Greg

On 06/08/2018 at 12:28, Paul said:

the one with all the wooden trim inside Greg?

Maybe.....was a while ago, it was red with a full kit on it.  Maybe it had more kit than this one.

Nice......I am a massive LX fan....if you hadn't guessed already

Kelvin, have a look at my Gregs LX back story......its not over till its over......well till its not ;¬)

Fingers crossed its not too bad

I see, not the one I have seen then.  You have one of the rarest models (LX / LXi) and the best ;¬)

O yes mate, class.  We have not met as I cannot stand facebook so don't have an account.  Love the cavs.  I have missed the last 2 VBOAs as its landed on my holidays (poor planning, well its cheaper to go away when the kids break up).  Hopefully see these in the flesh at some point.

Hello Rob, welcome to the site.  Is it a 1.3?  I only ask as I remember seeing a red one fully kitted up on ebay over the years.

Love this, and best colour, nice one

Back from my hols......currently trapped a nerve in my neck so that has meant the same progress to my projects as before....nadder

Kelvin, as Andy says anything is savable, its whether its for economic or emotional reasons.  Mk2s have historically only be restored / saved for emotional reasons, but the tide is turning a little.

On ‎10‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 13:31, Kelvin berry said:

Not givingup no way,  yeah paid membership up about 2 month back so hope to see some faces to put to names on Saturday. 

Nice job.  I cannot make it as I am on holiday.

Can someone in admin move this thread to the members projects area please?

Good to see you haven't given up yet Kelvin, keep at it.  Are you a fully paid up member yet?

Gutted to be missing this.........enjoy people.

17 hours ago, Dean Gamble said:

New here but on the Facebook group so most will know the car just wondering if there's any spaces left for a mk2 cav Sri c20let and a mk3 cav turbo ex police 

I don't do Facebook, so have not seen this........more pictures please

16 hours ago, otipoiss said:

My idea is to apply all necessary coatings to the underside while the car is still on the rotisserie. Plus maybe to do the brake and fuel lines. 

I did this, except the fuel and brake lines (which is a job I haven't sorted yet).

I love your rotisserie setup....

On ‎03‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 08:46, otipoiss said:

I have indeed. The doors were in when i marked sideskirt holes on the sills. 

Good work then, watching the progress on this takes me back to working on mine.

17 hours ago, otipoiss said:

Final adjustment to rear axle will most likely require large hammers and violence. 

Lol.

The only worry is squareness to the road surface.  As you say fingers crossed its ok.

Have you tried your doors back in yet?  I left mine in to assist with rigidity and keep shape when putting in the new 1/4s, chassis legs and sills etc.

Nice welding job, how did you get the right height for the axle pivots (I see a spacer, but did you just measure the distance to the floor to make sure its level?)

I only ask, as time goes buy and the chassis legs disappear from existence, this will become the new norm.

23 hours ago, HiluxV8 said:

Paid up membership, and paid for my 2 nights camping so, unless the car blows up, I'll be there.

Good job Ian.  Didn't sell it I see, common sense prevailed

I've not managed to free up time for a local meet.  Now the daily is back with another engine hopefully I can.

Awesome.  Welcome.  Get some pictures up and the positive advice will flow.

1 hour ago, Kelvin berry said:

I've got a week off work soon and I'm gonna be spending the time on my car getting some jobs done at last..

Perfect.....get the pics up and we will try to assist where needed.

22 hours ago, GreyDJ2 said:

Had a VBOA meeting today. Below is the revised layout for this year's show. As you can see we are up near the entrance. The stand is 50 metre square, so bigger than Billing!

Running around the site is a two lane, one way track going clockwise so although we are by the entry we will have to drive all the way round to get to us.

This is how it is today, there may be changes but not for us.

The auto jumble and entertainment area is in the large black area bottom right. Toilets will be scattered around the site and we are close to the shower block!

The site is proving to be very resilient in wet weather. They have just taken two big shows from other show grounds (next week its 300+ horses and their transports) from other show grounds, including Peterborough, that are currently waterlogged. So if does rain we will not see another Billing washout.

Don't forget that you will have to be a paid up Club member to put your car on our stand. We need that £15 to pay for insurance and the other admin costs of the Club including this website and our VBOA related activities.

Looks good.  I think the membership is now £15/yr as it just left my paypal account last week.  Worth every penny, if not for the banter on here alone

15 hours ago, otipoiss said:

That is special......excellent.....I guess you have left off the axle pivot to align that with another piece of fabrication work onto this?  Do you have the other side to line it up with?  We did these one at a time on my LX to keep the axle as straight as possible (by keeping 1 reference point on the car).  Also my dad made a spacer for it to allow fitment without using a heavy axle to check.

Ironically Kelvin, the rust holes in the footwells let this water out, so welding them up shows the issue.

14 hours ago, GreyDJ2 said:

Sprinkle some talc around so you can see from the water trail across it the direction of flow.

Great idea John W

Nice project, the more pictures the better

Some good the pair of you