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There were 3 fly presses in there from the day before but well spotted.
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Today i acquired a broken back light and a few small dents after backing the van into a bit of fence sticking out down the drive.
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^^^^ And I bet that's all one lens NOT individual ones for each colour £££ !
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looks like its an all in one cluster...
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looks like its an all in one cluster...
I hope it's not a VW then... I had a suicidal pheasant headbutt a headlight at maximum airspeed velocity as I was coming the other way, it broke an inch-long rack in the headlight leveller, not available on its own as a spare part of course, had to have the whole headlamp assembly in those pre-3D printer days, luckily it was a company car - £800 including labour removing most of the front end to change it
Oh for the days of sealed beams, choice of 7" or 5", round or square.
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Yes it is a vw lt35 and my mate has one in his yard but someone has already took all the lights off it.I hope it's not a VW then... I had a suicidal pheasant headbutt a headlight at maximum airspeed velocity as I was coming the other way, it broke an inch-long rack in the headlight leveller, not available on its own as a spare part of course, had to have the whole headlamp assembly in those pre-3D printer days, luckily it was a company car - £800 including labour removing most of the front end to change it
Oh for the days of sealed beams, choice of 7" or 5", round or square.
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I once fitted a brand new headlight in a golf as well as a few other jobs on a customers car, when I was test driving the car I hit a crow doing 60mph and smashed the brand new headlightI hope it's not a VW then... I had a suicidal pheasant headbutt a headlight at maximum airspeed velocity as I was coming the other way, it broke an inch-long rack in the headlight leveller, not available on its own as a spare part of course, had to have the whole headlamp assembly in those pre-3D printer days, luckily it was a company car - £800 including labour removing most of the front end to change it
Oh for the days of sealed beams, choice of 7" or 5", round or square.
Dave H. (the other one)
we cleaned all the blood and feathers off it, stuck it back in the box and warranty claimed it as broken on delivery
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I once had a pheasant commit suicide when I was driving my old Sprinter, it had a large luton that came close to the cab roof, about 3 weeks after the incident I thought there was a bit of a smell, you can guess where the stupid bird had ended up...….. took an hour with a steam cleaner to clean it out, even then...…..
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Hit a pheasant in a Rover 820, I could just see its head flopping about in the middle of the bonnet as I slowed down. The bloody thing bent the bonnet, smashing both head lights, bent the top and bottom valance causing both rads to fracture and creased both wings. I thought they would write it off, But they repaired it
. I thought they would write it off, But they repaired it
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Hit a pheasant in a Rover 820, I could just see its head flopping about in the middle of the bonnet as I slowed down. The bloody thing bent the bonnet, smashing both head lights, bent the top and bottom valance causing both rads to fracture and creased both wings
I hit a pigeon when I was riding two-up on my 955 Sprint ST. Flew out of a hedge as I was banked over going round a corner. I was quite lucky in that it smashed the small central fairing panel around the headlight and missed the two massive fairing panels that go round the side of the bike. Still over £100 for a new panel and I got covered in feathers and blood. I was on my way to lead a group ride round South Wales - I looked quite a sight when I showed up at the meeting point!
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My mate decided to "prove" to everyone his tiny drive was wide enough for his new BMW. He was right...the drive was wide enough...but someone had screwed a giant metal pin in the brickwork.
Was truly excellent to see his face as he pretended it was no big deal ...looked like it had been keyed with a 6 inch nail
Was truly excellent to see his face as he pretended it was no big deal ...looked like it had been keyed with a 6 inch nail
Did they fix the car as well.Hit a pheasant in a Rover 820, I could just see its head flopping about in the middle of the bonnet as I slowed down. The bloody thing bent the bonnet, smashing both head lights, bent the top and bottom valance causing both rads to fracture and creased both wings
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My mate decided to "prove" to everyone his tiny drive was wide enough for his new BMW. He was right...the drive was wide enough...but someone had screwed a giant metal pin in the brickwork.
Was truly excellent to see his face as he pretended it was no big deal ...looked like it had been keyed with a 6 inch nail
Like in that fillum, Bellman and True: "The hole is not too small, the car is too wide!"
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Looks like its all there, consider gluing it back together ?
My wife and I came out of our local supermarket overseas a couple years ago to find the tail light on our Honda Civic in pieces on the pavement. I picked them up, and when we got home I used Superglue to put them back together as a temporary fix. The fix turned out good enough that I didn't bother with the insurance company or getting a new light fixture.
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I will give it a go if i can find all the bits
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I found it easier while trying to put it together to attach the smaller pieces to each other correctly, and then assemble the larger group together on the light fixture.
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you can use baking soda as a filler in superglue to bridge gaps.
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80mile Unplanned trip to Bransholmein ‘ull.
Noga base, cine-arm and micro adjust, Mercer 0.01mm, and no-name 7 jewel 0.002mm indicators. £40
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And you lived to tell the tale
. I was last on Bransholme in the 70's at a family wedding, I remember my dad was not very happy to leave the Viva parked up for too long. 
