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  • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

    Looking great - enjoy the tub

    Rgds DC

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    • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

      Looking good.

      Keep up the good work.

      Adrian

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      • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

        Thanks guys, may run out of nice weather for any more spraying but you never know so may as well get the da on the tub.
        I don’t want to secure the panels yet as I still have brake pipes, fuel and cooling to fit.

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        • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

          Nice job Martin. Like that colour.

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          • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

            Originally posted by h_m_cumming View Post
            Nice job Martin. Like that colour.
            Thanks Hugh

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            • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

              DC, I now know what you meant by ‘enjoy the tub’ :-)
              I think the bonnet was easier.
              I thought that the fuel filler was too low so glassed and filled it in, I will fit it a bit higher up when I finish removing all the old paint.

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              • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                Indeed, it's bigger than you think when you first start on it...I needed several recharges for my elbow grease when doing Q67
                Keep going, you'll beat it, and I think it's a good idea to lift the fuel filler position up. Rgds DC
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                • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                  You had a different spare wheel mount than me. I have a fibre glass bowl that bolts down which I think is a water trap so want to look at alternatives.

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                  • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                    I too had the same problem and I had one made up by a member on this site.

                    He regularly reads this forum but I wouldn't like to offer his services without his say so.

                    Adrian


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                    Originally posted by meverett View Post
                    You had a different spare wheel mount than me. I have a fibre glass bowl that bolts down which I think is a water trap so want to look at alternatives.

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                    • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                      Hi Adrian, don’t suppose you have a photo do you.
                      There was a metal one on eBay a while back but I missed the end of the auction, same guy that was selling the other body panels.
                      May make one myself just need to source some steel, better look in the skip at work again.

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                      • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                        I will take the spare off tomorrow and take some photos.

                        Regards

                        Adrian


                        Originally posted by meverett View Post
                        Hi Adrian, don’t suppose you have a photo do you.
                        There was a metal one on eBay a while back but I missed the end of the auction, same guy that was selling the other body panels.
                        May make one myself just need to source some steel, better look in the skip at work again.

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                        • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                          Great thanks,

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                          • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                            Don't know whose pics these are, hope they help
                            I seem to remember a thread on here about this wheel carrier and I think it had some dimensions - worth a few minutes to look for it !
                            Or you could make educated guesses from these pics and my tub pic above
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                            Last edited by dcunn; 15-09-18, 11:03 PM.

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                            • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                              That looks similar to the mount on my berly, if I get time today i'll take the spare off , measure it and take a pic! - it may be later in the week though, a hectic period on other fronts dawns!

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                              • Re: Roadster Rebuild Diary from Cornwall

                                Thanks for the pics. That looks the same as one that sold on eBay a couple of month ago.
                                I guess the dimensions will depend on the width of tyre. Matching up the studs will be a problems but they don’t have to be Marina, I replaced the rear hub on my daughters Kia last month and knocked the studs out to keep, the good old theory of ‘they may be handy one day’ may have paid off for a change.

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