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on with the load liner as we have the use of Anthony's
workshop to work in. Pictured is Anthony trimming the
tail gate section out of 3mm aluminium checker plate.
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Just the sides
to go, a job for tomorrow. Doesn't it look lovely and
new. Time to relax for Ant, Sarah and Jess the Dog! The
tail gate section has a few adjustments yet to be made,
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| Finally complete!
What a hassle this was, aluminium is a right pain to weld,
it warps a the slightest thought of getting welded. Well
at least I can now get on with some more enjoyable parts
of the pickup. Thanks to Quest Fabrications of Stoke for
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This is the Turbine starter panel located in the space
where the radio should be. The panel works from right
to left. Firstly on the right is the master power on/
off switch, followed by the fuel pump, starter, fuel
valve & torch igniter and then the electronically
operated HP fuel cock. All switchs have 24 volt status
LED's.
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Now that we have
eventually got hold of some half decent front suspension,
I am quite keen to get them fitted after wasting a lot
of time waiting for a third party to supply them. This
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Ooooh, Look who
it is, its the ever faithful Rob doing what he knows best
- fiddling! He can be seen here fitting the strut top
bearings to the new suspension. We later found out that
the two springs fitted were different, that will teach
me to buy from a dodgy car dealer again.
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Here's the new
suspension fitted in place. Oh the joy, we now find out
that the new alloy wheels rub on the springs on the top
of the wheel - great, just what we need at 10 o'clock
on a monday night and its just started snowing! I really
need to buy a house with a garage!
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Wheels fitted
and they look good! Still have a few issues with the camber/
spring rubbing issue. We have temporarily put 5mm spacer
plates on the wheels to overcome the problems, for now
anyway. A trip to Chase tyres in shrewsbury put the tracking
right. Interestingly they appear to be the only people
locally that can work on lowered vehicles like this.
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