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Offline danny_p

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #530 on: 09 February 2010, 01:23 »
iirc it's 3mm    5mm would be heavy
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #531 on: 09 February 2010, 07:57 »
Quote from: danny_p on 09 February 2010, 01:23
iirc it's 3mm    5mm would be heavy

3mm would do the job, but 5mm can take much more of battering.
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #532 on: 09 February 2010, 13:57 »
It's a track car.

It should be about the weight, not the battering.

Danny probably has the same stuff to hand, so can take a better view on this - I'd go with him - 3mm.
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #533 on: 09 February 2010, 15:14 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 09 February 2010, 13:57
It's a track car.

It should be about the weight, not the battering.

Danny probably has the same stuff to hand, so can take a better view on this - I'd go with him - 3mm.

i work with the stuff everyday and 5mm is much harder to break than 3mm. but i dont think you break it when its used as a door card. if it all about weight - 3mm ftw :afro:
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #534 on: 09 February 2010, 15:27 »
Sounds like 3mm is what I need then.  CHUFF!!!!!!!!!! :grin:
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #535 on: 10 February 2010, 09:21 »
order placed,  and a Bod sent over to collect it for me  :smiley:
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #536 on: 10 February 2010, 09:24 »
Quote from: Chuff on 10 February 2010, 09:21
order placed,  and a Bod sent over to collect it for me  :smiley:

Beers heading your way my friend :cool:

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #537 on: 10 February 2010, 09:43 »
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #538 on: 13 February 2010, 10:52 »
A chap on Retro rides has found a couple of photos that inlcude good shots of the 88 year door number decals. Result!





This should help LL knock them up for me when the time comes.

Nick
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #539 on: 13 February 2010, 16:56 »
Today has not been a good day.

Fitted the plastic trim between the bumper and lower valance which went fine. Decided to remove the mats in the car so I can start stripping the underseal and painting up the floor to make it look tidier. I really wish I hadn't. The mats were screwed down, I thought to stop them moving, but no. Under the passenger one I have found what can best be described as a f@&king great hole that's been hacked into the sloping part of the bulk head. It looks like it's been cut open to weld in a new captive nut for what I think is the rearmost subframe bolt on the passenger side. It's a f@&king mess and I'm a bit peed off to put it mildly. So peed off I put the mat back in gave up doing anything else on the car this weekend.

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