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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Told ya...anyway, now you can start a Dead Spider collection (including the big one you already had!)

    See you at yer Garage Day!

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Well progress so far...
    Engine rebuild going on well up at Guy Croft Race Engineering
    Fiat 131 Gearbox purchased
    Hardtop collected from Dublin
    Dropped the axle off today
    Collected a load of parts from Middle Barton Garage today

    it seems that it has had new discs and calipers fairly recently !
    When I got the car home it wasn't sitting right at the back.... Now found that there were two different tyre aspect ratios!!...good job the tyres are scrap.

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Uncovered the inner chassis sills this weekend..... They are like new !...... The more I uncover the more I'm impressed with the car....so solid....... Apart from all the rubber bits.
    Recently It also appears to have had new discs all round and new rear calipers.
    The axle is aback together with new brake pipes etc.

    unfortunately have been distracted by Nellie running HOT..... So she is also in bits at the mo !

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Quote Originally Posted by ProtoTipo View Post
    That's where mine came from Chris

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Quote Originally Posted by Bernard View Post
    That's where mine came from Chris
    Ahh?
    It's nice when you start looking closely at a car you've just bought and it gets better, rather than the other way round?
    I had an Opel GT from Arizona. You take the 'fried trim' on the chin, when there's no rot?

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Quote Originally Posted by ProtoTipo View Post
    Ahh?
    It's nice when you start looking closely at a car you've just bought and it gets better, rather than the other way round?
    I had an Opel GT from Arizona. You take the 'fried trim' on the chin, when there's no rot?
    Exactly.... even the nuts and bolts, once cracked you can take them off with your fingers !

    For me no welding is the target !... nuts and bolts I can handle !......... would certainly consider this sort of project again

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Well the Fiat project is still limping along....my last find within the car inside the rear valance was these chaps...Click image for larger version. 

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    after investigation it turns out they are Brown Widow nests!!...... Fortunately mother was dry and crispy !!....which is lucky as I hate spiders....... So I have spiders in my Spider....

    axle has has been reconditioned, rear bumper shock absorbers are out.....should be able to get back on it once Nellie is back on the road.

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Well that's your rebuild brought to a screeching halt then - once the environmentalists, wildlife lovers and tree-huggers find out your car's a home for exotic species there'll be some sort of preservation order slapped on it and you'll have to keep it exactly as it was found. You'll be lucky if they even let you fire it up and run it up and down the drive...see, shoulda bought that Beta Couple from Richard

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    Re: Yet another non Stratos related project !!

    Are you sure it was the mother spider who was brown and crispy ? It could have been Father spider killed by the "widow" after the rumpy pumpy.

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