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Old 14th July 2012, 11:26 AM
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Theres no body on here Where are all the motorheads I have an excuse because I was up at 3am and have driven a poxy horsebox to lincoln. Could the last person on turn off the lights please.

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Old 14th July 2012, 11:32 AM
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My excuse is that I was up till 1am and up again at 6 to go to york races for work and now I am going to go to sleep and get paid for it
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Old 14th July 2012, 12:37 PM
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I've been up all night with 2 kids throwing up ones still at it this morning! I'm hoping it passes quickly and the rest don't get it as I'm due up to vmax on Monday.
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Old 14th July 2012, 07:58 PM
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Theres no body on here Where are all the motorheads I have an excuse because I was up at 3am and have driven a poxy horsebox to lincoln. Could the last person on turn off the lights please.

Bob
Not so many people on here these days as not so many people building I guess. My build is still on hold - permanemtly now. and many other people have either completed and no longer seem to visit or have sold up.
Shame but that's how it is.
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Old 14th July 2012, 08:24 PM
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Me ?

I have been busy stripping the scabby Sierra that I picked up recently.

Got all I need off it for the time being.

Engine, gearbox, ECU, loom, exhaust fuel tank & associated plumbing, all out.

Tomorrow I'll drag it over the road & dump her in the field until I am ready to strip the running gear from it, once that's done it'll not take long for Junior to turn the shell into a big heap of scrap.
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Old 14th July 2012, 10:10 PM
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Maybe everyone's too busy building sportscars!
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Old 14th July 2012, 11:40 PM
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Thats what I am up to
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Old 15th July 2012, 06:53 AM
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Clearing my mates shed and racking out of my workshop today so I will have plenty of space to start my build
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Old 17th July 2012, 11:39 AM
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You could ship it over no problems.You would need to look into the fact that u will be hit with 10% get and 5% import duty on the vehicle most likely,they will also add the cost of the shipping into the price.Getting it on the road would not be a problem,u need to get an approved engineer to inspect it under construction a couple of times and then when finished.He will then sign off on it and you can then get it registered.I will try to remember and send u a handy link to my car club in welshpool in WA.
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Old 17th July 2012, 01:46 PM
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A guy that worked here sent a xjs v12 convertible to auz. From memory he paid about 6k for it but had a bit of work done on it here before it went and by the time it got there to his door it was six months. Worse than that with all the charges ,customs,storage ,shipping and handling it came out the same money as an auz one, over 20k. He was unchuffed, he reckons that customs there can jerk you off with the paper and bullshit for as long as they like and its costing all the time they hold it I suppose if you know the system there are easier routes in but that was his experience. On the Flip side I needed a screen for an old hq ute i have got and he shoved it in a box for me and by some miracle it made it all the way here intact with no problems.

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