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    Default K95VHD WIP-new wheels fitted!!!! No more gold!

    I went to sunny Kent on Monday to collect my new purchase.


    Set off at 5am, Mikey collecting me in his Vectraand then had a pretty uneventful trip. M62/M1/M25, Dartford crossing, and Bens house. Sounds easy but a little tiring!

    Bit of a delay at Ben's house while he gives me the (hundredweight!) of receipts and bills for wheels, brakes, exhaust, alarm, tyres, respray, re-respray, re-re-respray (:D) and practically every part ever purchased! All old MOT's, corroborating mileage, every tax disc and MORE receipts!!

    I phoned my insurers to confirm mileage (it's a reduced mileage policy!) and set off back towards the motorway.

    We went under the dartford tunnel and hit the M25 and an hours worth of traffic jam!!! No matter, joined the M1 and hit the first trauma of the journey!

    Mikey's weak bladder and growling stomach! We pulled over at services for an offal burger, laughing at the noise the green missile makes!

    Refuelled, we got back on the M1 and 180 miles from home, DISASTER!!!!!

    As I sat in the outside lane, at about 80mph, the heavens opened and a sudden shower appeared from nowhere! I flicked on the wipers and.......



    F U C K! They didn't work!!!!

    Slowed down to 50-60mph, sat behind mikeys vectra for 8-10 miles to the next services, contemplating the long trip home on the back of the AA flatbed.....

    I checked the fuses, relay was clicking and the horn worked (shares a fuse with the wiper!) and was about to speed dial the AA but had a look under the scuttle! The linkage had come off the spindle and some judicious use of Mikeys magic pliers (Already used on some coathanger to make an emergency exhaust hanger for his Vectra!) managed to twist the linkage into position. The wipers were slow, but they worked, and thats all that matters!!!!

    Back on the motorway, carried on untile we hit more traffic on the M62 near Leeds, eventually getting back to Oldham at 5.15pm! 12 hour stint!



    Car outside my house, filthy after 5 hours on the road!



    My son with the car-he affectionately knows as "Noisycar"

    Tuesday morning, I felt the car needed a wash. Spent 2 hours on the car, it it still very dusty inside, the downside of very little use I suppose....

    Performed the first of many planned mods. Fitted the single wiper off my purple nova, which was made up from a brand new linkage with a secret ingredient to make the full sweep.



    Old linkage and arms removed

    New straight arm and longer blade



    New linkage almost in position

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    So then the car with the sigle wiper, checked the sweep......



    Unsure TBH if I prefer centre park or side park? Waiting for the cap to arrive for blanking off the spare hole and also removed the full sized front number plate.

    I also fitted a shorter roof aerial and then took the car for a run down the motorway

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    Drove to see Fearless, to have a chat about some subtle aesthetic underbonnet mods. Don't wanna give too much away but add this


    to this


    add some shiny stuff into the mix and some removal/neatening up of the wiring and I'm hoping for a near concours quality engine bay!

    New air filter will be fitted, but i'm a little worried about the amount of water that comes through the carbon fibre bonnet vents onto the air filter and the Bailey tank, Any ideas how to reduce it????




    And one last picture, car with my new Touran and my missus Beetle....

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    looking good what are the plans?

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    Im a cretin
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    that is one of my favourites realy like it gold on green looks ace

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    Race you Matt.....!!! If you insure the Nova and actually ever drive it on the road! :-)
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    im up 4 that! wat u got to put up a fight? although probley not worth the stone chips
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    great car m8

    nova looks like a midget against touran

    keep us posted with what u get up to

    shane

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    Awesome car, so thats why you wanted pics of it the other day Lol

    Colour looks great.
    I prefer the wiper parked on the side, thats where i have mine parked.

    Where are you getting a cap from to block the other wiper hole?
    I just tigersealed a rubber grommet over the 2nd wiper plastic cap thing, and then tigersealed that over the hole.

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