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22-12-23, 12:39 PM
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Happy Christmas to all readers! The preparation of car for daughters wedding took on a rather manic aspect and I got quite obsessive including getting hubcaps rechromed but it did look stunning and 25 year old daughter did the driving duties without mishap. After various people "having a go" at driving it in the days following the wedding the new shifter became somewhat difficult to get out of Park. In an effort to remedy it myself I managed to break it. A new shifter mechanism turned up very quickly from https://dantesparts.com/ and all is well again.
Fuel smell from the rear is cured - renewed all breather hoses etc, but the problem was a through bulkhead fitting that was leaking slightly. Also took the opportunity to get the side trim redone...it was held on by a mixture of double sided tape, and clips and over the years it was pulling away in places...mainly where it had been caught by cleaning cloths and so on. I got the local bodyshop to redo it using the correct clips... I gather it was a bit of a performance but it looks excellent. Have got New Years Day run planned and after that it's going in to get the only remaining bushes on the car that haven't been renewed done. They're the ones on what I'd call the sort of anti tramp bar at the rear. Hopefully do some serious touring in 2024. Cheers Andrew Last edited by Kevin H; 22-12-23 at 01:23 PM. Reason: added photos 
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01-02-24, 06:16 PM
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Took the opportunity to have remaining niggles dealt with!
When anti tramp bar removed to do bushes, we noticed the mountings on the diff cover weren't great so they've been remade and all is much better at the rear. Also dealt with annoying slight resonance when moving away which turned out to be the gearbox mounting - replacement was a Chrysler Valiant one! Traced annoying fuel smell at front to incorrectly seated air cleaner and that's now sorted and took the time to double check chassis etc to ensure no incipient corrosion anywhere. Not content with that, reset the tappets which hadn't been done since heads done a year or so ago and as we were on a roll decided to see what was going on inside the rear suspension units! Bearings not great on one side and and even less great on the other so they were replaced. After reading extensively on here and SLJ's technical notes and suggestions decided to fill with semi liquid grease and added a grease nipple and a vent so one can fill them without pressure build up. Needless to say car drives and rides incredibly well now and am looking forward to the serious touring mentioned below! Last edited by Kevin H; 02-02-24 at 02:52 PM. Reason: added photos
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26-05-24, 09:42 AM
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Car just back from France - first time it's been abroad for a long while. Behaved itself impeccably and overall achieved 28.1 MPG which I was delighted with - helped no doubt by Autoroutes and RN's - very little stop start/city driving.
Off to Germany in a few weeks to do Romantic Road and Black Forest. Last edited by Kevin H; 27-05-24 at 05:35 AM. Reason: uploaded photo on request from Andrew
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13-11-24, 01:37 PM
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Brief update - did good tour in June of Belgium, Germany (Rhine Valley/Castle Route/Black Forest), Austria, Switzerland and then back through France.
The B 500 - Black Forest Route was fun and suited the car well - decent straights and some twisty bits. Then did a whistle stop tour of NW England and Lakes in early September which was enjoyable and finally the Sprint up at Southport which BODA were supporting towards the end of that month. It's been pleasing to do use the car more this year for the purpose it was acquired for - fast touring, in comfort. Picture courtesy of Actuarius Art btw Last edited by AndrewA; 13-11-24 at 01:58 PM.
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