Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:38 pm
Graeme did it himself at home, and to be honest Phil its not going to do alot of miles and is hardly a gas guzzler anway so best stick to what you know.
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I doubt it!anaconda wrote:
Is there a BX in better condition anywhere I wonder.
Well assuming the DTR now looks like it just rolled of the production line at Aulnay sur Croissant (or wherever it is?!) you own 4 of 'em that'd be in the running!?Roverman wrote:I doubt it!anaconda wrote:
Is there a BX in better condition anywhere I wonder.
That'll be Rennes-la-Janais...Paul296 wrote:...the production line at Aulnay sur Croissant (or wherever it is?!
DTR looks much as it did, all of my cars are tidy but wear their original paint except on the bumpers so wont be in the same league as a fully restored car.Paul296 wrote:Well assuming the DTR now looks like it just rolled of the production line at Aulnay sur Croissant (or wherever it is?!) you own 4 of 'em that'd be in the running!?Roverman wrote:I doubt it!anaconda wrote:
Is there a BX in better condition anywhere I wonder.
p.s. I concur - that 'dealerplates' site looked VERY interesting.
Roverman wrote: DTR looks much as it did, all of my cars are tidy but wear their original paint except on the bumpers so wont be in the same league as a fully restored car.
That's the one! (pity Aulnay sur Croissant doesn't exist though - sounds like a lovely place? )That'll be Rennes-la-Janais...
If you have a a look in the gallery page you will see some, the bumpers on both my Mk2 cars are the "smooth" two tone type with a textured grey top half which are easy to rub down and paint. The fully textured type bumper can be rubbed down, primed and painted.anaconda wrote:Roverman wrote: DTR looks much as it did, all of my cars are tidy but wear their original paint except on the bumpers so wont be in the same league as a fully restored car.
Did you paint the bumpers yourself. Im intending spraying the 'loose' paint off and recoating in a close matched colour. Ive found that the existing paint comes away when using a jet spray to clean...eek.
So are there any pics of your cars, always happy to see what others are driving?
thanks yeah just needs a clean.....Aerodynamica wrote:Looks really good and it needed the tweed interior
You've misunderstood; i meant economically. The problem was that lpg garages don't tend to want to bring up home done conversions to code; they want to convert your car for a fixed price and then service it every year. I got told by Graham that his mate would probably want to start again with it and in any rate charged something like £50 an hour plus VAT anyway so by the time you are done with bringing it up to code sorting out the issues at least 10 of them (so think two an hour) thats 5 x 50=250 + parts + VAT and thats being optomistic against around £500 for a new, modern up to code lpg system with a bigger tank. Bit of a no brainer really. And it was a lot down on power when you are shunting it which meant riding the clutch and high revs.Aerodynamica wrote:I just need to recap: the LPG installation was not finished! It started and ran fine though if down on power.
There's no reason whatsoever that this car cannot run on gas: "not do-able" just doesn't compute for a carburetor car.
well the fact the lpg system is now languishing in Nigel Wild's front garden may hinder things slightly ( ) sorry couldn’t resist..twisted sense of humour..Aerodynamica wrote:There's no reason whatsoever that this car cannot run on gas
hmm..have a vague recollection of mentioning it to Graham ages ago (before gaydon last year) and he seemed to think they don't cause problems unless fiddled with or sommat...(springs or sommat does that make sense??!). Don't think he found anything though. What sort of symptoms were you experiencing? Would probably be a good time to put up what i've had done to it..in case it was something else that caused the problems..i can always scan the invoices if you want May be of interest to some people as to what hasand hasn' been doneAerodynamica wrote:Did you ever sort out the problem with the FDV valve? I think I know what is wrong now after chats on the XM forum.
Thanks nearly done now just some interior/audio things to work out and replace the radiator at some point. Rest assured its in good hands..we had one before you know..only we traded it for a zx*..don't think we'll make the same mistake twice.Aerodynamica wrote: Well, best of luck with it..