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Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 1:47 pm
by biggles
Build threads!
What dastardly plans are you up to? When is the chassis coming, how much are all the C&G shiny bits etc etc? We want news! Is Santa going to need a forklift at your house?
Tim
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:24 am
by jonclancy
Forklift?
I doubt that very much! I will do so, once I have something to show. Unless you’d like to see pic of my gearbox?!
Plan A is a very slow burner, and I have yet to sell my car, so not much news. And CG shiny is beyond my meagre budget. I am contemplating selling a kidney to invest the proceeds in Bitcoin, though!
So, you go first!
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:54 pm
by biggles
For sure now is not the best time to sell, we had sideways rain today!
I'm in a similar position, trying to free off my motor using diesel down the bores, before whipping it out. I am curious as to how expensive the Crosthwaite bits were though....
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:50 am
by jonclancy
The CG prices are offered on application. They are not cheap, but I would expect the quality to reflect that.
If you want to gain insight, I’d recommend joining the HLR. I found their magazine fascinating!
Was your engine seized?
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:48 pm
by biggles
Let's just say, in the finest Rolls Royce tradition, that it is currently reluctant to proceed...
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:52 am
by Splat
Premature blade corrosion?
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:00 am
by jonclancy
I have picked up a Nash Metropolitan rear axle line that. Wondering how to proceed... if I had a bathtub full of warm PlusGas, it would go in that. After me!
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:30 pm
by biggles
Splat wrote:
> Premature blade corrosion?
No just a bit fat, a bad back, and an arthritic thumb, for 47 I'm not doing too badly...
Oh wait....
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:32 pm
by biggles
jonclancy wrote:
> I have picked up a Nash Metropolitan rear axle line that. Wondering how to
> proceed... if I had a bathtub full of warm PlusGas, it would go in that.
> After me!
Thought about a bath full of molasses diluted with water? No I'm not joking, google it! Get the molasses from farm stores, they feed it to horses....
Re: Jon - I'll start one if you start one!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:02 am
by jonclancy
Molasses! Who’d have thought it? Might try painting a solution on the axle, rather than immersion. I do have a couple of suitable plastic barrels here I could press into service temporarily, though...