WALLY'S EK

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Errol62 wrote:Graeme Tyler used an early Camry pair front mount. All metal, painted satin black. Not period but unobtrusive.

Interesting question, when thermo fans were first used.

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Look great but for the life of me cant get them to work now - i was super careful not to let anything in the snail - frustrating things Image


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Now thats a pretty sound - all good now - would post a vid but no can do


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I picked some up a few months back , finally got around to having a look at them and of course the low note works perfectly and the high note is a ball of rust inside ............. :cry:
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.


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Blacky wrote:I picked some up a few months back , finally got around to having a look at them and of course the low note works perfectly and the high note is a ball of rust inside ............. :cry:
Seams to be a common problem Blacky - Ive got another H note that doesnt work as well - diaphram very rusty


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Looks good, FJW - but, I bet it sounds a lot better....
I have always wanted a HNH... never found one.... even if it's just "cosmetic" - it makes the right side of the hood lock plate look "balanced"... hated that hole there.. always looks like something is "missing"..

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FJWALLY wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:31 amLook great but for the life of me cant get them to work now - i was super careful not to let anything in the snail - frustrating things
During painting, you're supposed to fill them full of blasting grit, then sell them to someone else. The buyer then tries to fix the shiny black horn, earning a face-full of blasting grit.

Ask me how I know... :roll:

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HAHAHAHA - that would make lots of bad words come out Harv - was my own stupidity thankfully - just had to clean the terminals better and they fired up perfect - thankfully did not have to disturb my painting.
Harv wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:24 pm
FJWALLY wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:31 amLook great but for the life of me cant get them to work now - i was super careful not to let anything in the snail - frustrating things
During painting, you're supposed to fill them full of blasting grit, then sell them to someone else. The buyer then tries to fix the shiny black horn, earning a face-full of blasting grit.

Ask me how I know... :roll:

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Been a good day - Travis from sodablast just txt to say the front end gear all blasted/epoxied and painted - ready tomorrow for a couple of granny smiths - happy with that - hours of fun ahead to re-build ImageImage


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The old mattress on the left cleaned up well... 8)

Lookin good rob


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Yeah not sure what that was out of - these guys do great work (Ringwood Sodablast) - they did the ute body to epoxy and i couldn't be happier with that result - no loss of seam definition etc and squeaky clean metal.

he does some real exotics in there which are awesome to look at - very good.
Errol62 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 3:06 pm The old mattress on the left cleaned up well... 8)

Lookin good rob


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FJWALLY wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:16 pm
Errol62 wrote:Graeme Tyler used an early Camry pair front mount. All metal, painted satin black. Not period but unobtrusive.

Interesting question, when thermo fans were first used.

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gpi wrote:
FJWALLY wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:16 pm
Errol62 wrote:Graeme Tyler used an early Camry pair front mount. All metal, painted satin black. Not period but unobtrusive.

Interesting question, when thermo fans were first used.

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Cheers - going to see if i can pick up a decent rad support and modify - if I can get 20 to 25mm I should keep 10-15mm clearance of fan and radiator


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ive got a spare one you can have
Thanks mate but I picked a cheap one up from Warburton spares which is on its way - if I stuff it I may take you up on it though


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do you get a manual column for the ezps conversion?
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