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by Adam43
Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:10 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My first car was.....
Replies: 49
Views: 8503

Re: My first car was.....

An Austin Maestro 1.6 Automatic. Silver. Great car. Wouldn't start for a bit after a run, eventually wasn't economically viable to repair. I had to hold back the tears when it went! :(
by Adam43
Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Goodwood Festival of Speed
Replies: 12
Views: 2329

Re: Goodwood Festival of Speed

Mrotwoman wrote:You take a superb photograph Seth :)

That E type sculpture looks astounding.
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by Adam43
Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New Top Gear Tonight (now)
Replies: 49
Views: 7885

Re: New Top Gear Tonight (now)

Stupid wheels. IMHO.
by Adam43
Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Goodwood Festival of Speed
Replies: 12
Views: 2329

Re: Goodwood Festival of Speed

It was on Sky Sports. It may be repeated? Or available on Sky Player?
There may also be a highlights programme on another channel?
by Adam43
Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:22 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: 1988 Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign 3.6 light resto
Replies: 27
Views: 8088

Re: 1988 Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign 3.6 light resto

It is coming along nicely...
by Adam43
Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New Top Gear Tonight (now)
Replies: 49
Views: 7885

Re: New Top Gear Tonight (now)

To be fair the BBC don't sort the tickets, that's down to the Applause Store which you have to go through to get tickets. http://www.applausestore.com/applausestore-reserve-form.php?id=835&bid=5 It would appear that they do send out too many tickets to cover themselves if people don't turn up, as a...
by Adam43
Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:33 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: W115 1972 Mercedes 220/8
Replies: 13
Views: 5089

Re: W115 1972 Mercedes 220/8

Afternoon, Thought i'd update you guys on how the '72 merc performed as the wedding car at my wedding. Got back from honeymoon couple of days ago, and hadn't driven anything for a month! couldn't wait to jump back into any car and drive! Anyway everyone loved the merc! and it looked great as a wedd...
by Adam43
Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:25 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS ABOUT ??
Replies: 10
Views: 3418

Re: WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS ABOUT ??

jimmyybob wrote:
TriumphDriver wrote:It's probably what passes for a Classic Car run in some parts these days... :D
Except the entry fee is 25k Per car........yes that's right £25000 just to go on a jolly drive.
You could drive to Brighton for a lot less than that. ;)
by Adam43
Sat May 28, 2011 1:25 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Jaguar front top wishbone ball joint
Replies: 3
Views: 1621

Re: Jaguar front top wishbone ball joint

Thanks. Did both sides this morn. A simple job really. I wasn't keen on the technique to check you have the right number of shims - put shims in until it is too tight and then take one out. It is a little tedious. The biggest problem I had was accidentally pulling out a wire that went to the alterna...
by Adam43
Thu May 26, 2011 7:39 pm
Forum: Feedback arena
Topic: PC and direct debits
Replies: 11
Views: 4112

Re: PC and direct debits

They are notoriously rubbish at sorting out the gifts. Lots of "we've sent that out", or "you will have it in 28 days", or more complete lies.
Eventually I got mine. Eventually.