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Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 9:02 am
by paulplom
That's my hobby.
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 9:11 am
by panhard65
Hooli wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:59 am
paulplom wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:08 am
What are your plans for it?
Camper conversion?
Tart it up, make it run & road legal then sell it at a loss.
Fuck how did you know my usual business plan. It will stay a hearse but maybe so slight alterations for camping use.
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 11:25 am
by DodgeRover
Black velvet curtains?
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 9:08 pm
by panhard65
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 9:44 pm
by DodgeRover
That truck needs to go on a serious diet, 1800kg is your target weight.
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 9:28 pm
by panhard65
DodgeRover wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 9:44 pm
That truck needs to go on a serious diet, 1800kg is your target weight.
Yeah I was surprised it was that heavy but that was with 3/4 tank of fuel and a small tool box jump pack etc. It also had my fat arse in it. I think it must still be 2000kg if I took everything out of it. The body is pretty much all alloy so I don't know where to shave a bit of weight off. The guys at the scrap yard said to put air bags on it to make it look better and avoid junction 27 of the M5 as they are always hunting down there apparently.
Back to the Corvette I had a painter look at t this morning and it is going in for paint next week. We are keeping the 2 tone black and silver and just tidying it up as there are lots of micro blisters when you get up close. I did the paperwork this morning and sent that off to the black hole that is Swansea so lets see how long that takes for them to send it back for some daft inexplicable reason.
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 10:29 pm
by SiC
How much does the passenger seats weight? Probably a good 100kg or so there between them?
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 3:23 pm
by SiC
How much did your Corvette cost in the end, door-to-door?
Saw this one at a meet today and I liked it very much. Not anywhere near as big as I expected. Especially for something yank.
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Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 4:14 pm
by panhard65
My 'Vette stands me in around 7k If I remember correctly. About 5k to buy and a couple of grand covers shipping, insurance and the vat. That red one does look nice and hopefully mine will look as good once done. I don't have much to do to it really just the rear lights need sorting to give amber indicators at the rear.
Re: I seem to of done something stupid yet again
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 8:25 pm
by SiC
That's almost ... affordable. Are they around as a manual? Or super rare?