Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

How have we got from dealerships to vacuum cleaners? Very Happy

I've got a blasting cabinet and used kiln dried sand and found that my blasted parts rusted very quickly

The moisture in the sand gets into the work piece

I've found garnet is good for heavily r ...

I've had to do quite a bit of welding on an 02 xk8,where the rear chassis rails are double skinned they aren't seam sealed so water gets in and blows the seams out, also driver and passenger floor pan ...

Forgive me for asking but are you chaps trained to look out for cracks in Austin Seven steering arms, for example? .

There isn't much training,its 95% theory

Fortunately I'm the oddity in that ...

I've always said I was going to still mot my car and haven't.

The bit about the mot only being a bit of paper and not valid is also true

I'm an mot tester, I've mot'd cars and then reversed out ...

The mot certificate will show the mileage at the 3 previous MOTs though

http://anh-europe.org/news/challenging-the-thinking-behind-the-ice-bucket-challenge

These guys know everything http://www.powertrackbrakes.co.uk/

http://www.fwthornton.co.uk/14.html

Or Ebay 350553607605 from the U.S.

What's the story with the car shampoo?

Odd size/shape packaging

I've had a few secondhand ramps, new cables are £130-£175 so even budgeting with new cables they are still cheap, I had one for £500 and one for £350

Could be for a generator,I've seen ford 204e/211e engines used for generator plants

I've read the restoration of this vehicle on this link

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?429-WW1-Dennis-truck-find

Read it when you've a few hours spare

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Transit VANADIUM

Fiat ZINCquecento

Ford MERCURY

The problem with how many left is the figures are only of the vin, not what the vin belongs to

There could be x amount of what shows as range rover lse's but they could be tray back/bobtail etc

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