Akciddento. Doing the things that we want to
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did you do this ?
here it is, the fugly 412 after a visit to mister MOT. investigating the ‘corrosion to o/s & n/s rear inner wheel arch’ i discovered that the MOT tester needed glasses. the ‘o/s & n/s rear inner wheel arch’ is made of expanding foam filler covered with p38 chopped strand. how could it be rusty…
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timing is the essence of good comedy pt II
following my theorising on the timing data from big bang here is some interesting sums that spencer tramm at VWDRC has doe —- Here are the average reaction times of the Sportsman VW racers this year (eliminations only) , I have only included cars that have competed in three rounds of competition (i.e. an average…
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the fugly is ready !
for it’s first MOT, it’s booked in tomorrow lunchtime and i think it might be alright…. all the electrics are working, after a fashion… and most importantly, i cut all the jubilee clips off the front coil springs, that was entertaining, it now sits about 3 inches higher at the front. here is what had…
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bugjam race preparations begin
spencer tramm from VWDRC has posted the early list of who is racing at bugjam… so here i is… Rathbone Race Cars Pro VW (9) Pro 11 Paul Woodhead Pro 36 Rob Bowler (as long as he’s remembered to ring and change ) Pro 38 Paul Bate Pro 63 Ian Dale Pro 72 Brett Lincoln…
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wiring madness, again ?
i’ve spent too much of the day tracing this…. the haynes/vw wiring diagram for the 412. slowly it’s staring to make sense. i got the windscreen washer pump working, the interior lighty, the windscreen wipers (with NEW wiper blades) german and swedish don’t have a single part for a 411 or 412 listed so guessing…
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tip time! everybody work for a living…
here i am taking the akciddento race car out for a little run to bed things in and check it all over. and take a load of trash to the tip. i’ve been hanving fun decorating some opf the walls in the house with a hammer and relocatiung them to a big heap at the…
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timing timing!
people say that the essence of good comedy is timing. well, if you’re interested all the timing from this years qualifying and elimination runs at SPRC summer nationals for the VW sportsman is here at eurodragster.com there are some new movies too, round four and the finals are online in the movies section and i…
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woo hoo ! the summer nationals!
fifth in qualifying, through the first round, through the second round, through the third, through the fourth ! broke out in the final and ran a personal best of 18.8….. the SPRC summer nationals VW sportsman runnerup 2003 ! and then i had a nice cup of tea.
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no comment!
saturday night at skanka pod raceway relaxing after a hard days qualifying and battling through the surliest curry rushden town could supply finds adele from striptease racing attempting top fit six chocolate mini rolls into her mouth at once. the akciddento sticker is there merely to protect the innocent. wax – ed.
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fugly has found a home
here it is nestled between the trees next to the samba. had a quick look over it in the cold light of day and it appears top be very solid. there’s a variety of electrical mayhem going on and lots to be refitted but hopefully this will be straightforward. it also appears to be pretty…
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