Mine was originally yellow, the bloke I got it from had a banana farm

Ive got bits of straight pipe.....

I know that,thanks.

hello folks, I’ve got a hole in my mid section pipe and back box is knackered, as its mot exempt I’m not bothered about a new box but would like to replace with a straight through pipe and wondered about securing it with stainless cable ties....anyone done this or similar? ....thanx, J

I had military boat paint on it as a primer, the grey stuff as it looks in my profile pic, it was a matt finish and was a perfect undercoat. Am lucky in that all my panels are straight. All i did for prep was wash it then clean each panel with white spirit. I have to say that the quality of the...

I had undercoated it in grey ship paint some years ago, all I did was wash the panels down with white spirit then put the green on, fairly heavy load on the brush and long strokes. Worked a treat!

Good reason to take em both off and fling them in the bin

Did mine recently in bronze green from paintman. 2.5 hrs and an inch and a half brush.

As I’m just in from doing diffs, relay, swivels etc, it occurred to me that the oil pump thing I use is essential for getting oil into swivels, gearbox, etc. Given that fluids is something that should be dine regularly I’d say a hand oil pump is pretty vital !

1.Proper imperial spanners...dont use metric equivalents or you’ll round off all the bolts 2. Stilsons...in case of above roundedness 3.Angle grinder........

I’ve got the wrong type of hinges to hand def mirrors off, so have gone back to the original wing mounted jobs, had some big rectangular mirrors on, but they were worse thn useless. Have ordered original wee round ones. Had them on my first series in 1978 and as far as I recall they were fine.

Oh no, the secrets out ! Betty promised me a knighthood for a loan of my landy.....

I just used it as a degreaser! Washed her first, let dry, rub over with white spirit on a rag then on wi the paint. Not concours by any stretch but itll do me fine. Paintman is top quality to be fair, dries to a lovely shine.

Some more pics, just washed her doon wi white spirit and on wi the green paint. Sorted

Had a rare thing in Argyll....A Dry Day. So, armed with Paintman deep bronze green and an inch and a half brush, gave the old yin a new coat. Am very pleased, only took 2 hrs......

Mustang GT.....

Yes, must rewire the battery lead ends, theyre a bit rough

I didnt know that about starter motors! Will def get that done for next winter. Ive been on the edge of buying one of these chinese heaters, mixed reviews put me off as it would still be an expensive proposition with fitting.....

Excellent, thanks Nick, will give that a go and see what happens.