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I see, still 9 months is a pee take, axle tubes can be straightened or replaced, halfshafts can be replaced "IF" needed?, either way a "classics specialist" should know people who can sort this within 9 months, parts are harder to come by nowdays yes i get that, when i had a workshop and "did" cortinas i had a network of banger racers who TBH were the only people who had old cars laying about but still, there's axles on ebay? a lot of garages specialise, specialise in waffle to get the car in had some experiance of that recently myself, a classic car specialist in wales who had to give up cos they couldn't figure out my wifes Mk1 mondeos rear brakes so i feel your pain, especialy if you cant do the work yourself

They sound like a bunch of cowboys TBH, 9 months to source an axle ? why couldn't they fix your axle ? If they are experts why buy a recon axle? why not recon yours or buy an axle and recon it themselves ? As said get the car back ASAP/

only cos you didn't wash them ! you know as well as i do, wash them and 5 mins later either rain or bird crap will be all over them tis the very reason i never wash my car well that and i'm lazy but mainly the rain/poo issue

i looked at a C reg 2.0 GLS near heathrow back in the late 80s, guys dad worked in a dealers and had them store the car for a year and a day to get on a C plate That's a nice clean car Mr N

Never really been much of a fan of hammerite TBH, i prefer a good vactan (rust convertor) then boat enamel paint which is what hammerite is anyway, it's just buying a non branded version is cheaper, TA paints is where the stuff i use comes from, £55 for 5L it's pretty popular on narrow boats, mind you i get the dregs of the tins for free so maybe i'm biased i still use hammerits i just don't buy it

Doh, i allways get those 2 confused

i often quote that to customers as the golden triangle you can have it good, cheap or quick pick any 2

ironicly it was Conficius who said that

A woman of impecable taist and great eyesight ! Oh and a rather fantastic range of biccys on hand to help fuel the poor working man her son was making work way too hard

dropped it off, picked it up, all the same thing just in reverse , ish TBH my main memory of that was your mum pointing out a red Kite fkying in the sky, she had better eyesight than me !

I just had to rebuild a Pre XF carb on a boat for the 3rd time cos the owner keeps forgetting to run it out of fuel before laying it up for the winter TBH it's .ged internaly, 3 winters and the water has corroded the hell out of the insides, mind you there's a lot more water around a boat than a car (hopefully!)

did i pick that up from your mums? or was that another of the many MANY cortinas you've had over the years ??

Nice of you say chap but i did very little, i just made it seem like a lot, you lot behind the scenes paying bills and updating the site allways were and still are the stars of the show thanks for still being here

Don't worry, i'm still full of it although the stories are fewer and the tips will be even fewer as age has mudded the waters some what.

Not at all mate, i did concider ignoring it (sorry) but i realised i missed these old farts on here Thank you for reaching out, i'm over the moon to see the moose is still about