The good morning thread

[Felonious Crud]

No dusting here, morning all, off to Bracknell with Christine today. Dodged a bullet yesterday in Tewkesbury; having waited 12 weeks for the part from Czechoslovakia we got there, dug a huge hole in the rubber surface and extracted the broken part. I test fitted it in the 32mm O.D foundation pipe and was looking at the top fixings, Christine out of curiosity also tried test fitting it and dropped it down into the tube! not just a little way but it went all the way down about 450mm to the top of it, and about 100mm under water! Worse was that having only seen it a couple of times, I had no idea of the shape of it! Then ensued an hour of raiding the van for anything that might hook it back up! Having looked at the manufacturers installation instructions I figured it had a small stub near the top sticking out about 4mm, I fashioned a hook device and eventually it appeared on the end of it to much relief! Day saved, we finished the repair.


Have fun all...

You must be the guy who wins on the grab machines in the amusement arcades, Newon.

Morning, all.

 

[PaulCambio]

Thanks to a wabsolute anker of a time waster my house sale fell through yesterday so spent all morning sprucing it up ready for a series of new viewings that commenced at 1pm today.

Not all bad yesterday though as the GT sailed through the MOT!

 

[Felonious Crud]

Thanks to a wabsolute anker of a time waster my house sale fell through yesterday so spent all morning sprucing it up ready for a series of new viewings that commenced at 1pm today.

******** and ****!

Not all bad yesterday though as the GT sailed through the MOT!

Good news, well done, GT!

 

[Felonious Crud]

News in on my newly painted wheels. Thoughts? They were satin black previously.

 

[Simon1963]

Nice. Much better than black.

 

[philw696]

Yeah look Stunning Adam
How's your subframe ?

 

[Felonious Crud]

Yeah look Stunning Adam
How's your subframe ?

Thanks, Phil.

Subframe firm, thank you. A little surface rust but nothing that an occasional wire brush and some Kurrust plus a squirt of XCP doesn't keep in check. ;-)

 

[Felonious Crud]

Nice. Much better than black.

Thanks, Simon. The wheels are a good design, but only when you can see them, which with black you can't.

 

[Scaf]

looks stunning Adam, now looking forward to pics of the headers

 

[Felonious Crud]

looks stunning Adam, now looking forward to pics of the headers

You and me both! They won't be made until mid-Jan / Feb so it'll likely be mid-Feb before it's in for its little operation.

 

[CatmanV2]

News in on my newly painted wheels. Thoughts? They were satin black previously.

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Nice calipers!

C

 

[Simon1963]

Thanks, Simon. The wheels are a good design, but only when you can see them, which with black you can't.

I used to refurbish alloy wheels and always tried to talk people out of black. I think they make the wheel look smaller and the tyre bigger. Unless the tyres are always clean they look awful.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Nice calipers!

C

The best colour.

 

[Felonious Crud]

I used to refurbish alloy wheels and always tried to talk people out of black. I think they make the wheel look smaller and the tyre bigger. Unless the tyres are always clean they look awful.

They were on the matt side of satin so pretty good at not showing the dirt, but they still disappeared. Oddly the colour I went for was never a standard option but was used on the Spitfire Edition Vantage, so I haven't gone entirely off the standard colour reservation.

 

[MrPea]

Morning everyone!

Adam, you know how to display those sturdy bits of yours with supreme elegance. Wearing good rubber they'll be transferring thrust most enjoyably.

Looking forward to today. Kickboxing 1:1 session for starters, a bit of work, and then out to a dance tonight, though it's unconfirmed whether the latter will be in Oxford or London after someone kindly rear-ended my dance partner's car.
I'm sure some nice food and nice beverages will also be involved.

HapPea Friday! xXx

 

[Andyk]

A very good morning to all. Working from Ebbw Vale today so an early finish. Always good on a Friday.

 

[philw696]

Morning early birds.
A few loose ends to tidy up and then away for a Christmas weekend in Rouen with Ms French.
Stay Safe all.

 

[CatmanV2]

Morning. Team party this afternoon. WFH this morning. Have a good one, all

C

 

[philw696]

Morning. Team party this afternoon. WFH this morning. Have a good one, all

C

Best not let the Daily Mirror get wind of that one Chris

 

[2b1ask1]

Morning all, back to Bracknell again today, let’s hope the M25 is kind to us.

Have fun all…