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Hi Joris, Had a call from Alan today to say you wanted to speak to me. Its been a while since I rebuilt the car so will have a bit of thinking to do! I found it on a farm in 2002 in a hell of a mess. There was even a chickens egg on the manifold and 2ins of water inside. I tried to steadily improve ...

I have just seen it today in the paper shop.What a bunch of ugly mugs! [just kidding]. It is a good write-up on the club and cars. Stan.

Just thought I would share my experience of getting my mr2 wheels powder coated.I had various quotes of what I considered to be too high a price,and went to the Newcastle Wheel Company with them loose in the back of the car. I had a chat with the owner and said I had always been told £50 per wheel ...

Hi All,just found this in classic cars- Midas Gold at Haselmere,green, stands at £530 at the moment with 3 days to go.Got to be worth a punt for someone.Stan.

Just spotted 'tatty 1990 metro' on e bay which is mot'd and on the road.Has Mini 1275 engine and gearbox,one owner and 59,000 mls.Its at Oxshott in Surrey.£450 and no bids yet with 1day 15hrs to go.Got to be worth buying for someone with a midas shell and no or knackered engine! Thanks,Stan.

I did this 10yrs ago with my gold coupe.As said at the time,you cant fix to the body for the top eye-it wont be strong enough. My solution was to buy mini[?] dampers from Dampertech and fabricate a tower which bolted to the metro subframe [with the sphere mount removed] and had a mount for the top ...

Hi Mr bounce, Just to give you some useful info about rollering.When I built my Spyder I got my wife to paint it [but yours is out of things at the moment,I suppose!] But then Margaret is a decorator.We tried brush painting first with Purdey brushes-waste of time! the brush marks just showed thru ...

I used a new metro tank when I did my K series conversion,that is the old one leaked after a while! I was in luck that my local motor shop had a new tank which had been returned,so he said I could have it at cost.As far as I can remember it fit Ok apart from the filler neck,which I had to shorten ...

Hats off to both of you! Its about time someone dragged the Midas into the present,and if you can make a viable/affordable modern engine fit to a standard body [apart from the headlights],then I think you will be able to sell the kit to do it. After all,the body moulding itself is still very strong ...

Is it not easier just to calibrate it with a satnav? Most are more accurate than any other system!