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Kind of sad that all the skills that built this country are now being lost, outsourced or replaced with massive multi-million pound automated lines controlled with computers. Been thinking of putting together a gas forge actually - plan was to use it to hammer out blades. I've always had a...

My old man drove 109 out to India in the 60's. He cracked a brake drum in the arse end of no where. Found a forge. Guy took the old part and made a casting in the sand on the floor of his workshop. Took him a couple of tries, but got it in the end. Cost pennies and was still on the landie when...

£160 for 19 days cover is ****ing outrageous, whatever way you cut it.

Delete everything not absolutely necessary. Over engineer. Make it so the entire thing comes apart with basic tools. Stick your tft screens up your arse :D

This suggests to me that it's been off the road since 1978! Last date of liability, is when it was last liable for road tax, and does not indicate when it was first registered or built.

We had a 109 hardtop 6 when I was a kid, learned to drive in it. Did 60mph easily without O/D. At 70 the doors flapped around a lot :D Can't remember mpg as I wasn't paying.

You'd have to shoot me first - this baby is mine! I've always wanted to take a car completely apart and put it back together again. Just hope I can remember where all the bits go.

I like your clear lenses - are they LED's in there?

I've really not been able to dedicate as much time as I'd like to this project. Still - I'm pretty pleased with how little corrosion there is under there so far:

Looking great there Johnny - wish I could dedicate the same amount of time and skill to my project. Agree on the suggestions to go back to the paint folks and have a friendly word though!

I like it - look smart on a green fender

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That's a cracker. Lovely job you've done. Not tempted to stick a rollbar on it and leave her like that for the summer?

Cheers for the tip :tea:

Cheers James - got some of them already :D

An afternoon? :eek: You must be some kind of machine. It's hard work getting on the nut and the bolt at the same time. Great when they snap. I'm grinding off half of them and still have a long way to go. Thinking of investing in air tools. I think an impact wrench might shear the bolts nice...

My beastie wont be ready by then, but have fun and I'll catch you on a later one.

I prefer silicone, but any grease will do the job

What's the silver insulation stuff called?

I put grease on electrical contacts routinely. Grease keeps water out and stops corrosion, and there is always enough metal on metal contact to keep the circuit open.