It Ran When Parked - A More positive update!

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Re: It Ran When Parked! An Calamitous Update

Post by Alan 480 » Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:07 am

dragonflyjewels wrote:
Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:53 pm
Long live the crumple zones, on other people's cars that is. Thankfully never had an accident in any of our 480s, but a rather expensive looking Honda wrote itself off on the back of our 940 estate. All lights shattered, bumper half on the car and half in the puddle of coolant, bonnet and both wings wrecked. The 940 was also written off due to bumper brackets not being available so I bought it back for £100 and put up with the slightly misaligned bumper until one turned up from a scrapyard. The guy's insurers rang me and persuaded me to accept £100 for the whiplash injury I told them I didn't have.........
I'd call that a win:win ? ? ?
only loss to your NCB (maybe) :wink:
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Re: It Ran When Parked! An Calamitous Update

Post by MisterH » Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:15 pm

So a bit of an update

After the immense generosity of the club, everything vital has now been collected and today the bodyshop picked it up. Jon my repair guy reckoned it could be done within a week, which I think is a bit optimistic, but hey if it works on TV...

I am hoping to get pictures over the coming days, shall keep you all posted

Thank you all so much
Ben
Current Jobs to do (23/1/22):
Fix Central Locking
Fix drivers side speaker
Annoying Scratching Squeak
Water leaks
Complete Front O/S rebuild

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Re: It Ran When Parked! An Calamitous Update

Post by brinkie » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:24 pm

MisterH wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:04 pm
I think Paul Darrow's gripping performance of Avon in Blake's 7 has rubbed off on me quite a bit, as I have approached this with a sardonic sense of irony and humour, while remaining determined to see it come good.
Are we sure we're talking to an 18-year-old here? :lol: (back in the Windows 95 days I had Blakes 7 sounds installed, when it booted up https://archive.org/details/blakes-7-so ... hed+on.WAV and when it shut down https://archive.org/details/blakes-7-so ... ffairs.WAV)
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Re: It Ran When Parked! An Calamitous Update

Post by MisterH » Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:55 pm

That is perhaps the single most revelatory thing I have found in my internet career :rofl:
Current Jobs to do (23/1/22):
Fix Central Locking
Fix drivers side speaker
Annoying Scratching Squeak
Water leaks
Complete Front O/S rebuild

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Re: It Ran When Parked! An Calamitous Update

Post by MisterH » Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:58 pm

Here are the latest pictures, taken on the 17th. Bear in mind this was about a day and a half after it was trailered in:
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As you can see, although it wasn't bent they have pulled it straight on the jig, and have fabricated a new wing.

As I write the only thing holding it off for paint is some parts for the Light array on their way from Jeff.

But, I go to France next Thursday for an extended(ish) tour, so I don't know if it will be ready before I go away

Thank you all ever so much for getting me this far
Ben :D
Current Jobs to do (23/1/22):
Fix Central Locking
Fix drivers side speaker
Annoying Scratching Squeak
Water leaks
Complete Front O/S rebuild

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Re: It Ran When Parked - A More positive update!

Post by dcwalker » Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:50 pm

Excellent progress, Ben, great to see! :D

David
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Re: It Ran When Parked - A More positive update!

Post by Jay-Kay-Em » Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:22 pm

Yep, great to see Ben. Could of so easily been declared a total loss and that's another to bite the dust.
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