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Re: Pics at last
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:54 pm
by molehill
Thanks for the nice comments. We are well pleased with the tin top. Got it 10 weeks ago from a scrapyard. Just passed its mot ready to go back on the road after 7 years. Before
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:14 am
by Anton
Proper job!!!!
Really, really nice resto job!
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:00 pm
by twiss
Ooooh very nice! Looks tidy in comparison with the black one! (im a fine one to talk i know)
Can it do over 45mph is the question?
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:30 pm
by molehill
Yes Twiss - I only took it up to about 65mph on the way to the MOT as it hadn't been on the road since 2006 but it felt good for more.
And the big truck now cruises at 55mph with an extra leaf in each rear spring. It wasn't the car that wouldn't go faster on the way to Wagtail we were just terrified of the swaying about and needed all three lanes of the motorway to keep it in a straight line!!!
The little black Sammy is the fastest - when we took it to France it covered 72miles in the first hour on the autoroute trying to keep up with the group of Land Cruisers & Patrols we were with. It was also the only truck in one piece on the ferry back after 500 miles in 3 days!!
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:14 pm
by molehill
Latest pic of the tin top.
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:44 am
by twiss
Ooooooh shiny!
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 1:43 pm
by john86
Love the tin top
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:35 pm
by Jordi
Has tin top had a full body restoration then? All the rust and a full respray?
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:47 pm
by Edweird
Never have I been this green.
Re: Pics at last
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:10 pm
by molehill
No Jordi, It's just t-cut, touch up & train smoke. Looks great in the photos but you can see the flaws up close. I'd like to say originality came first but pennies did........Main aim was to put it back on the road & take it from there - so maybe one day. At least it's saved from the crusher now.