02GF74
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 12:16 PM |
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Your summary of 2010
As it may be my last post until 2011 (Oi! stop cheering), thought I'd post my locost car related summary for this year. You can ofcourse add
your summary otherwise this thread will get very lonely.
If you recall, in October 2009, I had the engine overheat in my 1660 cc ford crossflow F27 car. The engine needed replacement valve guides which was
done and is back together.
I replaced the Escort MkII radiator with a much much bigger aluminium radiator (Peugeot 206) and plumbed it in including header tank and fancy red
silicone hoses.
Due to the wider radiator, I had to re-route the steering - this meant lengthening the steering column and using a shorter link to the steering rack,
again cut and sleeved.
I had this welded up but I am not convinced that it is strong enough - the amount of weld is tiny compared to the cross-section of the tube/column. I
know a man who welds digger buckets of 2 inch thick steel so will get him over for a looksee and redo the welds.
So that is it, miles driven: 0
Got the Z1000 MOTd after plucking up the courage to get back on it after 10 years!!
Couldn't get carbs to idle correctly so total mileage ridden: 40 ish - to and from MOT place twice.
[Edited on 21/12/10 by 02GF74]
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 12:35 PM |
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My Summary....
Lost job, got retained 3 months, lost job. Got new very promising job, didn't quite materialise as promised. Quit 3 months later.
Worked on car a bit, remodelled garden, redid kitchen, got boiler fitted, redid all floors they'd trashed. Got windows fitted - moaned about
them not doing job ordered. Got new guttering / facias. Boarded loft, fixed condensation problem suddenly created! Now found damp patch where chimney
top wasn't in the chimney 
Car needs new custom drive shafts, seats moulding, roll cage welding then it will be ready for electrics, fuel lines, painting, body work final fit
and its ready...... Got till June to complete it so i stick to my promise of finishing the car before i'm a dad.
Oh yeah ............ made a baby, due end of May 
Day after found out i was going to be a dad g/f was made redundant
Miles driven ................................0
Money spent ...............................in ten's of thousands
future spend ...............................god knows
future miles ................................ not even god knows
happiness .................................. do you have to ask
[Edited on 21/12/10 by MikeR]
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bbwales
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 12:37 PM |
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Well as you may know I wrote my car off in France last year so I had the task of rebuilding it and getting it VIC'd and MOT'd. All this I
managed by 29th April.
Since then I have driven:
Stoneleigh
Newark
Stafford
Annual holiday to Spain in the car and had a great time.
Trip around North Wales in October.
A few trips around local area.
Total miles driven 4500.
Now looking forward to next year.
Regards
Bob
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r1_pete
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 01:05 PM |
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Mmm done a fair bit this year, and also spent 000's
Replaced heating boiler with a condenser, sited on the staircase instead of kitchen.
Had new kitchen fitted.
In the process of having new living room carpet and suite - no Christmas decorations 
Car wise
Replaced the engine bay wiring.
Replaced the expansion tank with an alloy one which works, the old brass one kept splitting solder joints.
Did a lot of work tidying the interior.
Replaced the cube fuel pump with an electronic version, and filter king.
Took the triple Webers off and replaced with twin SUs.
Miles driven, about 1500
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marcjagman
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:02 PM |
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Changed my car plans from pure book to fitting CBR1000 engine. Got ripped of by Jambojeef on a turbo kit. Fitted chequer plate floor, finished
reconditioning back axle and suspension now fitted and looks quite nice in yellow and black. Got ally for sides and rear panel, almost fitted. Got
rest of bodywork ready. Just about got the rest of the bits, apart from seats.
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JeffHs
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:05 PM |
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Busy and very expensive year
Doubled the size of my house - builder put up a watertight shell and I've done eveything else except wiring (to get my cert) and plastering -
there is no way I'm ever going to be a plasterer. We're moving in to our new bedroom to-day.
Wrecked my garage to build extension - guess what next year's project is!
Got the Auster flying (first time since 1966) and fully certified in February. Still haven't got any where nearer my PPL though.
Finally fitted the twin Webers on the car. Much improved but still tweaking. I probably managed about 750 miles on local lanes and around the Peak
District.
Looking forward to a new year when I am no longer a full-time builder, but I've spent all of my retirement lump sum now, so everything is going
to be locost.
so cheap hols in caravan
finally make some weather gear for the Locost
source logs for wood burner
move Dad's Coronet lathe and do some wood turning
replace bathroom ( that's not going to be cheap!)
build new garage
Jeff
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 02:18 PM |
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Very therapeutic process, thanks for suggesting this.
Here is my summary!
Aimed to build a garage and sort out wood burning fire in living room.
Built a spanking engine out of old sidecar racing outfit parts. Kept engine in shed.
Took car on track-day to Abingdon. No grip, rubbish suspension, great fun, destroyed water pump but got home.
Became a school governor
Swapped old SVA engine for new engine. Fitted front ARB, stiffer springs, popped on ACB10's.
For the test drive, went to Llandow for track day (350miles in weekend). Met some great folk, awesome day, some oil surge, engine using oil (boo),
finished off the tyres.
Bought accusump, changed gsxr600 throttle bodies to gsxr1000 throttle bodies and built a new airbox with secondary injectors.
Our sons learned to swim
Upgraded MS1 to MS2.
Modified MS software and built new hardware to allow stock gsxr trigger wheel.
Won 5 years funding for a project at work
Installed rear ARB
Got school building project off the ground and funded
Started on the turbo conversion
Aiming to sort out garage and wood burning fire in living room in 2011
[Edited on 21/12/10 by matt_gsxr]
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James
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 03:35 PM |
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Hmmm, wish you hadn't started this... I'm a bit depressed when I think about this year!
On the negative side- after redundancy I still haven't found a decent job that I actually want to do. Have done a few different things but none
have inspired me enough to take them up full time. Consequently I'm continually too poor to do anything I want to do and it's a constant
source of friction with my very patient girlfriend. (And I refuse to sign on!).
This includes getting the Locost back on the road (needs a grands worth of tax, MOT, insurance and wheels/tyres!).
On the positive side I won silver at the Savate Kickboxing World Championships.
I fitted a kitchen very nicely for a friend- looks really good. Decorated another friends sitting room- looks really good. Have nearly finished my
parents bathroom and it looks very nice so far.
Am looking forward to New Year's Eve though.
Blimey! Is that really all I 've done this year??? 
Cheers,
James
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D Beddows
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 04:04 PM |
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well..........
My son was born at the end of April - which is the best thing ever!
After 14 months of being unemployed I got a job last week doing what I actualy do for a living again!
Oh and I swapped my kit car stash for an MX5 which makes me smile everytime I drive it
........... but apart from that it's been another thoroughly miserable year!! - mind you last year was even worse so I'm expecting 2011 to
be a decent year.......... think it's about time I deserved one!
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chrisxr2
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 04:58 PM |
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hmmm
2010 summary.
Spent 200 days offshore (Too many)
Bought a haynes roadster, managed to do 70 miles in it properly since i've had it due to various issues 70 miles was on the journey home, rest
was on a flatbed.
Had the most time off in one go for 2 years and all it has done is snow or be way too cold to think about getting the car running right. Currently
into week 5.
Enjoyed being a dad, little uns first birthday was great.
Sold my classic mini too make room for kit car (Bad times)
Not spent enough time with family or friends
Been to some cool places
Most money earned in a year out of my 33 years.
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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coozer
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 05:03 PM |
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Started the year on the dole.
Found a new job and packed in after 4 months. Crap!
Bought a Shogun... best thing since sliced bread for this weather.
Stoneleigh show, cold and wet...
Newark show nice warm and dry...
Historic's at Oulton, absolutely fantastic!
Passed HGV C&E in September.
Jobbing for a poo agency....
Just bought a new 50" plasma
All in not as bad as I thought seeing as I don't have any resemblance of a permanent or good job.
I suspect 2011 isn't going to be much better.
Merry xmas all,
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Moorron
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 06:12 PM |
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Feel for you MikeR
I got made redundant from my 12 year job this time last year, put on garden leave until March 23 2010. Sat at home depressed and very annoyed as i was
positive the reasons they got rid of me was wrong (to save money yet i was the longest serving member = more cost to get rid of?) and they started 3
new guys who would have been easy to get rid of and were lazy IMHO. They said i was incharge of one of the projects but i wasnt, really annoying is i
asked if this was going to happen when the project leader left 2 years ago and was told 'no'. Then to use this against me was not on, at
every stage they made things as bad as possible (letters late, ignoring me and so on).
Got a replacement job in April with a rival company, knew they had a bad rap on staff but thought it couldnt hurt to try it. How wrong was i? they
treaty staff really badly and i left 5 months later with no job secured elsewhere. I was close to suicide (no joke). Also made a decision to appeal my
last redundancy in March after they withheld my redundancy money without any reasons. Took them to court, was really hopefull i was going to win as we
ripped them apart in the court room showing the paperwork was fabricated and they didnt follow their own proceedure. BUT couldnt fit it into one day
so had to go back (another £1000 from me then). Judge said she couldnt remember what happened last time and judged they did everything correctly!! i
am still in shock now, she couldnt have made it any worse and said i was to blame!
I now have no time or respect for the law, its changed me forever. Might aswell have flipped a coin and saved me £3750 in costs which was out of my
£3990 redundancy.
Car wise i replaced my ZX12 engine as the change from my CBR1000F showed the ZX12 engine was an oil burner. New engine took a day to change and has
been perfect since.
Ripped a set of tyres in 1500 miles with it and now cant replacing them
2010 is a year that has tought me a real hard lesson in life, Dont try and impress anyone as it gets you no loyalty from them so better to join the
rest of the polulation and go and grab it all for myself at everone elses cost.
To top my year off, my phone broke so i lost all my contacts, then cancelled the AA membership i had for 10 year to help with my financial problems
and then broke down! lol i had to walk home fromt he gym in the snow after a leg session. But saw the funny part of it.
I feel like that part in 'me, myself and irene' when jim cracks @ 20 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFHZoYxqtPg
Sorry about my spelling, im an engineer and only work in numbers.
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 07:45 PM |
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rubbish
thats my review 
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IVA manual link http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1081997083
don't write OT on a new thread title, you're creating the topic, everything you write is very much ON topic!
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dave
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 07:57 PM |
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Worked thats about it.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 08:09 PM |
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Worked a LOT
Found a new girlfriend around February
Argued with new girlfriend a LOT
Fixed up front of house
Fixed up back of house
Been out in the Locost a fair few times
Broke down in the Locost lots of times due to clutch problems every time 
Tapped (literally) my car into the back of another causing my number plate to break and ended up losing 9 years ncb
Visted Stoneleigh
Visited Santa Pod
Visited Newark
Drank around 20-25 pints of beer due to stomach and kidney problems
Not managed to get doctors appointment for above without giving 10 weeks notice
All in not too bad, a bit of a 1-1 result I think.
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 21/12/10 at 10:23 PM |
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Christ this is depressing reading
This year has been a bit 'meh' really. Outside of work it's been great, little'un will be two next week, so this year has been
filled with plenty of firsts, he's running about and talking, harassing the dog, and utterly obsessed with hammers Number two is now on the
way as well. We're settling in nicely in a new house in a new area, although the trade off is a smaller leakier garage than I had before.
I got some time and enthusiasm together and really picked up the pace with the car, and finally passed IVA this month about two weeks shy of four
years after I picked up the kit. If the DVLA pull their finger out I'm hoping to take it to Brooklands on new years day.
Work has been pants though. Went through a round of redundancies. I kept my job, but to be honest I think I'd rather have been made redundant, I
haven't enjoyed the job for a while now and I've got lots of service in current job so would have got a hefty sum. Instead I've seen
the dept that I run go from 6 down to 2 despite being run off our feet and being able to show that I had the work to justify another engineer. Hoping
for a change of job early next year though, so 2011 could be a better year
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WanchaiWarrior
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| posted on 22/12/10 at 12:32 AM |
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4 year 457 Visa finished Febuary
Applied for Permanent Residency Febuary
PR granted May
Worked in Adelaide May/June early July
Daugther's 16th birthday August
Bought house November
Got the new 360 for birthday November
Looking forward to Christmas by the pool, if it ever stops raining
Not a busy year work wise, hopefully company will win 1 or 2 of its tenders, then will be really busy next year
Nothing much car related, Proton Gti still good fun to drive, rear hatch slightly creased from inattentive cyclist , if he was a car could have
exchanged details because he ran into back of me
Have a safe and Happy Christmas, and a better 2011.
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