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Postby caht188 » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:39 pm

:) Hi, I'm Ian from Plymouth, Devon.
My Midas is, I believe a Mk 2 Bronze first reg. on 05/08/83.
Colour Metallic Blue (originally darker blue, probably Royal)
Engine is Metro 1275cc
Registration no. A799 RVL
I have owned the car since June 2003 Hi, I'm Ian from Plymouth, Devon.
My Midas is, I believe a Mk 2 Bronze first reg. on 05/08/83.
Colour Metallic Blue (originally darker blue, probably Royal)
Engine is Metro 1275cc
Registration no. A799 RVL
I have owned the car since June 2003, but has been off the road for last few years awaiting engine & gearbox rebuild - the car having skidded to a halt without applying the brakes!
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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby Rich » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:06 am

Hi Ian,

Welcome to the forum! Nice to see another Midas in Devon.

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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby manifold » Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:31 am

Hi Ian,

Welcome to the Midas forum. I hope you find all the info you need here!

It would be great if you could put some info on your car in the live or dead section!

Kind regards,

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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby johnnyfixit » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:26 pm

I've also had funny things happen to the brakes see my posts hopefully cured now but there is pleanty of info on here to help ,
or keep you going when dispare sets in :roll:
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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby Rich » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:30 pm

johnnyfixit wrote:I've also had funny things happen to the brakes see my posts hopefully cured now but there is pleanty of info on here to help ,
or keep you going when dispare sets in :roll:



heh heh, the one and only time it happened to me it was due to large parts of the gearbox making a break for the fresh air.

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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby manifold » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:42 pm

i had a similar situation in summer.....large parts of gearbox appearing, however I was sailing a 50ft boat.....and it broke in two disconnecting engine from propellor just as the night was drawing in, several miles offshore. That was real despair! lol ;)
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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby Rich » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:22 pm

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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby manifold » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:25 pm

;) they didnt have the RNLI off Antaliya. Anchor chain was 150 feet, Depth was 1000 feet.
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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby Rich » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:30 pm

manifold wrote:;) they didnt have the RNLI off Antaliya. Anchor chain was 150 feet, Depth was 1000 feet.



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Re: mk2 bronze

Postby manifold » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:36 pm

it was a tense time, but good for the adrenaline rush.
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