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[hazpalmer14]

Hinges were for boot board .... changed my mind

Brackets .... nope not for boot board

All will be revealed .... probably in next few days

Also Got delivery today from newton commercial , will get some pics up this weekend

Hinges with little gas struts would be good

[longtimenomini]

Couple of jobs started/ done ....

Job 1 not quite finished , as per usual got sidetracked with another job

[longtimenomini]

Ok .... will start with pics

Q AND A later

[KTS]

Nicely done !

[longtimenomini]

Nicely done !

Thank you .... pics don’t do the ‘movement of board with pistons ‘ justice

mm to spare .... took a lot of thinking through

[Ace Alex]

New Old Stock part?

Bit of wizardry there with that nifty installation! ?‍♂️

[longtimenomini]

New Old Stock part?

Bit of wizardry there with that nifty installation! ‍♂

None shall pass ! ......... me

[longtimenomini]

After stealth boot install , arming switch needed to be equally subtle ( several head scratching moments for each section of kit), original aircraft switch supplied was bright blue , er... no

After blu tacking to several places in car , have decided on this ... will trim switch so it sits more flush .

[KTS]

...thought for a moment you'd gone ultra stealthy and wired it up to the heater fan switch !!

[longtimenomini]

...thought for a moment you'd gone ultra stealthy and wired it up to the heater fan switch !!

I’d take off like a scolded cat every time it got cold

[longtimenomini]

Rear panels in ... need some tweaking but look nice

Then moved onto job I was avoiding .....

[longtimenomini]

1 step forward , then ...... borrow a car and drive 15 miles in opposite direction !!!!


Sheared exhaust mount ... at start of job ....



Snapped manifold stud in head ... just enough thread to get it out



Already had new set from a previous shopping spree ... new set in

[longtimenomini]

Rest of kit I’ve got to fit in ....



If I don’t get side tracked ....again

Tried bleaching washer bottle .... didn’t work





Will investigate peroxide and daylight ... unless anyone has a suggestion ?

[KTS]

Considering how manky they can get it looks like you done pretty well with that

I'm not sure if the plastic itself degrades over time and goes cloudy - have you considered painting it ?

I guess youd have to mask off a strip to show the level

[longtimenomini]

That pic was 1st bleach this is final in bay .... needs to be whiter



Paint maybe only option