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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    Lee on solent is a great place to live - but yes the view is blighted a bit by the run-aground car carrier at present!
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    Dhubbard442 - yours looks a nice car, I could never build a kit car now unless it was a complete nut and bolt kit like the factory five or dax kits, it was only before I had a busy job, wife or kids that I had the spare time to do so much trimming, fettling and fab myself (and there wasn't even...
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    A few photos of the build as requested: The donor - an 86 Ford Sierra XR4X4 Donor engine rebuilt: Early build Exhaust mockup and fab Finished (next to my old '81 C3)
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    The kit car is a 'V8 Viento' made by a British company called Luego, it's basically a widened and stretched seven, designed to take V8s, there are a few with LSx motors around and one with a viper V10 being built. I bought my kit in 2005 and had it on the road in 2009, mine has a 3.5L rover V8...
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    Thanks for the comments folks, it means a lot coming from such dedicated people! Regarding the torchmate - I'm pleased with it, well made, easy to assemble and use and the nice thing is that it is expandable - i can extend to 4x2 or 4x4, add routing attachments, plate markers etc and it all...
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    Hi will post a few pics of parts when I get home but been pleased with the cuts, I think the hypertherm makes for a very good combo as the quality of the cut is excellent, only thing I want to do is add the auto height control as otherwise it's quite easy to set the tip too high and get a...
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    Hi, my doors are seceuroglide excels, but I think they do doors with an even tighter roll to reduce clearance, web link is http://www.sws.co.uk
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    Hi, it's the rapidair kit, I bought it from the U.S. Amazon site and had it shipped to a colleague over there. The trunking is made by univolt. The doors are powered, they are made by a British company called SWS.
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    Thanks for the comments, the plasma and lathe are mostly used for bits for the trike at the moment and the odd project and gift, would like to run a small business in future. Haven't mastered the CNC lathe software yet.
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    Uk Garage De-conversion

    Hi, I've been lurking on the forum for just over a year now admiring people's amazing garages and builds and getting inspiration for my own, since my garage is 'complete' (for now) I thought I would post some pics. Some background: We moved into the house in sept 2012, and like many homes in...
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