craig

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I did end up with a complete car at least, but with a lot of faults that need putting right at my expense now, which he should have resolved. if he did have any self respect or decency over what he has done, then he would have been in touch long before now to try and resolve it with everyone. his lack of contact should be making that loud and clear

I saw your car in the workshop at the time, and some of the fabrication work did look pretty good. having also been left with an incomplete build by him, i am not sure i would want to entrust another car to him, as it would only get done in his spare time while not earning a living, because he couldnt afford to do it otherwise.

The halo saved his life, for sure, but he also had a lot of luck on his side as well. If the car had got wedged just a little further back in the armco, so if it had rebounded back a little after the roll bar hit the armco and stopped him, the armco across the top of the halo would have made escape impossible. That's not a negative on the halo, just an observation on the circumstance. Lucky he didn't get knocked unconscious too, as already noted. The gap between the rows of armco should be removed, by designing them to interlock, unless they become a one piece section. The gaps, or even a missing bottom row of armco that you see on many roads and motorways are a massive danger, especially to a sliding biker too. The armco was mostly going in the right direction Tony, it was a blunt hit purely because he was veering across the circuit at that point, if he had just run wide earlier, and was still going in the right direction, there would have been a much simpler deflection. On a lighter note, it was strange to see him escape and jump from behind the barrier over to track side of the barrier to get to safety, when he was already on the safer side. I am sure that was instinct kicking in, when stood up in the cockpit and feeling the armco to hand, jump over it away from the fire, as well as seeing someone trying to pull him clear. Did you see that his visor appeared to have melted a little too, although i am unsure if that would just be the tear off strips that melted, making it look like the visor had too, as i would expect the visor to be a bit more resilient than that?

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Best wishes to you Gary

Very likeable unoffensive guy, not looking for shock factor and reactions like people do nowadays. the entertainers for our generation are getting on though...

Do you have them in an open folder or changed permissions on them Jeff, to allow viewing? Many sites show 404 error (not found) rather than authentication error, to dissuade further attempts to access.

crikey, that is an era ended

Been using it, quite like it most of the time.

this one up for auction also looks interesting ? https://stratas.auction/auction/1990-nissan-npt-90-42

I have 3 zeds in various stages of project status, anyone want to buy them as a job lot? grab yourselves a bargain ?

Welcome back and good luck with the z revival. We are always doing our best to keep the forum alive and kicking, although it's hard to kick once you have the zimmer frame ?

Welcome Tony. Am sure someone will come along soon with aerial help. Does it just not extend? Broken and half out? Does it make any noise?

So many sale posts recently, that i presume everyone wants in on the 400Z when it is launched, and needs to save purchase/import fees to get the "first in UK" kudos? ? I had given thought to trying to sell my lot, simply because i have no room or time to do anything with them at the moment, but looks like this max exodus and saturation will have a bit of an impact and might as well go to welding/painting night school instead ? Seems sad to think that so many great members are selling up though.

nice little trip Richard, and car looking nice. Had a couple of exterior rust spots sorted on mine this weekend, front and rear arch on driver side. Need to sort rear passenger side another weekend.

Deja vu on unread threads ? Sorry to hear it didnt go to plan but thanks for the continued attention and upkeep Lee, always appreciated ?

Take your car Richard, if you plan on attending anyway? ? i would offer, but am not sure if i will be isolating or not, but will be willing to take it if all else fails.

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They always want the basic 6 pics as a baseline on the vehicle, to ensure there is no existing damage or obvious defects that they should know about. They ask for this each year, and always want fresh pics, not re-used. As part of the overall valuation, you want to be sending detailed pics of the work or parts that are being used to justify the valuation, such as chassis and corrosion work, rust proofing, strip downs for restoration or repainting. Agreed value is not just the sum of the parts. The valuation guys are not expert in every vehicle, but they do understand the value of prevention and maintenance, along with simple receipts for parts. This is why they will take club valuations into account during the overall process, while also checking sale adverts etc. Alex, you are right, they wont accept a club valuation on it's own due to risk of fraud, but they do take them into account as part of the overall evidence you provide to justify the request. You want to supply as much of this evidence as possible to get the best valuation. Sometimes you can offer a valuation price, and they respond with an agreement, but other times they will offer a different valuation, up as well as down, based on their industry knowledge or in comparison to other vehicles they already have on their books.

Dont think club funds will stretch anywhere near the opening bid !

Misfire to troubleshoot, going nowhere in it at the moment.

Yes, i meant for end of year, after it is SORNed, you could still book and take it without taking it off SORN. Mine failed on some minorly stupid things which i didnt get a chance to check before i took it. Spent the weekend replacing 2 very leaky fuel hoses, and decorating, so i forgot to check all the MOT items once i put the battery on and realised they had degraded since last use.