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My 1980 FHC 2L TR7 on youtube

Postby Orophin » 27 Jan 2008 14:05

Hey, me and a friend have just made this. Sorry, the car's not on the road yet but will be march/april and will probably take more footage. Enjoy, it's only a 1min long. [8D] Tell me what you think, the car especially.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj92GmuPoZw

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Postby Chunk » 27 Jan 2008 14:36

Your aerial is broken! [:)][:)]
Well made, nice pictures, shiny car - well done.
Cheers
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Postby TR Tony » 27 Jan 2008 15:59

Very nice - car looks very good & the soundtrack is even better[:D]

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Postby Orophin » 27 Jan 2008 17:42

Hey the ariel is a fold down one via a screw...yeh, and i forgot to do it up. Yeah cheers. If I had it on the road we would have taken her somewhere else. [8)] Led zep rules.

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Postby tr7inc » 27 Jan 2008 20:35

Nice 7 Oro, and love the soundtrack, what have you left to do on her?

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Postby Orophin » 28 Jan 2008 17:14

Not alot mate. Oil + filter change, air filter change, new steering wheel and a good sound system. That's pretty much it, and a nice exhaust note on it. [;)] Easy stuff really. But when it's on the road, new problems will spring up i'm sure.

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Postby john 215 » 28 Jan 2008 18:37

Hi Orophin,
Good clip,great taste in music and even better in cars [:D]
Cheers John

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Postby Rblackadar » 28 Jan 2008 23:14

Wow! Car looks great!!!! Before you get that inspected, Get your reverse lights taken care of......You have them over there don't you?? LOL. I wouldn't know.

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Postby bmcecosse » 29 Jan 2008 18:44

Reversing lights are not compulsory! Not tested at MOT.

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Postby tr7inc » 29 Jan 2008 19:44

That suprises me BM, about the reverse lights, i never knew that

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Postby Wayne S » 29 Jan 2008 20:01

Hey Guys, the reverse lights are indeed a requirement of the MOT. Section 6 under lighting "reverse direction lamps" .[;)]

I hate MOTs, next time the bloke goes down my sills with a hammer im going to wrap it round his b**tard neck !!! [:(!]

Pheeew.... haha. Mine failed on the headlights being set too low last time so allowed him to adjust for me to get it through and had to put it all back again afterwards, the lights on highbeam were pointing skyward and guiding in aircraft!!

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Postby tr7inc » 29 Jan 2008 20:59

hi Wayne, i thought the same bout reverse lights as you, and i ill second that, if anyone bangs my sills, they will have me to anwser to, listen on Feb the 10th are you going to Stonleigh?

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Postby Orophin » 30 Jan 2008 17:57

No reverse lights are not a requirement for the MOT. She sailed through a few months ago anyway so I don't have to worry about it all summer

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Postby Wayne S » 30 Jan 2008 19:02

I'll refrain from the rant on this one but this is what annoys me with MOT's. The standards vary from area to area and depending on who you see. I have taken my car in its earlier stages of its rolling restoration with definite issues and have had them passed in an instant, other times they have picked up on the most nitpicky things. There seems to be a complete lack consistency.

Rear parking lights are not essential for older vehicles to pass HOWEVER just as in foglights, if they are fitted (which they are, as standard) they MUST be operational. With the supposed strct procedure of the new style elctronic MOT youd think this would have ended but it definately hasnt.

Aside from the winge, they are pretty handy for letting the nutters knows when you are moving backwards towards them lol [:D]

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Postby Orophin » 31 Jan 2008 19:56

Lol yeah I guess they are handy for that [8D] that's another possible wiring fault I have to do.

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