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Post by petefoster on Mar 3, 2014 22:46:29 GMT 1
I don't think it was as well organised as it could have been, we weren't given a guide when we came in, having abandoned the car off site & put our walking boots on and walked the last mile or so having already queued for 3/4 hour. Probably too big to combine MG & triumph in one show, we also had trouble finding the hall with the club stand without a guide map, but plenty of parts there & good once we had found our way around!
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Post by Ian Leggett on Mar 3, 2014 23:08:47 GMT 1
I don't think it was as well organised as it could have been, we weren't given a guide when we came in, having abandoned the car off site & put our walking boots on and walked the last mile or so having already queued for 3/4 hour. Probably too big to combine MG & triumph in one show, we also had trouble finding the hall with the club stand without a guide map, but plenty of parts there & good once we had found our way around! We were not given a guide either.
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Post by RichardH on Mar 3, 2014 23:54:24 GMT 1
A big thank you to Peter for organising the club stand (pictures on the club website} with such a range of cars, it was good to see so many members visiting the stand. The trip home was interesting and now know where the windscreen leaks, and with 6 volt electrics and running the headlights and wipers the brain got some exercise working out how long the battery would last as the dynamo was not matching the draw must check the regulator. Richard
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Post by markaren76 on Mar 4, 2014 0:11:07 GMT 1
Sounds like I missed a fair bit. This was my first time at an auto jumble (well. thats my excuse !!!) so I'll know to look much better in the future.
Glad it went well for so many M
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Post by Phil Hetherington on Mar 7, 2014 14:30:11 GMT 1
It's a longish list, and some of the bits I'm looking for might take a bit of searching out. New old stock nearside outer sill, front passenger seat or the right cloth/vinyl to repair the back of the one I've got, radio mounting panel, a pair of boot handles better than the ones I've got, a roof visor, Spitfire III cam, Herald caliper brackets and type 14 calipers, late gearbox and propshaft, and a new headliner. The boot handles are the same as the handles on the back of a Herald estate, except that the shafts are a different length, so you can buy some Herald estate handles and change the shaft. My '55 10 has tatty seat backs as I couldn't match the material so I decided to stick with what was there rather than deviating from the original pattern. My '54 car has far, far worse seat backs and when its time comes I will be looking to get the material made if I can't source it. But the two cars have completely different patterns (despite being otherwise similar internally). I wonder how many variants there were? In the railway preservation world people get rolls of moquette (carriage seating fabric) made up in bulk and share it between different projects around the country. We're talking here about a cheaper cloth so I feel sure that someone will be prepared to make it, but less sure about minimum order quantities and completely uncertain about the demand for it. I would happily get a roll of cloth made for my '54 car and sell the surplus, but I suspect that the moths would get to most of it before I managed to sell it. One for putting in the 'Review' to gauge likely demand I think, but I'd like to do some more research first to see how feasible it is to get small quantities made. Does anyone know any technical details of the grade of cloth, etc.?
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Post by Eternal Optimist on Mar 9, 2014 8:33:29 GMT 1
The boot handles are the same as the handles on the back of a Herald estate, except that the shafts are a different length, so you can buy some Herald estate handles and change the shaft. My '55 10 has tatty seat backs as I couldn't match the material so I decided to stick with what was there rather than deviating from the original pattern. My '54 car has far, far worse seat backs and when its time comes I will be looking to get the material made if I can't source it. But the two cars have completely different patterns (despite being otherwise similar internally). I wonder how many variants there were? Phil, thanks for the pointer around Herald estate tailgate handles, hadn't spotted that before. I'll round to taking photo's of the seat backs - generally, the interior trim is in outstanding condition bar the headlining and a small tear in one of the seat backs which looks like it was caused by poor storage at some stage.
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Post by markaren76 on Mar 12, 2014 3:43:58 GMT 1
I have just had an order for Cranberry vinyl delivered . Its surprisingly good and is the closest thing I could find to rebuild the door cards to match (or as near as dash) the original red vynide seat coverings. As you say the original vynide is no longer made and modern fabrics do not have the same texture or leather grained appearance. This I think is about as good as it gets. The only bit that is going to be an issue is the replacement of the anti-shoe scuff carpet section at the bottom. I'm using a floor vinyl panel to reduce the wear from my big feet!
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Post by Eternal Optimist on Mar 12, 2014 8:33:39 GMT 1
The backs on mine are some sort of cloth, not vinyl. In the relatively short time I've been looking at 10's I've been surprised at the variety of trim styles.
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