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Old 13-04-2014, 09:03 AM
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A couple of pictuers of my sierra . Out on the road for the first time in 7-8 years and after alot of workName:  20140412_174958.jpg
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Old 13-04-2014, 09:15 AM
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Nice one , love the colour of the car . Is it Pacifica ?
Old 13-04-2014, 09:18 AM
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Thank you . No its imp blue unfortunately the weather turned before I had stopped having fun behind the wheel to take pics
Old 13-04-2014, 09:36 AM
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Reminds me of the one that had been in max power or revs years ago with the lotus carlton front bumper
Old 13-04-2014, 09:57 AM
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I dont remember seeing that one. Carlton front bumper 😬😃 Oh dear
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I dont remember seeing that one. Carlton front bumper 😬😃 Oh dear
Old 13-04-2014, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by marky g
I dont remember seeing that one. Carlton front bumper ���� Oh dear
was tony mannocks car, (the owner of turbosystems)
now broken up but I beileve the shell is back in the hands of tony



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Them wheel arches dont look to bad not keen on the bumper though
It does look differnt to mine I think
Old 13-04-2014, 12:31 PM
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Looking good really liking that.
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It looks really well Mark. Did the car behave itself.
Old 13-04-2014, 05:23 PM
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Thaks glen . Ye it went really well I found my self unrelaxed thinking something was going to wrong . Woke up at 7 this morning excited to go out in again . We are just up in bala lake having abit of lunch looking at it through the window

Ive watched and read the work on your car and have been meaning to coment .
I had similar problems in a body shop and really did feal for you
Old 13-04-2014, 08:33 PM
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That's lovely looking Sapph
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Originally Posted by marky g
Thaks glen . Ye it went really well I found my self unrelaxed thinking something was going to wrong . Woke up at 7 this morning excited to go out in again . We are just up in bala lake having abit of lunch looking at it through the window

Ive watched and read the work on your car and have been meaning to coment .
I had similar problems in a body shop and really did feal for you
I was the same when I first bought my cossie and it kept breaking down. I got to the point where I was scared to go out in it. That was nearly 8 years ago lol.

Its shocking when you trust these bodyshops and they shit on you.
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Is that G koe ? .If so that used to live around my way I think it was Jez that owned it and put it together.Looks well
Old 14-04-2014, 01:36 AM
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No mate its not g koe. This one was a differnt colour when I first got which was around 8 years ago and only had one owner before me
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Looks very nice mate
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thats really nice. credit to you!!
Old 14-04-2014, 11:27 AM
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Thanks for the replys . Iam still strugeling to get my head around that its finally done
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very few saphs float my boat but yours has made the list
Old 14-04-2014, 12:13 PM
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imperial blue does look good on sapph imo,very nice car.
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Like that a lot, good colours going on there.
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Originally Posted by 1-PD
very few saphs float my boat but yours has made the list

I used to like you Steve
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Thank you for the kind words . There is a classic car show in stasaph (north wales) on easter suday which iam takeing the car to . I didnt really think it was worthy enough to display there but after these comments I dont think it will be to bad
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I really like that, definitely show worthy, think ford should of done them imperial blue from the factory. It suits them well.
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I used to like you Steve
never said yours was not on my list already so shuooosh up !
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Originally Posted by marky g
No mate its not g koe. This one was a differnt colour when I first got which was around 8 years ago and only had one owner before me
That clears that up then

Same colour and it even had white wheels must of been around 8 years ago.
Old 15-04-2014, 12:25 PM
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I have seen a few pictures of them in the same colour but never of eny with white wheels . Iam not hundred percent on them being white yet . Ideally I would like some differnt wheels on it but havent got the funds
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Originally Posted by 1-PD
never said yours was not on my list already so shuooosh up !
Me me me me me pick me lol.
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lloks tough that
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Very nice and for what it's worth I like the white wheels.
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Love that colour suits it along with the twin headlights.
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Thank you . There seems to be alot of mixed views with twin headlights but I love them on it. I look at pictuers of some others with them on and hait them
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