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In other news.....

Remember last years USA Road trip included Andy in Oklahoma where we cast aluminium and Alu-Bronze.

He has been going on a bit more after I made a comment.

Posted this pic yesterday 

Next up will be casting a gas pedal.

Certainly will be a Marmite thing, to love or hate.




Later.

[Grizz]

Sorry, Bit back to front.

https://youtu.be/ti_Y_xfEjBA

After casting the mould.

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In other news, Andy sent another teaser photo 

His furnace getting a next melt ready. 



Looking forward to the 2019 USA Road Trip now.

[Grizz]

And in other news.


Yup, it may be news for some of you.

@CraigRK and I are off on the 2019 USA ??Road Trip.

THREAD HERE:  http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/2106...s-reloaded


Will update as we go along as usual.

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Out for a nice long drive and then home via Morrissons for gas and some food. 

It’s really  a pleasure now, only filling up gas and checking vitals, driving the rest of the time. 

Every time I park it in a regular carpark I realise its large. 





And home via a spot above Rochester and the Medway river. 



The last part of the drive is dual carriageway and it keeps surprising me in how easily it approaches license threatening non-Warp speed. 

Makes me smile. 

Then of course reverse down the side of the house. 

Done in one action. 

Andy cast another gas pedal as he was not happy with the previous one. 

Looks just fine to me. 

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For those interested in Mate Dirks Thames Trader cab he found. 

Collection on Saturday morning at sparrows fart and then homeward 







Unloading made easy if your friend says just put in some Diesel. 












Dirk had hardly unloaded and the boys were straight in. 

Even if nothing gets done, its a place to expand the imagination 



And maybe less rust but certainly a Love it or Hate it car at a dealers. 

[Grizz]

Right.........


Associated Charity time. 


On our 2019 Road Trip Dennis, Craig and I will be visiting  Clem and Kim Johnson in Fayetteville Arkansas again this year. 

Trip reporting thread will be here: 

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/2106...s-reloaded

Unfortunately we are traveling too early by a month this year. 

I have mode two of these amazing charity events in the past. 


HOWEVER.....


I would still like to appeal to anyone who has the financial ability or inclination, to support Clem’s attempt to support for the Toys for Tots campaign in Fayetteville where he has yearly shindig with food, trucks and music at the Tuba Trucks workshop http://www.tubatrucks.com 
Clem arranges and Sponsors a large part of it himself. 

Toy Drive is described by Wikipedia as: 

Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major Bill Hendricks.

More info here. 

https://www.toysfortots.org/

So if you feel compelled to contribute a toy or support to the drive please contact Clem via Tuba Trucks website and email or call to establish how you can help. 

Poster lifted from FB. 




I do hope that those who can attend and bring a toy in October will do so and get to meet some amazing people in the deal.

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On my drive tonight.



Under the bonnet/hood.

Check out the paint.



Garage find after 12 years locked away. 



Far from perfect, but certainly responded to all the attention it gets.




Looking for a very good tailgate, and an original, working Radio if anyone has a lead please.

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No.....
No.....

Time to come clean 

I have had a new lodger for 5 weeks. First one since September last year.

He to.d me he had a slightly tatty GTI in storage and would show me it some time.

He came back from holiday in Wales on Sunday and asked if it would be OK to bring it here and park it while he cleaned it and did a few small jobs.

I said no problem.

This car showed up last night.
Time to come clean 

I have had a new lodger for 5 weeks. First one since September last year.

He to.d me he had a slightly tatty GTI in storage and would show me it some time.

He came back from holiday in Wales on Sunday and asked if it would be OK to bring it here and park it while he cleaned it and did a few small jobs.

I said no problem.

This car showed up last night.

[Grizz]

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FFS !!!


I am getting old.

Had to use my Poundland reading glasses yesterday on the Blazer as I found it all a bit blurry.





The radio in the Blazer has been non functioning for some time, since it stopped working, and then when I investigated it, it became apparent that there was a mass of spaghetti behind and under the dash.

Included were household box junctions, crimped junctions, ducktape, twisted connections and to rop it all off.........

Yup, even some twin core flex, one assumes from a long discarded IKEA bedside lamp.

So yesterday afternoon after work, I decided to see if I could get me David Allen Coe ( Too rude to post on a family forum, but all over YouTube) CD out the machine and get it working.

Fixed the hooter button too, which for some reason had stopped working since last weekend when I used it on Sally.

Anyway, found a place for all the loose wires, reconnected them and the rest a bit more securely, and recovered my CD.

Now we can have music when not listening to the V8 burbling away.





Bank Holiday weekend and it certainly will be picking up more miles.


One more day to go work next week, then break and off to the USA