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    Don give Tony Lindsey Dean a ring. He was reducing stock a while ago just make sure you have a few spare hours! colin
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    £2.25?????? They will arrest you for robbery! GT6 will be type 16. That is what you have, type 12 are a different shape. The original type 12 adaptors are valuable as well, possibly more so a set they can be used with the lightweight 4-pot alloy calipers that come more readily in the narrower bolt spacing.
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    thescrapman replied to Ian Faulds's topic in General

    I have done a few things along these lines. 8*2 beams bolted together and then loosely attached to the roof beam. Acrow props or fence posts under the ends when lifting. also bolted a steel to the rafter and put fence posts in as supports when lifting.
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    It is BW on the end for an automatic 2000
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    You can buy new from a number of suppliers, sit down before ringing, secondhand will usually be rotten and still expensive. You could also get fibreglass in the past.
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    Yes not too far away, see you at a meeting soon? Triumph not essential!!!
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    There's is a rear spring lowering block fitted. That is why no cover fitted.
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    If the car is standard, which it appears to be, then Germany's may also be a suitable destination as well.
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    One of my cars has the "cheap" set you can buy off EBay, and they seem fine. Used to be Bad Boy Classics selling them? I have also picked up second hand Cibie ones and they are really good, new Cibie ones are about £50-£60 each I think.
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    I was going to say just buy an Old and unloved speedo off EBay, and Rob the parts.
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    Marc Send me an email and I will send you Daves contact details cheers colin
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    I know of a basket case Mk1 near Southend. Needs lots of work!
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    Remove the chain then carefully put a puller on the crank gear and pull the whole assembly off
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    I have done that as well with a Herald Estate, neither of us checked if the roof was actually bolted on, and it took off as we went over the Orwell Bridge , luckily the ropes round the c posts holding the tailgate in kept it attached to the car, it did grind the front edge off the roof against the road, and scare the life out of my accomplice behind me.
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    I did that once with a car my brother bought, a Micra with a seized engine, it wasn't seized for long after I put it in gear in a momentary loss of concentration.
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    There is. Triumph owner up on the fens who runs a vehicle moving side-line, I can send you Petes number if you want. cheers colin
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    I was going to put my money on the 1500fwd. must be loads of 1500 cranks knocking about.
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    Trying to work out where in Colchester you are, can't recall seeing any of your cars about over the years
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    They are really sister companies and both as utterly annoying as each other when it comes to looking for parts. there is a few ways of getting non-specific stuff but it is painful and unreliable. Equivalents is sometimes the way to go. Sparkplugs are 1500 Midget for many Triumphs Oil filters if you have a spin on adaptor are 2000 VW Golf 1.8 the cheap Cibie headlights are TR7.
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    Kerry for 10k you should be getting a very very good car, fairly good for 10k sounds like a dealer car or someone being speculative. Make sure you know what to look for in detail before viewing if you are looking to spend that's much. Are you north or south Essex?
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    Could do with upping the compression a touch.
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    Still waiting? Get your finger out!!! I reckon it was a reject and went round for rework as car is chassis FH9xx and registered on day the Mk4 was launched. i would have expected very early cars to have engine and chassisvery close together as they practised building them
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    It isn't IKC, probably RKC I think
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    Spookily I used to have a Spitfire engine number FH14HE
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    I fitted a set to a mates TR4 before a 10CR. Exactly the same problem. Not yet r esolved 7 years later. Just have to remember to give the pedal an initial quick press before braking. He has been advised to keep the brake pedal pressed down for a few weeks to "reshape" the seals. I wonder if the pistons are not a smooth as they look, so the seal and piston grip each out slightly, Perhaps a few hours with some very fine wet and dry?
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