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Although the weather outside hasn't been too favourable for working on cars over the last couple of weekends I've still managed to make a small amount more progress, this time with the headrest. in the traditional fashion, i started with a bit of wood... Well technically it's an off cut of oak from when I built my staircase several years ago but the thickness was just right for the job. I don't have a wood lathe but after getting it roughly to the right size with a saw I could then mount it in the metal lathe to turn to the final diameter. A quick sand to smooth the edges off and then several coats of paint later. Meanwhile, while the paint was drying I made the vinyl pad on the sewing machine. and then a bracket made for mounting it to the chassis. and finished

I’ve recently covered my car trailer and it hasn’t worked out that expensive, I fabricated the frame from 30x30x3 and 20x20x2 box section and sheeted the front with 0.9mm steel sheet. The frame is bolted to the trailer and without the cover on I can slide the frame off easily. The materials for the frame cost around £120 and I got a local tarpaulin company to make the cover and they charged £250+vat for that. It’s a few hours messing about fabricating but anybody half decent with a welder could knock one up.

I will be there

I got the club entry form today for the Fleur de Lys classic car show at Thornes Park in Wakefield. The show is on Friday 5th July starting around 3 pm and finishing at dusk, and costs £3 per car. We have until 24th of June to get the entry in, so plenty of time. Please let me know who's interested and I'll add names here. @Robin (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO @Breakable? and Debs, @tuonokid58, @BugMan, @marcusb, @Dave (OnliestSmeg) - Manchester AO @The Cheese, @Markwr35, @Rickyboy100, @Barnsley John,

Undecided as yet. I mean, if there is a bar close by I MIGHT be there...

My tickets arrived for this today. Thats myself and Gary with tickets. Anyone else joining us.

Up here everything for the Westy is £30 - but the wife was shocked when at Xmas I pointed her to a couple of pressie ideas that genuinely cost £30 - “see, told you” I said

Pictures now added. Thankyou to @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO @Dave Eastwood for your help with the pictures.

Breakfast club meeting this Sunday, 17th at 10:00 at the Red Kite on Denby Dale road. I've booked some good weather, hopefully.

welcome from Southampton

LOL LOL LOL...... I feel all of the pain and more..... We're buying a house with the intention of letting it, a bit of an attempt to salvage some sort of pension should I live to old age..... Sooooo we have to 'stop spending money' says the sage, and she's not wrong..... the legals and stamp duty alone are eye watering. So on to this week's text exchange. I was at work in Cumbria, the sage was at home, I sent her a reminder that I'm doing a "Brass Hat & Decompression Chamber" dive this weekend in York. Now in fairness I did book and pay for it BEFORE we chose to above mentioned plan..... I said in my text; Me: "do you want to come to York for the day?" The Sage "no.... not really" Me "there's shops 'n' stuff there, you could go for a mooch about" The Sage at this point was looking for a reason to match my spend & swerve the spending embargo, she asks; Sage: "how much was the dive?" Me: "£50, includes a hot lunch and drinks" Sage: (having done the mental maths that adds up to 'that won't buy me a hand bag or a pair of shoes') "You F**##@" "how can you tease me like that you F%%$**" "You know I like York, you're a F@*^&& P%£@ for telling me it's in York"....... As you can tell, I can't type the reply in full , I'll get a lifetime ban from the forum..... So I got home on Thursday Night for 4 days off..... it's like living with a cat on speed, she's restless, irritable and irrational, I swear I've seen people with addictions suffering less. I reckon I'll need to empty the piggy banks out and send her shopping, just for my own safety. Nem........

I've got some spare too if anyone still needs them.

It’s a really nice circuit. Things are looking positive for me on this one - will probably decide next week.

We'll be there Robin. Barry and Andrew

i entered

Getting closer to my "Puma Power" image there!