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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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Going to make a real effort to get my scort on the road for August 13th. Started today again been a long time since I did anything on her.



This is when I bought her 3ish years ago







What I started on today







Managed to get a fair bit of welding done on the drivers side, slapped some underseal on while I was there.







Also got the gearbox back in, bit of an effort on my own. Lost all the oil out of it, where do I fill i up??



finally tried a bit of the paint I bought the other day on the wing.







To do tomorrow, weld in the rear gearbox mounts, fit prop, fill gearbox, prep the body for paint.
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Old Jul 16, 2005 | 10:07 PM
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dont ya just love mk1's
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ripper
dont ya just love mk1's
nah
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 01:39 AM
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ripper, well theyre nearly as good as the mk3's
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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no they aint there better ben at least they drive the proper wheels
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ripper
no they aint there better ben at least they drive the proper wheels
you got me there like
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 11:58 AM
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Added some paint late yesterday



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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 03:28 PM
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turned her round in the garage today, and still looks great even in this state





But was not too happy to find this













And at close of play today



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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 03:29 PM
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keep at it mate, itll be worth the effort
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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After advice from guys on here, inside is now going white

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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 03:07 PM
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lookin nice mate keep up the work!
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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good luck, gona be smart. had a few probs with my mark2 capri in the left wing a few holes.
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 06:29 PM
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Gearbox is in and mounted properly now, gearstick in, prop and exhaust fitted, and chucked a seat in roughly, will mount it tomorrow

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