21 year old GC8
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:05 PM
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21 year old GC8
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:10 PM
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Is it 25 years and you don't pay road tax?
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:18 PM
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From: Wakefield
Micky can you get classic car insurance now? I got it on my MK2 Golf and saved a fortune.
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:28 PM
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Is it 25 years and you don't pay road tax?
Dunno?
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RS_Matt
Micky can you get classic car insurance now? I got it on my MK2 Golf and saved a fortune.
Not sure, I get a good deal off Moley anyway.
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:29 PM
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From: Newcastle
Micky
seen a pic of your rusty arches on another thread.. mate they were bad
glad all fixed now, seems like a good price for all the work you had done
cheers
Matt
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:32 PM
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Micky
seen a pic of your rusty arches on another thread.. mate they were bad
glad all fixed now, seems like a good price for all the work you had done
cheers
Matt
Aye, they were FUBAR'd
Cheers mate.
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:41 PM
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Hi Micky. Why did you fix it and not burn it??
Oct 13, 2015 | 08:43 PM
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Hi Micky. Why did you fix it and not burn it??
Filler doesn't burn
Looks awesome Micky
Oct 13, 2015 | 09:06 PM
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From: Belfast
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Is it 25 years and you don't pay road tax?
Think it's 40
Oct 14, 2015 | 12:03 AM
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From: Devon
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piehole1983
Think it's 40
they have to be pre 1 jan 1975
Oct 14, 2015 | 07:28 AM
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they have to be pre 1 jan 1975
Close enough
Oct 14, 2015 | 07:27 PM
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Filler doesn't burn
No filler in those arches.
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Looks awesome Micky
Cheers Stu.
Oct 14, 2015 | 07:49 PM
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From: Norfolk UK
Hi,
Oct 14, 2015 | 10:58 PM
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From: UP TO MY NUTS IN GUTS
Oct 15, 2015 | 07:03 AM
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From: MY99 PPP Wagon
Looking good Micky. Arches look great now 👍
Didn't look so good in May
Did you get them done locally and would you recommend them ?
Oct 15, 2015 | 08:50 PM
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Looking good Micky. Arches look great now 👍
Didn't look so good in May
Did you get them done locally and would you recommend them ?
Yeah locally, Simon. I'd recommend them, couple of bits could have been done better though.
Oct 15, 2015 | 08:58 PM
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Hi,
Why on earth would I do that? I'm very happy with my current insurer, and have been for the last 9 years.
Tell you what though, come renewal time, I'll send you a PM, including my full mods list, and give you a chance to quote me.
Oct 15, 2015 | 08:59 PM
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From: derbyshire
Looks good so is there any before pictures.
Oct 15, 2015 | 09:48 PM
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From: Surrey
Oct 16, 2015 | 04:16 PM
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Looks great Micky and always good to stop to rust before it gets to bad.
Oct 16, 2015 | 08:41 PM
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Looks good so is there any before pictures.
Last edited by mickywrx; Oct 16, 2015 at 08:48 PM .
Oct 16, 2015 | 08:49 PM
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Guinness
Looks sweet...
Cheers, Alan.
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Looks great Micky and always good to stop to rust before it gets to bad.
Cheers, Simon.
Oct 17, 2015 | 11:31 AM
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From: derbyshire
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mickywrx
That does look grim so had the rot attacked the inner skin as well as the outer and how are the turrets.
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Reason: extra info.
Oct 17, 2015 | 12:58 PM
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From: Welsh Northland
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Pross
they have to be pre 1 jan 1975
Ohh, they've moved the dates! It used to be pre 1 Jan 1973!
Oct 17, 2015 | 01:23 PM
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From: Near Croydon
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That does look grim so had the rot attacked the inner skin as well as the outer and how are the turrets.
do bears **** in the woods?
i've never seen arches that far gone on a scoob, impressive
Oct 17, 2015 | 06:58 PM
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do bears **** in the woods?
I asked a reasonable question and one you cannot obviously answer so why the sarcasm?.
Oct 17, 2015 | 08:02 PM
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That does look grim so had the rot attacked the inner skin as well as the outer and how are the turrets.
All I got told was to wash it down underneath after winter, and re-underseal it.
The worst of it was caused by my car getting gritted and snow plowed up the side of it a couple of years ago, things are more stable at work now, so I've been able to get it sorted.
Oct 17, 2015 | 11:29 PM
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From: Bucks
Looking really good now mate and it looks like you caught it in time, just need to polish the rust off the rear bumper now
Oct 18, 2015 | 07:32 PM
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Looking really good now mate and it looks like you caught it in time, just need to polish the rust off the rear bumper now
Cheers, Paul.
Aye, that and a few other things need done.
Oct 18, 2015 | 09:09 PM
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