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Its alrite, even tho u used chris's car lol. Give me a ring any time if u need anything I'll try me best to pop up if i aint doin nothing an Soz i cudn't stay long like. I wuda stayed if i didnt have any plans. I thought u wanted a lift to new brighton wen u called me lol, anyways once ur cars bk up n running sud see you out n about more

Lol, thats one thing ive found out I cant do, give jump starts.

Still cant wait to see this car back on the road haha, tis a really sweet car, glad you didnt sell it in the end all that time ago fella!

I have the numbers for loads of BMW specialist breakers-if you want them (for a carpet etc) just let me know mate...

thanks for comments.

Chris, no worries, I'm after retrimming it myself, so I'll just get some off cuts or something.

I'm off to my garage in a sec and will be needing a jump start, so if anyone can come round and help about 8pm, it would be much appreciated

Will see you in about 5mins matey

Sorry i didnt saty mate but your mad as its far to cold.

No worries lol cheers for them batteries tony, but they didnt have enough in them to get it started

Think i've fixed the coolant leak now though - re-tapped the hole as the thread had been stripped, and seems to hold fine. Also made a gasket for the thermostat housing to stop any futher leaks.

Topped up with new oil as the old stuff had petrol mixed in with it from the many failed attempts at starting.

I bought 2 LED computer temperature sensors last week too, so I will just cut the molex connectors off and i'll be fitting one sensor inside the car and one outside so I know how chilly it is lol.

Made a start on painting the wheels last week.

I've sanded them all down, so all they need is painting.

Finally finished the first one today - it's taken me 2 days.

Not the best of jobs as I hate prep work for painting and never get it smooth enough, but looks pretty good.

Another 3 to go....

looking good dude....this is like a late christmas present...hopefully shell be done before I go back to uni...and ill get to see all the hard work man

Cheers.

I'm trying to get it back on the road by end of jan/start of feb, so probably not before you go back.

Still a lot of work to do and a lot of money to spend

heres hoping tho.....im gonna have to take a year out of uni anyway end of this uni year....so if i can get a placement near to home..i should be back quite a bit..and possibly see her when shes finished

iv just gone throudh all the pages n it looks like ya bin throuh alot gettin ya car to how it is now
i was inreged all through cant wait for more picks n posts to look at
i cnt wait to c the final looks

cheers matey

wow them wheels look fresh mate. good job

ta mr whelan