| one of the bumper light units...
||
|| Hi Richard,
|| which side was it?

Left. Needed by Friday at the latest, Richard, if you can. Leaving on
holiday Saturday early.

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In message <[email protected]>
"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote:

> beamendsltd wrote:
>
> || Now if only I hadn't reversed into the
> ||| trailer hitch while repositioning the Disco, and punched a hole in
> ||| one of the bumper light units...
> ||
> || Hi Richard,
> || which side was it?
>
> Left. Needed by Friday at the latest, Richard, if you can. Leaving on
> holiday Saturday early.
>

In the post today - 1st Class. So you probably get it a week next
Tuesday..... ;-)

Richard

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beamendsltd wrote:

||||| Hi Richard,
||||| which side was it?
|||
||| Left. Needed by Friday at the latest, Richard, if you can.
||| Leaving on holiday Saturday early.
|||
||
|| In the post today - 1st Class. So you probably get it a week next
|| Tuesday..... ;-)

Cheers Richard.

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beamendsltd wrote:

|| In message <[email protected]>
|| "Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote:
||
||| beamendsltd wrote:
|||
||||| Now if only I hadn't reversed into the
|||||| trailer hitch while repositioning the Disco, and punched a hole
|||||| in one of the bumper light units...
|||||
||||| Hi Richard,
||||| which side was it?
|||
||| Left. Needed by Friday at the latest, Richard, if you can.
||| Leaving on holiday Saturday early.
|||
||
|| In the post today - 1st Class. So you probably get it a week next
|| Tuesday..... ;-)

Received today, many thanks. That's first class, as in next day delivery.
Summat's gone right for sure.

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Rich
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