Zukenstein gets new body parts

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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by zukenstein » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:09 pm

Welding begun

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Outer all lined up

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Sill welded

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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by Jordi » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:10 pm

Making it all look so easy.
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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by zukenstein » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:11 pm

Put the body back on, time to find out if I measured properly and the engine clears the bulkhead. Was OK! missed by an inch, big sigh of relief!

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What the fool cannot understand he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy.

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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by zukenstein » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:15 pm

Jordi wrote:Making it all look so easy.
Not easy mate a lot of work over time. Mind you having my own business for 25 years restoring things like this helps, paid £300 for this when I got it.

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What the fool cannot understand he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy.

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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by zukenstein » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:19 pm

And this is where I got to when I broke various bits of myself July 2010, 4 discs in my back, fixed them then snapped a bicep tendon. It has sat in the garage ever since.

This year we continue!!!
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What the fool cannot understand he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy.

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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by Ladaman » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:39 pm

Glad to hear you are fixed now, and the mojo is back,

I'm looking forward to see the progress on this as there is some really nice work so far.

So come on, get cracking. ;)
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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by donkeychomp » Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:03 pm

Ah...the old 'hosepipe as a diff breather' idea. Like it.
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Re: Zukenstein gets new body parts

Post by twiss » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:30 pm

Hosepipe for the win! I chopped a bit off my works hosepipe reel and nobody noticed ;)
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