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  1. 1/2 or 3/4 I would think will be enough. depends how low you want to go 🤷🏼‍♂️
  2. When I fitted my new spring(2004) my car sat high. I fitted a 3/4 and it lowered it a lot more than 3/4 inch. Now my car is very low
  3. Shorter drive shafts(axle) same spring.
  4. We did 2 this year …. Long story and I say we loosely 🤣
  5. You just carry a complete shaft with a saloon or stag. Not handed so simple, not so easy on a small chassis.
  6. Just been thinking what I’ve learnt over the years driving old cars on long trips/Rbrr’s. I always carry at least one spare wiper since my mk3 cortina wiper flew off in pouring rain on m1 heading to Bradford. This year my pal Nick lost a wiper after a bird strike at John o groats fortunately he had a spare. When Gwaredd and I did our first rbrr my distributor kept moving as the bolt securing it was shot. Shedtune rescued us and from then on I’ve always carried an assortment of various bolts ,nuts and washers. This year I had to dig into the box a couple of times for others after they had issues. Fuses I always carry a vast array of fuses…. Lesson learnt after a friend kept popping fuses on a previous rbrr. Instant gasket, again first rbrr thermostat housing kept leaking. Ellis helped me out that time and this time we used it to adapt a leaky silicone rocker gasket that appeared to have stretched. Gwaredd cut a bit out and sealed it up with sealer. I carry a spare distributor, I had a power spark unit fail at lands end suddenly on the rbrr in 2016 after a faultless run that far. It just wouldn’t restart , fortunately I’d packed my old one and we stuck that on and were away again. I have a 123 now but as has been found they are not faultless so still carry a spare. I always carry a spare cap and rotor arm for rbrr…. Kindly loaned by a friend this year as ran out of time to order one. I’m sure there’s more, anyone else?
  7. I can only imagine, an unreliable car is just an expensive large ornament!
  8. You don’t have a fob on your sunvisor to open the gates? …. Peasant 😘 you think it’s the same issue?
  9. I was honestly gutted you guys didn’t make it Steve. So near and yet to far to push it…. Have you investigated yet?
  10. Weirdly this was amongst my favourite round Britain. My car behaved almost faultlessly all weekend and only leaked when tracking through standing water. It was coming through the transmission tunnel …. Wet feet was the order of Friday night/Saturday am. Lost front lights when a fuse holder failed but quickly sorted. Got a bit left behind at bude but only due to helping another entrant and that’s all part of it. It’s also part of why I enjoyed it so much, we chatted and laughed whilst doing it….. What a club and what a great group of people!!
  11. Club triumph round Britain reliability run…. There was a lot of us there!
  12. I can’t see size being an issue Andy 🤣😂
  13. I’ve always put the stickers on the rear wing with no issues. I actually think they look good there…. Maybe it’s the magnetic backing causing the issues.
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