Blue chammy

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

Went back to the tyre place with the toyos and 1 of the other wheels with a bald tyre.

I checked the toyos both had rim leaks, i worse than the other.

Anyway got the tyres off and I set abotu wire brushing them, the worse wheel was worse than the one with the bald tyre so I used that rim. Got them balanced and sealed etc and cost a fiver! lol

So set about dragging the blue one out to put the toyos back on, heres some pics, not bad considering its sat unwashed for about 10 months!

tis a sexy beast, really is.

It also went out on the private test track, feels fecking great! Forgot how good it is. I miss it loads actually.

I left it runnign and it cut out, cranks fine won;t fire, theres no spark, the crank sensor is fine so it may be the coil, this happened before btu was fine when I let it sit for a while, need to look closer later.

I also decided to put the rear leathers in just to see.

cloth

leather

pimpness increased by 38% with the leathers! might keep em, what do you lot reckon?

Leather donated kindly by neal, despite stretches where he had the back lying down on the pegs its in good nick.

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take it there just covers....

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alan your a fanny, you really are

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I thought they were destined for the exec so you could sell it?

I'd say pimpness factor is up more than that, maybe 55% or more. Trade off is the retro factor though, down by at least 45%

Also, I never had the backs down, they were like that when I got em. Like I said, the car appears to have been used for carting a dog about in the back, so they were probably permanently down while the previous owner had it.

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They are/were.

I'll see if puppy will sell me the right ones back.

Fair enough about the dog thing.

Exec will be sold, as will, I think the blue hatch, looks like the blue chammy will be the keeper.

My sister did buy me it for my 21st after all!

I will get the exec welded, fix the oil wire and stick tyhe handbrake cable on and get it tested. If by the time I have the test passed etc i don't find leather then I will sell the car with the leather.

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You still got that proper backbox? Going to put it on?

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yes I do and indeed I am. The one on it is blowing.

The heatcylcing killed it off tbh.

idle for weeks, taken out driven 100+ miles at reasonable pace then left for weeks. Just kills em really. Boxes are fine its the pipes, and the pipe exit as we all knwo is the wrong one. But looks just liek the one in that options brochure I put up!

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gonna finally get the door as well, paul quoted me 45 quid incl delivery before. Wonder if he'll stick to that.

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Have you got a new bonnet on the Chammy Chris?

I remember it was quite bad with bubbling on the leading edge!

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still is ben, looks like a bullet hole on the passenger side on it!

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Tis a shame that mate, it's a cracking car! Although personally I would have preferred you to keep the white Chammy!

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got another bonnet in better nick I can use anyway ben.

White chammy meant nothing to me though.

Never drove it like I drove the blue one. Blue 1 is faster anyway.

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i never went in any of your cars chris Sad

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

neither you did danny boy, neither you did, next time!

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firstly check what this mongo done yesterday

anyway today

pure pimpin' now mofo's. Leather all fitted

one thing though, there has always been a hint of dog shite in the front passenger carpet, so I need to get them out at some point and clean them with the pressure washer.

pimp

tear on drivers seat base, boo!

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say police accident in that sign.

i dont see any police involved in an accident.

unless that copper just got out of the car.
Razz

carpers look proper spanking.

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

Thats not a tear the stiching let go. Sew it back together.
Can you get the seats off the runners without getting under the car. I need to get mine off to get some repairs done. Driver side LHD worn on the outside. Cloth seats not leather. I want to fit some leather to the out side, not standard but.

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roger that carpets not been hoovered in months beleive it or not!

yeah I know, but to sew it back together means doign it from behind off the frame and fook that.

also look in the pic, the runners are there btu the seats ain;t! lol

5 T 40 bolts hold the seats to te runners

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

Can you get to the T 40 bolts with the runners fixed to the car. ie get the seats out leaving the runners in place

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

your being especially daft today mate! lol

yes why do you think theres a pic of the runner son the car with no seats!

assume your drivers seat, side at the door, theres a T20 at the back that holds the trim on the side of the frame. undo it and slide it forward to get it off, you will then see the 2 T40's.

The trim in the middle of the car 2 t 20 screws one at he back then 1 at the front. remove these and the trim falls off. You will then see the 3 T40's.

undo and seats off complete with subframes btu the runners are still in the car as my pic above shows.

20 min job for both sides.

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

Thanks

Never got around to playing with it.

Thought you had to get the runners off from under the car with the seats and then get at the bolts to seperate the two on the 5 door.