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LOL Ive just robbed one of its ABS pump for the Capri and got plans to have the LSD off one at some point.

Our fords are old skool. mk1 focus are just old. Sierras have come of age for me though

I've seen old Irish registrations with the short version of my name and 4 numbers for about 1500 quid. My wife has a 3 letter name and got hers perfect with 4 numbers and and last two are zero all for 300 quid but that was years ago. hers is worth more than the 1500 my would cost so I know its good investment. Only car related one id look for is one with V6, Ford or Capri on it so not much chance there! they would be out of my price range. I will get the name one eventually

Im more patriotic than most these day so don't take this wrong way but it just scares me. Seeing the stuff the next war could be fought with, is disturbing. I wish we could go back to swords and bows and arrows. We did rather well at that. Then came gun powder. I bet they were saying "foo king chinese" back then too.

Does anyone here have any experience of making parts by lost wax casting? I made a pattern for my own throttle bodies and want to now make a silicone mold to make wax patterns for the final lost wa aluminium casting. Can anyone recommend brands and variants of silicone, wax and anything else they use? I know that using the wrong brand can mess everything up (Sip vs Clarke etc.) so any advice generally on doing this would be great. Im on the fence about getting it all done if anyone has any idea of cost? maybe someone here works somewhere they do this?!

Thanks, there a company in Royston call Fabricage - apparently good reputation. The guy was at safety devices and custom cages in the past. I'm going to give him a call this week. I'll see what they say and look up Custom Steel Innovation for a quote. I'm googling everyone first though lol The off the shelf, fit your self cages don't convince me and they don't have the customisations I want. I want low door bars as I'm disable with leg and spinal injuries that make it hard enough to get in a car anyway. I also want to be able to remove the X on the rear stays so ppl can go in the back. I also want a bar going across behind the dash and bar s from the front legs to the struts. I got how I am because I got hit head on by a person coming the other way who lost control. I'm paranoid now. this is why i won't take chances with who does it. Any sniff of a stink and I'm outa there. Oh and before there a panic... it wasn't an OSF I was in, don't worry about that just an OF (mondeo v6 ghia I had JUST put new widescreen and new bumper on)

Blimey, thats not good. I will have to email him with a link to this to explain why I'm cancelling. I don't care how many good jobs he's done if he also does shite jobs. Never no smoke without fire. Thanks for the heads up Mike. Think I'll get an "off the shelf" cage from either Safety Devices or Custom Cages. I know brilliant Welder/Fabricators to put it in for me. Decided the 4 link/coilover is a winter job but also going to buy stuff off the shelf and get my own guys to install.

Will do Ive already asked him for a few customisations regarding foot protection and rear seat access and he's been accommodating so far One funny thing was I asked about T45 tube. He was so adamant it was completely unnecessary, he refused to make it from T45 LOL He basically said unless your planning to drive into trees, its a waste of money. I was only interested in the weight saving but he said it would amount to 5 kg! It was refreshing to have someone NOT try to sell you stuff you don't need! Seems like a great guy indeed. Thanks again.

Alan Dent is doing my cage on the 25th Cheers Jamie

your good mate i appreciate the suggestions. Ive decided to make a panel of my own. I will dremel it out of some aluminium to mount some bits and bobs knobs and whatnots. Cars getting caged on the 25th so instruments will probably look better anyway. Need to mount the knob for adjusting the PAS, one to select ECU map, a Tyre pressure and temp monitor, maybe engine start.

How about this?? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Durite-Matt-Black-Steel-Panel-For-Mounting-52mm-Guages-0-243-03-/221383192030?hash=item338b776dde:g:ifoAAOxyZwpSVSSe What gauges though?

None on today either. Ok, time to look at alternatives. My current best idea is to make a panel that looks like OSF stereo but is just two knobs that are secretly wired to the volume control on the modern bluetooth, mp3 receiver in the glovebox. I know I could fab up a nice panel and source 12v round knobs but not to sure how to wire them to a modern stereo. I'm guessing in side the the modern stereo the round knob on its front panel connects with a little plug to a board in the unit. might be able to unplug the one on the Stereo front panel and run a long wire to the knob on my DIY fascia panel. The other knob could be wired my EPAS controller to vary my steering assistance.

Mine was long gone when I got the car. I noted it but had other bigger priorities. Over the years Ive run the searches on eBay but never seen anything descent at a sensible price. Obviously they are only getting more ridiculous but whats really worrying is that the last few times Ive looked, theres NONE at any price! I started of wanting the correct one for it, the 2.8 injection special radio cassette but now would be ecstatic if I could get ANY Mk3 radio that fills the cut out in the fascia correctly

I would never leave mine out of my sight unless it was locked up. Its a 1986 2.8 injection Special but far from original now - only the shell and LSD axle are original. I would have to spend 4 grand to make it like it was before I improved it lol Ive spent probe 10 grand over the years including buying it so it would have to fetch 20 for it to even break even as a standard original example. I love it how it is now and I reckon that in time bare mk3 shells as good as mine (mint) will be worth stacks.

Reminds me of my colour on my Capri which is also a BMW! "Dark Silver Metallic" from the Mini Cooper S and Mini Cooper "Graphite" special edition! I liked it on the Minis and asked an owner the code and gave it to the bodyshop. WELL happy how it turned out. Gun metal/graphite/dark silver is the only way to go... mean as hell but doesn't hide the lines and shape. My other choice would have been black (Mercedes Obsidian black) but black almost reduces a car to silhouette in many lights.

I'm in Aylesbury. About 30 mins from the M25 at Watford. I'm not looking for the cheapest or the most expensive. That work on the Cortina looks good to me - I'll email him Cheers BTW - what colour is that?? Worried it might be mine lol

I don't mind trailering it to wherever I can get the best job. I hope theres ppl who do loads of this stuff and can do it eyes shut. Links, emails or phone numbers would be great.

I'm looking for a company to fit my capri with a roll cage and a watts linkage kit and would be grateful for recommendations thanks.

3rd conclusion - I'm going to submit the form and see if they'll hear it - if it gets as far as acas mediation, I may get something out of it without going to a tribunal but if I do end up at a tribunal, I'll pray for a good judge and that I don't end up further humiliated and liable for the tossers costs

well I called acas and the advice they gave was contradictory in a way - they said that you don't need representation, but its a massive advantage and my opponent certainly will have representation. first conclusion= In an ideal word you shouldn't need lawyers... but inreality you DO. second conclusion - its over, I have to look onward and upward now. Thanks for the replies all

Vista - received will reply shortly Plopplop - I'll google that - cheers mate mk1estate - I didn't join the union - if I had been a member, it probably wouldn't have gone this far It turned nasty at work when I raised a grievance against my line manager for treating me unfairly (making me do all the work and letting his mates do f.a). The top dog took me aside, off the record and tried hard to scare me off of proceeding with the greivance, even discolseing memorable details of a greivance raised against him that was easily brushed aside. I wasn't intimidated and proceeded with official greivance. They retaliated with variously petty, irrelevant and completely false trumped up complaints about me NONE of which was remotely proved or even credible. The truly ridiculous thing was that the very people my boss and line manager presented as witnesses to these false allegations were infact the mates that I had said were favoured in my greivance - a total stitch up by the very people who should have faced dsciplinary action! Because the greivance began first it was concluded first, in my line managers favour. In the summing up my boss actually said ON RECORD that he had warned me against raising this greivance and that had I followed his advice I would still be flourishing there - admitting I was history for raing the greivance!! Then I faced the conclusion of the bogus counter-claim mud slinging disciplinary. In recognition of the lack of any real evidence or proof, they said they had reached a conclusion based on "the balance of probability" ie. theres 4 people here who say your wrong and only 1 who says your right. Ive not mentioned the details but I can tell you you'd be shocked at how obvious and frankly crude the injustice and impropriety was and how powerless I was against a clique of civil servants who new eachother years before me and all live with 200m of eachother in a tiny village (I was an outsider) Vista - Big thanks to you and your good lady - I will pm more detail if needed? ...don't want to bore people

This is a joke - solicitors all say I have a case for unfair dismissal but say that the payout wouldn't be worth there time because my net salary wasn't high enough Is there no justice for the poor? Ive got 4 little kids and a wife to support and no job and no prospect in the near future. 35% of 18 grand might not be much to a lawyer but whats left would certainly give me some breathing space Ive been selling stuff on ebay just to pay the morgage and put food in the cupboards but I'm running out of stuff I don't need and sson it will have to be the things I worked so hard to get... and then what? are there any legal people here - can anyone help? Ive got smoking gun proof I was unfairly dismissed

It will sound even better through the tunnel If you want to convert back to k-jet... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1156 some headwork will help but Turbocharging is the way to get power from a 2.8. If you get a turbo, manifold, linkpipe (so both manifolds feed the turbo) and intercooler, you'l be fecked without something to control the ignition and something to deliver more fuel on boost (without screwing up fueling off boost/idle) Foror a k-jet or carb turbo engine, this would be perfect http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1156

Sir Clip BOB cams Will Bearings Rod End Paul Yaplonka ...too name but a few

Perhaps your quack could prescribe you something for the bad days? Ive got something called Atenalol - I take one if I get that over-emotional, gloomy, bored, lonely feeling and it works in minutes and you just feel releived, not jolly or high, just indifferent really... just an idea if its getting tough my mums a raging alcy and would love her to follow your fine example