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Now that does look nice ,
I would love you to do one of my restorations Nigel
Great job

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’57 variations’ very good John, the tin patched the sides but the bottom had blown out. The new muffler as they call it over their was only £22. 26 the rest was carriage and import duty. It’s just under 3 kilos so reasonable quality. They do a global service on that site, so you pay any duty at the time of purchase. The main advantage with this exhaust being less diameter it will only need a standard Heinz soup can to repair it.

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TOP BANANA!!!!

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your getting on better than I thought. the replacement from the states was a steal,you would nearly have to pay twice that here. just noticed on the photo of the old exhaust, that stacked on top of each other there is two catering sized cans as a repair. possibly Heinz ? one of there 57 variations

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Have got back the spacer which is going inside the uprated flat pulley so we can reduce the crusher to a slower speed. sounds high tech but I would not be happy if with to much speed it flew apart at a demonstration at a show. some new photos of whats happened. also the old flat pulley has be put on the other end of drive to give me a external point to drive something else if needed.

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well after alot of flatting i repainted the bits and started to fit them.

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Have been making good progress with welding up the rear end. I won’t post any pictures of the covers until I’ve finished them as I’m sure I’m not doing it the professional way, but seems to be strong. After I’ve finished his howard I won’t be taking on any more Howard’s for the foreseeable future as I’ve got to weld up my other passion which is my subaru,the second shot shows the worst bit which is the sill now its been blasted.

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went to borrow a valve seat grinder and when I got it home it was to large. drat !!!!! so out with the lapping stick and paste. nice new recut seats etc. the bore was given a small deglaze as it was not as bad as I have seen but while the head was off I gave it a do. Also have ordered some carb repair bits from George at V Parts so we should very soon have this little engine ship shape and Villiers fashion

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Try http://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk quite cheap but don’t allways get it right,

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Somoebody did well with that lot, as you say Steve it would make a very nice display

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A little question about the last issue of the Magazine: page 12 there is the photo of a Lancaster 34. What tool is on: a reel mower or a tiller?
Thank you for answering

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If Charlie lived where I do he wouldn’t be saying snow is good, lots of very steep hills coupled with roads that don’t see a gritter more than once a week! That’s the main reason I’ve kept my old subaru so long,but what started as a couple of patches for the mot has turned into a full restoration.
A white christmas though would be nice as can happily stay in the house for a few days.

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I received the new exhaust 13 days form USA.Then another 13 days to fit it, only joking it wasn’t that bad I had to cut a piece of pipe off the old exhaust to make it fit also the bottom fixing bracket was off angel and needed a extra strip of metal made up to secure it. So needed a bit of playing around with but now it’s tempery in place looks OK. Short piece of flexi pipe would have made fitting quicker and I recon it could be fitted along the side. Cost including carriage and import duty was £42.03. Frankie’s beginning to look a bit smarter.

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Where I live, snow sometimes comes in 24″ fall, and we get 8-10 drifts. We keep the garden tractors in the shed, and break out the big 200hp ones and blower units. I don’t mind little 8″ snows with the Gt, but im getting to old to play in the snow, all day for the big ones.

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Hey lads , I am currently looking for 124 UNF 7/16 x 3 inch bolts with lock nuts and 94 BSW 5/16 x 1 3/4 plough bolts with lock nuts. Been quoted some crazy prices for them. Anyone any ideas on the best place to try for sensible prices?

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