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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015
« Reply #270 on: Monday,January 02, 2017, 09:47:56 AM »
Realised recently how easy it is to complete jobs in the wrong order and then have to undo a job to fix something I overlooked.  So I've written a plan.  I was bored this weekend so I've already made a good start. 

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015
« Reply #271 on: Monday,January 02, 2017, 09:54:52 AM »
 Plans are good. May I recommend keeping a notebook? It's something I started late in my build and I wish I had started sooner. If you do that, don't abbreviate or shortcut your notes as you'll want to be able to make sense of them down the road.

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015
« Reply #272 on: Monday,January 02, 2017, 12:28:55 PM »
Closed cell neoprene makes great sound proofing and is so easy to use

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015
« Reply #273 on: Sunday,January 08, 2017, 06:15:26 AM »
Shallow smoked indicators

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #274 on: Friday,February 03, 2017, 02:31:14 PM »
A few updates

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #275 on: Friday,February 03, 2017, 03:10:00 PM »
That looks great! Thanks also for the picture of your charging station.

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #276 on: Sunday,February 05, 2017, 09:00:24 AM »
Cracked on with the interior this weekend. 
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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #277 on: Tuesday,February 07, 2017, 02:45:59 PM »
Nice! You're getting close!


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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #278 on: Wednesday,February 08, 2017, 03:28:22 PM »
Looking good! Have you got a target date to take it for an MOT?

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #279 on: Friday,February 10, 2017, 03:14:37 PM »
This is my 2017 schedule.  If all goes to plan she should be ready by May.

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #280 on: Friday,February 10, 2017, 03:42:39 PM »
Wow! Am I impressed. And I thought I was organized.........

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #281 on: Friday,February 10, 2017, 06:05:43 PM »
Woe! I'm impressed! And I know I'm not organized!  :)

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #282 on: Saturday,February 18, 2017, 05:24:40 AM »
With the sun out today I couldn't resist a preview photo shoot.

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #283 on: Saturday,February 18, 2017, 09:04:46 AM »
Fantastic.  I can only hope to do half as good a job as you have done. Would you mind if I message you regarding my own Else? I don't want to hijack a superb thread.

All the best,

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Re: ELSE Europa restoration 2015 -2017
« Reply #284 on: Saturday,February 18, 2017, 09:05:53 AM »
I can appreciate you're going for ultimate fuel economy, but don't you think towing it around on those little wheels is going to limit the top speed ?

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Looks great. How long until you get it fired up and moving under it's own steam ?

Brian