i found dollyboys diary....

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1300dolly
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i found dollyboys diary....

#1 Post by 1300dolly » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:45 pm

saturday 3 march 1997...<br>
The glovebox light is out, I'll just replace the bulb, but look, the contacts are a bit corroded, so I better put in a new socket. To do that I have to pull out the glovebox itself, and look here! The heater is leaking. I'll just pull off the leaking hose and whoops! The core is rusted. Off with the dashboard, out with the heater core, and oh my, there's rot in the firewall. IN the engine compartment, I take out the heater motor to see the rot, and I can't weld the patch on it without taking out the engine, so out with the hoist. While the engine's out I might as well rebuild it, and the transmission and clutch. And I noticed that the shocks are shot, so off with them, and the suspension bushings have seen better days, but look! The spring tower's cracked, so I have to weld it, but I can't get at it without removing the body, so.... <br>
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Justyn<br>
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Re: i found dollyboys diary....

#2 Post by 2F45T4U » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:52 pm

Dave P was telling me the other day that his car failed the MOT on head light aim, so of course a bare metal resto was in order <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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Re: i found dollyboys diary....

#3 Post by dollyboy » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:21 pm

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very funny. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> nice to see you're still keeping sharp! have you been on a comedy course? <br>
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actually, the dash and glovebox are still in orange, they're about the only things that are!<br>
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project white - on hold<br>
project black - probably turn out to be joe black!</p><i></i>

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Re: i found dollyboys diary....

#4 Post by dollyboy » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:23 pm

well, i say dash, but the instrument panel is out...<br>
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<p>project jonny - causing me pain, physical, mental, financial... DOH<br>
project white - on hold<br>
project black - probably turn out to be joe black!</p><i></i>

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Re: i found dollyboys diary....

#5 Post by tinweevil » Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:43 am

Hope it's coming out for the respray, overspray and masking marks / edges are my pet hates. <br>
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A mates brother popped his early Toyota Supra in the garage to sort out a small hole in the cill one day. 4 years and 50+ patches later he'd worked his way gradually all the way round and it finally emerged. That may sound like an awful lot of buggering about but panel availability for those is zero.<br>
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I got my spitfire with the intention of doing a quick bodyswap and getting it on the road asap. 5 or more years later it's totally kit form and the bodyshell I bought hasn't been touched.<br>
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Julian

<p>1978 <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.triumphowners.com/704">Dolomite Sprint</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> Blue, a bit tetley.<br>
1972 <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.triumphowners.com/754">Spitfire IV</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> No name, in bits.<br>
1968 <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.triumphowners.com/705">GT6 II</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> Little blue, nice!<br>
1973 <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.triumphowners.com/755">Dolomite Sprint</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> VA41, seriously tetley.<br>
1980 <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.triumphowners.com/864">Dolomite 1500HL</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> Orange, current daily drive.</p><i></i>

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Re: i found dollyboys diary....

#6 Post by dollyboy » Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:35 pm

dont worry... its coming out...<br>
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<p>project jonny - causing me pain, physical, mental, financial... DOH<br>
project white - on hold<br>
project black - probably turn out to be joe black!</p><i></i>

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Re: i found dollyboys diary....

#7 Post by davepoth » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:58 pm

Re: Adam, <br>
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In fairness the headlamp was a <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>long</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> way out of alignment...<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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Re: i found dollyboys diary....

#8 Post by dollyboy » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:51 pm

RE... Adam<br>
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<p>project jonny - causing me pain, physical, mental, financial... DOH<br>
project white - on hold<br>
project black - probably turn out to be joe black!</p><i></i>

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