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Military time.....good one. An elderly couple, who had just learned how to send text messages on their mobile phones. The wife was a romantic type and the husband was more of a no-nonsense guy. One afternoon the wife went out to meet a friend for coffee. She decided to send her husband a romantic text message and she wrote: "If you are sleeping, send me your dreams. If you are laughing, send me your smile. If you are eating, send me a bite. If you are drinking, send me a sip. If you are crying, send me your tears. I love you." The husband texted back to her: "I'm on the toilet. Please advise."

You can sand the poly bushings with gentle pressure and about 100 grit. You might have to make up some jigs to support the bushing. I placed the bushing in the sleeve while sanding. I used my 10" radial arm saw with sanding disc. I was able to trim down the outer diameter of the insert as well as the outer diameter and thickness of the head. make your sand cuts very shallow and rotate the bushing by hand. there is a bit of trial and error on getting the proper diameter as when you push the bushing on the sleeve it expands slightly so do checks as you go with the sleeve removed. I used a tight fit into the boss using silicone spray as a lubricant then installed the steel sleeve. I used silicone grease as a lubricant. They don't squeak and they have been in 3 years.

Most of your auto supply, hot rod parts stores carry Energy Suspension. I switch all my bushings over to these and they are great.

Welcome to the 14 " Club Tire Rack still lists the Dunlop Direzza II in 185/60R/14. I've been looking for over a year for tires but I run 185 on front and 195 on rear, try and find matching tires for this combo. Almost ready to go to all seasons as I don't plan on getting rid of my Watanabe wheels anytime in the near future. Running Yokohama ES100 now. Just not enough demand for 14" performance in North America. I guess its time to import your own. Just be careful that the tires are DOT stamped or you could have insurance issues.

The welding on the tab doesn't appear to be tig welding, could be one of the problems.

Thanks Roman Very nice job.

Roman, What is the material that you used on the boot cover?

Much easier with the header off the engine, you can really get around, hold it in a vice.

When installing the wrap soak it in water first, it will wrap tighter. Let it dry completely before painting with the special paint.

If some of your friends are that big you may not want them in the passenger seat. I sure don't want my 300# brother in my passenger seat to counter balance my 160#'s, not that he would fit anyway.

Some people just put knobs on to make it look cool, ...hey look a 6 speed.

Take a look at what new all included 7's sell for in Britain and do the conversion. You can bet 7's won't be cheaper in the US than there.

Great Job on the build and a great job on keeping us all informed with your pictures and dialog. I guess I had better finish up on my 30 year restoration project on my 49 International KB2. Mind you I did have a few interruptions during those years. All the best and now you can enjoy.

This might be of some help. http://bringatrailer.com/2011/02/13/bat-survey-canadian-border-car-experience/

Depends on what you want. Turnkey, build your own? Are you stuck on just 2 makes. Do you just want to drive and have fun, race? Buy one and make it yours? Maybe this is still available http://burnaby.allcarsincanada.com/lotus/lotus-caterham-7-8000_499400.html There have been a couple of Canadian Sevens (Fejer) for sale out here in the last year. Originally built in Ontario and there are a few owners on this site. I have one and love it.

I agree, replace with round ones, but be careful on what material they are made of. I have had cheap ones crack and fall apart after a year, pay the price and save yourself some headaches later. Any gaskets meant for gas or oil seem to be the best, avoid the bargain store kind.

This takes some skill Change tires without stopping........could be usefull http://www.chonday.com/Videos/sauditire2

Its possible the K&N cleaner and oil may not agree with the foam filter you have. K&Ns are built of a cotton like material. If your looking for a replacement other than ordering an original, try going to a motorcycle shop that sells off road bikes(motorcross) and see if you can find something that comes close that you may be able to modify to fit. These filters are usually built in two layers, are fully washable and oil is required. These filters are very breathable and hard wearing. In a motorcross season I would probably wash and oil 50 to 60 times. Can be washed in gas, solvent etc. and oiled with the proper oil. If you over oil you can squeeze it out. Try not to over oil at first, the oil spreads very well.

Time to find another rubber stamper. On a little side track. I found that my original 4 point harness kept falling off my shoulders. The spread on the harness was to great and allowed this to happen. When I put in my new seats with integral head rest and harness slots I reduced the mounting spread to match the slots which was much narrower than the original spread. Problem solved. Also if I bought new belts again I would go to 5 point, to keep the lap belt from riding up.

Obviously one of these go-buy-the-book inspectors that doesn't know his arse from a hole in the ground and has no common sense. My inspector here in BC said 4 point was better than 3 and as long as they were clean, not frayed and could be released with one hand with a push of a button of flip of a leaver he was OK. He also wanted to see the mounting points for confirmation that the were installed to something solid on the frame of the car.

This is getting better all the time. Great workmanship. This is going to be one fantastic build.

When installing try some silicone spray for lubricant, unless they come with directions not to use silicone. Maybe someone has a better lubricant to use. When I did mine I had to make my own bushings and are synthetic. Vice should work just fine or a large C clamp.

Scent is put into liquids to warn of leakage. Similar to what is done to Natural Gas to warn of a leak. Could be put into brake fluid to warn of a leak, which could mean disaster on a race car. Just my guess when I read it.

I was checking on my Pay Pal account and realized that I had not paid my subscription. When I first signed up I thought this would be an automatic payment out of PayPal until cancelled. Is the note below valid?.. or am I missing something that I have to check to have subscription recurring? Validity periods marked * indicate that purchasing this subscription is recurring, this means after the period is complete it will automatically be renewed.

So tell me. Does each of these idiots, that get killed, go to heaven with the virgins. If so then there must be one hell'va lot of virgins up there. Will heaven ever run out of virgins? If heaven runs out of virgins, will the bombers stop? Just asking.