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Mark B
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by Mark B Fri Sep 28, 18 8:21 pm
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by Mark B Tue Oct 02, 18 9:14 pm
So not looking so bad, the car's had an engine rebuild in the last year or so and the valves and guides are new. The guy that rebuilt the engine forgot to put the valve stem seals on. So it was blowing blue smoke.
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by SJH Wed Oct 03, 18 8:30 am
The blue smoke should be an easy fix then and the other jobs are just normal old car problems. If the bodywork is also good then you have done well.
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by Mark B Thu Oct 11, 18 3:20 pm
Engine's back together.
Having problems find the right handbrake cable, the standard Challenger one doesn't fit for some reason.
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Blue
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by Blue Thu Oct 11, 18 5:23 pm
Whats up with your handbrake cable?
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by Mark B Thu Oct 11, 18 6:06 pm
The old one was knackered. The standard one is too long.
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by Blue Thu Oct 11, 18 6:49 pm
If you still have to old cable you can send it to speedy cables and they'll make you a new one.
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Mark B
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by Mark B Thu Oct 11, 18 7:29 pm
Good to know, thanks for the info
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by Mark B Wed Oct 17, 18 6:52 pm
The stripe's on.
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by Slowhand Wed Oct 17, 18 7:41 pm
Beautiful car Mark - Gotta love an e Body. Glad it turned out to be not too serious in the end.
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by RobTwin Thu Oct 18, 18 12:03 am
Mark B wrote: Wed Oct 17, 18 6:52 pm
The stripe's on:
The stripe finishes it off nicely
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by Mark B Thu Oct 18, 18 7:38 am
Cheers Chaps
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by Mark B Mon Oct 29, 18 5:26 pm
Wasn’t sure if the engine was original on this car so I checked the engine number on the block and it matches the vin stamp near the cowl and vin tag on the dash. So matching numbers car
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by Blue Tue Oct 30, 18 11:09 am
looks so much better, I really wasn't keen on those window boxes at all...
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by Mark B Tue Oct 30, 18 11:32 am
Yea, they looked $hit. This is where it spends most of its time.
A mate of mine asked if it was Starsky and Hutch’s car yesterday.
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