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Paul Gledstone
Member ID: gleders1
Member Status: Free Member Southampton, United Kingdom 
Last Login: 2011-03-05 02:05:06
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1 Vehicles --
Total mileage: 42,412 mi (68,255 km) --
Average age: 1972
There are 7 total entries in this Journal.
Showing summary of the most recent Journal entries:
Posted on: Friday July 2, 2010
Took the plunge and started cleaning the engine etc. Not a full rebuild by any means but its suprising how a little bit of cleaning and renewing basics, can make things look better. Obviously new gaskets but also repainting , and just cleaning works wonders. Slightly worried abount the replacement head I purchased ages ago.Quite a lot was skimmed off the head and I am running with dommed top pistons, therefore the compression may be too high. We shall see! Spare parts are not particularly expens...
Posted on: Wednesday February 17, 2010
Still making steady progress. Obtained some seats from an MX5. Wrong colour , so I have changed them from brown to black. Leather of course and also more comfortable and safer than the old GT6 items. Sold the old ones on e bay and the money I got, more than paid for the second hand leather items , the petrol to collect them and also the leather kit and spray gun. Still have change from the £150.00 I sold them for. Black certainly looks better and ties in with the black leather interior. Basic p...
Posted on: Friday September 12, 2008
The bodywork was in good condition , no major rust. Decided to have it painted professionaly and to its origianl colour as near as possible. A few holes in the wings where a mirror had been fitted and the usual splitting for the seat anchorage points needed welding. completly stripped the shell and remounted on the powder coated chassis. A guy called Bernie Hoare did the honours and I am very pleased with the result. He took the body off the chassis again and the costs were very reasonable. The ...
Posted on: Sunday September 7, 2008
One thing that I always seem to have a problem with when I have these cars or the Spitfire , is the bad connection for the light bulbs. No matter how meticuously I cleaned the lamp holders , there was always a bad connection and failure of the lights to work consistently. It took me a while to find an alternative. I was looking for a sealed unit that included fog and reversing lamps. I also wanted something that echoed the curves of the body and not square or completley circular. I found at las...
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