David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 08:02 PM |
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It starts! - it runs! - it MOVES!!
...although it was only 10 yards up and down the drive, it was under its own motive power!
(Strange sensation, after all these years of making)
David
PS: Red-face time - I think I worked out why my contact-breaker dizzy didn't work - several years ago I bought a CVH coil to go with the Bosch
electronic dizzy which, at that time, didn't work. So then I fitted the c-b dizzy, forgetting about the coil... and eventually I wondered why
the spark was pathetic! 
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locoboy
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 08:22 PM |
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good on ya sir, big grin for a few weeks then
ATB
Locoboy
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scutter
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 08:42 PM |
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well done chap, an event i can only dream off
SVA in no time then.
All the best Dan.
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macspeedy
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 09:10 PM |
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nice one will be there also soon
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 09:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by macspeedy
nice one will be there also soon
been there, done that. still a long way from finished tho. But an importants 'wowee' milestone.
its easy to forget its a car you are building!
atb
steve
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pbura
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| posted on 12/5/04 at 11:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gustersonbeen there, done that. still a long way from finished tho. But an importants 'wowee'
milestone.
Hmm, don't know about that; from his website, it looks like Mr. J lacks only a bonnet and a handful of nut covers
Way to go, David 
Pete
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bob
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 07:41 AM |
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Nice one david,its a nice feeling when you get to that point.
Its an even better feeling when your driving down the road enroute to your SVA test
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 07:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pbura
Hmm, don't know about that; from his website, it looks like Mr. J lacks only a bonnet and a handful of nut covers
To be exact:
1 bonnet
1 boot cover (probably aluminium)
1 battery strap
plus endless little details to make it right for the SVA.
David
Oh - and an inside mirror!
[Edited on 13/5/04 by David Jenkins]
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bob
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 08:26 AM |
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I must admit the last leg of the build seems never ending,pre SVA check lists were longer than the build sheet.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 08:35 AM |
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Im talking from my point of view (my car from rolling to finished stage), not davids car!
Do you recon you will have it at a show (newark?) this year David?
atb
steve
quote:
Originally posted by pbura
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gustersonbeen there, done that. still a long way from finished tho. But an importants 'wowee'
milestone.
Hmm, don't know about that; from his website, it looks like Mr. J lacks only a bonnet and a handful of nut covers
Way to go, David
[Edited on 13/5/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 09:42 AM |
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I don't think it'll be Newark - not enough hours in the day to get the work done in that time, and then get through the SVA.
I'd also want to get a fair number of local miles on the clock before I tackle a 100-mile each way trip!
Maybe a show in September...
David
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