C160SFG - 1986 Series 3

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Re: Not another barn find..... but almost

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Superb result for you
Great story great find and now improved by Elf power I see h[b[

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Got the car back from the pre-mot and all was good except slight play in the front o/s wheelbearing and the hardlines to the rear brakes were corroded.
I've changed the brake pipes across the rear axle today, together with the flexible brake pipes and then fitted a set of the silicone rad hoses that Adam has sorted out http://rx7fb.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2078 as a group buy. The quality and fit is excellent...

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Sounds good, Ian. Hopefully fly through the proper one aye! The hoses look great as does the rest of the bay h:
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Lovely 8-) The sort of attention to detail we'd expect from you, Ian. That bay looks good enough to eat dinner off, but I expect you might be rather annoyed at having to clean egg off everything afterwards :?
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this is the cleanest that it will ever look.... once it gets out on the road, it'll be covered in dust.... I hate cleaning cars so it will never get cleaned under the bonnet again.

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take all the photos you can then ian and stick in your project book for the car.
it looks great though, like you just bought it out of the dealership :)

you should send a few snaps to mazda in japan and tell em to bring the fb back :)
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Big day in the life of this car today..... passed its first mot in over 20 years with no advisories s(c) ..... another one back on the road :D

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Woo nice work, Ian. Couldn't of gone much better then aye 0-0
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ian65 wrote:Big day in the life of this car today..... passed its first mot in over 20 years with no advisories s(c) ..... another one back on the road :D
happy days, glad it all worked out.
one of the best examples in the Uk, great stuff, i'm jealous lol. :)
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Re: Not another barn find..... but almost

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Great stuff mate, looks awesome.
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