don't know how you did the seat fixing holes in the carpet, but a soldering iron from below works great. no frayed carpet wound round a drill bit and the hole is sealed (melted together) as you go.
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- Mon Jun 05, 23 11:06 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Lots of Love Needed (A Tall Order)
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- Sun Jun 04, 23 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
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Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
my dad used to say '' fock it it's not a rolls royce' a roller was obviously what he thought of as 'the best'.
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- Sat Jun 03, 23 10:46 pm
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- Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
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Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
No idea to be honest, Blue, but it was covered in crap, so just got as much of it off as I could and dropped it on there for now. Was going to get some flexi-plastic type paint and try that. Let’s face it, the black ‘ain’t right either, but it’s never going to be a river counter car and looks bette...
- Fri Jun 02, 23 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
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Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
you forgot to paint the bonnet catch spring
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- Thu Jun 01, 23 10:00 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Blue's Barracuda
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Re: Blue's Barracuda
i had to grind out those upper plenum 'corners' on the old edelbrock streetmaster i fitted to the 390 fe i put in my anglia estate. ford fe guru barry rabotnik reckoned it would be worth 50hp.
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- Sat May 27, 23 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Blue's Barracuda
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- Fri May 26, 23 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Blue's Barracuda
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Re: Blue's Barracuda
i remember them, only needs a couple of turn downs on the ends and it'll be quieter still in the car.
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- Wed May 17, 23 9:44 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
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Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
i've polished various metals and painted them with 2k clear lacquer. then just treat them as a painted part and polish them
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- Wed May 17, 23 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Cortina MK3 with V8 Dodge 318
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Re: Cortina MK3 with V8 Dodge 318
cool colour. in the first and close pics up it looks almost an orangey rootbeer colour
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- Mon May 15, 23 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
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Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
should be ok for sheet metal work, probably not enough penetration for thicker steel though. as you say mig is easy, remember to weld away from the torch (forwards), not back on itself like a stick welder. it's like a hot glue gun for metal
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- Sun May 14, 23 10:31 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
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Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
as my grandad used to say ''a blind man would like to see it''. not very 'pc' these days but true all the same
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- Mon May 08, 23 10:12 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: My 73 Barracuda build
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Re: My 73 Barracuda build
if the contact is 'only just' you could drill the new front spring hangers further forward, drill the axle mounts spring locator holes forward and either try the shackle mount as is or again move the rear spring/chassis mount forward. basically you'd move the leaf springs/shackles forward in the car...
- Fri Apr 28, 23 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
you may get that thick primer on smoother with a small radiator roller.
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- Wed Apr 19, 23 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
bugger the weight, that looks the nuts
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- Sun Apr 16, 23 9:38 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
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Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
you may already know this but a tip for painting engine bays that aren't completely stripped is to cover wires, cables etc with baco foil not tape. easy to apply and scrunch tight to whatever and more importantly it comes off just as easy. anyone who's had to unmask the above parts that are wrapped ...