winter maintenance

[Ray]

had a move round today, so I can get ready for a little winter maintenance on the two of them

 

[Nick Heer]

just need a M reg to have a full house 

[Ray]

2 minutes ago, Nick Heer said:

just need a M reg to have a full house 

tried to get them in the house Nick, but they wouldn't fit thru the door

 

[colr6]

13 minutes ago, Ray said:

tried to get them in the house Nick, but they wouldn't fit thru the door

 

Winter maintenance would include changing that single glazed front door for a nice new double glazed sliding door, just tell her it's to aid wheelchair access in the future should you need one.

[Ray]

42 minutes ago, colr6 said:

Winter maintenance would include changing that single glazed front door for a nice new double glazed sliding door, just tell her it's to aid wheelchair access in the future should you need one.

now let me see, would you get away with that one Colin

[DT36]

Do you have a private unit for your own work Ray, or do you run a business out of it? 

Cars looking stunning by the way. 

[Ray]

7 hours ago, dt36 said:

Do you have a private unit for your own work Ray, or do you run a business out of it? 

Cars looking stunning by the way. 

that unit you see is rented, as at the moment the units I own are rented out, but in 6 months time, one of mine will be freed up, and I will be moving there, as the rents here have just had an enormous rent increase, so its no longer financially viable to both own and rent

its a personal let, no business run from it now, I did for a while, so its just their for my cars, again making the financial aspect, less worth renting, when you own one

[DT36]

Rent seems to be shooting up everywhere. Looks a good size though.

I've recently had planning passed for a second garage at the side of my house and hoping to get the ground work started after the winter. This should give me some space over what I have now. 

[katana]

Have to ask - what's with the door mirrors? Why vertical orientation and not horizontal? It occurs to me they'd be great to see any overtaking planes but a bit limited for the truck that is in the blind spot?

[DT36]

I'm going with the width of the doors on the unit with that one. 

[Ray]

6 hours ago, katana said:

Have to ask - what's with the door mirrors? Why vertical orientation and not horizontal? It occurs to me they'd be great to see any overtaking planes but a bit limited for the truck that is in the blind spot?

that's the correct mirror and the correct orientation for that mirror on that model unfortunately, agreed, you cant see diddly squat, but you cant make it horizontal either, but tbh the RS bullet mirrors aren't much different vision wise

[katana]

1 hour ago, Ray said:

that's the correct mirror and the correct orientation for that mirror on that model unfortunately, agreed, you cant see diddly squat, but you cant make it horizontal either, but tbh the RS bullet mirrors aren't much different vision wise

Really - looks like a fair amount of adjustment possible on the stalk and the mirror back ! They just look odd, is all!

[Ray]

2 hours ago, katana said:

Really - looks like a fair amount of adjustment possible on the stalk and the mirror back ! They just look odd, is all!

below are the limits of movement if you try to do anything other than what its designed to, pic1, as meant to be, pics 2&3 on its side, pic4, upside down

probably why a lot of people put mk2 van mirrors on the mk1

 

[katana]

Agreed but seems many types of mirrors were fitted - these look factory (what factory one can't say) but horizontal is / was a possibility. In your pictures, a position between 2 and 3 would seem ok? But I guess if you like them vertical.................it's your train set!

[Ray]

35 minutes ago, katana said:

Agreed but seems many types of mirrors were fitted - these look factory (what factory one can't say) but horizontal is / was a possibility. In your pictures, a position between 2 and 3 would seem ok? But I guess if you like them vertical.................it's your train set!

 

if you look at the mirrors on mine, pics 2&3 at best look at the sky or the ground, they wont face to look backward in a horizontal position, that's the way the 1300E mirror is/was, they are proper 1300E mirrors and like rocking horse droppings to find

look for 1300E pictures on google and you will see these and the position is correct

anything else is not a 1300E mirror, they got replaced with other types in the day, because they rotted away, just like the rest of the car

[katana]

Ah - that'll be why - I was looking at 1300 XL's - apologies!