Pickford's Kensington SE

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Pickford
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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Well the dreaded MOT came round again and unfortunately she failed. One bottom ball joint one top ball joint and some trivia bits. Mr MOT man didn't notice the fact that both rear radius arms are goosed and the rear subby mounts are shot, as well as under the front arches and some patches on the floor but hey ho this is the life of a Metro owner.
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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on a plus it means I can drop this bugger in after a spruce up.
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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sounds like easily fixable problems and common problems :)
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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DotMatrix wrote: Tue May 23, 2017 2:16 pm sounds like easily fixable problems and common problems :)
Hopefully :) I've already got some bits ordered just need to strip back and see what the damage is.
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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Well I was going to update this with regards to how far I have got pulling the tro in bits, but photobucket seems to have changed. Seems like I'll have to find a new image hosting site. Anyone got any recommendations for free ones?
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M356NVP Flame Red R114 Gta (WRITE OFF)

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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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Pickford wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:54 am Well I was going to update this with regards to how far I have got pulling the tro in bits, but photobucket seems to have changed. Seems like I'll have to find a new image hosting site. Anyone got any recommendations for free ones?
yes I noticed that about photobucket. sucks. I don't know what hosts people are using, I have my own domain where I place my pictures.
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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Hi there, I use Flickr to host my photos, seems to work fine :-)
"But it's only a Metro!
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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If this works you should see some kingfisher blue and some rust
Last edited by Pickford on Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
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M356NVP Flame Red R114 Gta (WRITE OFF)

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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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Well the links for pics seem to work for me someone please let me know if they don't but so far stripped the car down to a shell engine out rear subby out and fuel tank to assess the rust here's some pics showing the progress. This was all after the first day of striping.

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Last edited by Pickford on Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
N447AKU Kingfisher Blue R116 Kensington (SCRAP)

M356NVP Flame Red R114 Gta (WRITE OFF)

M752PDB Kingfisher Blue R111 Kensington SE (CURRENT PROJECT)

MM07XDP Red Pugeot 107 :lol: (DAILY)
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Re: Pickford's Kensington SE

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And here's after the second day of stripping

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Last edited by Pickford on Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
N447AKU Kingfisher Blue R116 Kensington (SCRAP)

M356NVP Flame Red R114 Gta (WRITE OFF)

M752PDB Kingfisher Blue R111 Kensington SE (CURRENT PROJECT)

MM07XDP Red Pugeot 107 :lol: (DAILY)
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