Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

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Barbour
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Model of Car: 2002 TF 135 LEF PUU
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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:57 pm

I had the day off Wednesday, and the weather was great, so I've done a ton of little things.

Started with some paint repairs, few spots on the front hood, some little rust spots on the rear left sill, nothing too bad but I want it fixed before winter. Also removed both the rear side vents to check for rust inside the sills.

I recommend you all to do that regularly, clean up debris inside first and get to potential harmful rust in time. Sprayed some WD40 in there, it's dripping from the sills, so all moist will be driven out and I can spray in some Waxoil this weekend.

After that I improved the little rear spoiler fixing, it's sitting nicely now, looks good IMHO.

After that I wasn't done, so I realigned the doors and the front and rear lid, they didn't do too good of a job in the factory, and I'm sort of peculiar that way, i put the gaps in 3-4mm, I'm guessing that would be standard if they had bothered with quality control. Front and rear bumper have been fitted on a shite monday as well, but will get to that another day.

I checked the engine bay and tidied up a few wires with tie wraps, all looks good in there, so I took her for a drive, got some 5 in 1 injector cleaner and filled her up.

This car is such a mixed bag of clever solutions and stupidity, I still can't get over the non-fitting door cards, lack of rust prevention and all that, and the guys that screwed it together deserve a kick in the youknowwhat, but there's also much clever engineering.

Anyway, today the new pedal rubbers came in, and the back wheel arch cover for the right hand side that was missing, long live FleaBay!
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Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Thu May 02, 2019 1:37 pm

It's been a while, obviously.

So far no problems with the F, it's been a great little car, brought her to Gary's Garage yesterday for MOT and servicing.
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Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

Xpower grey 2002 MG-TF 135 SP CP
Steel grey 2003 Ford Mondeo Estate Centennial
Blue 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+
Anthracite 1998 MG-F 1.8 Mpi (sold)
Silver 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Estate (sold)

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Wed May 22, 2019 4:33 pm

MOT was a breeze basically, some rubbers and the rear shocks were gone after 205K km's and 21 years. Oh well, can't blame them, right?

Toyosports exhaust fitted and boy does it sound good, nice rumble but never loud

The flat six spokes got Toyo tyres and are a great look on the F as well.
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Also a Mk II T-Bar with speakers and black trim on the windshield frame instead of beige, totally black on black now

Spring, here I come...
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Cheers!

Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

Xpower grey 2002 MG-TF 135 SP CP
Steel grey 2003 Ford Mondeo Estate Centennial
Blue 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+
Anthracite 1998 MG-F 1.8 Mpi (sold)
Silver 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Estate (sold)

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:15 pm

Pics gone, thanks TinyPic :rant:
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Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

Xpower grey 2002 MG-TF 135 SP CP
Steel grey 2003 Ford Mondeo Estate Centennial
Blue 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+
Anthracite 1998 MG-F 1.8 Mpi (sold)
Silver 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Estate (sold)

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by jaapaap1111 » Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:21 pm

Really nice!
Will you be in Waalwijk this sunday?

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:26 pm

jaapaap1111 wrote:Will you be in Waalwijk this sunday?
I wish i could Jaap, but i have some other obligations i'm afraid.
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Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

Xpower grey 2002 MG-TF 135 SP CP
Steel grey 2003 Ford Mondeo Estate Centennial
Blue 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+
Anthracite 1998 MG-F 1.8 Mpi (sold)
Silver 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Estate (sold)

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:53 pm

The dark days of November, and I finally got me a hardtop for a decent price...

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It's remarkable how quiet it gets in the car, and a clear rear window is nice too, of course.

And, it looks better than I thought it would :thumbsu:
Cheers!

Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

Xpower grey 2002 MG-TF 135 SP CP
Steel grey 2003 Ford Mondeo Estate Centennial
Blue 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+
Anthracite 1998 MG-F 1.8 Mpi (sold)
Silver 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Estate (sold)

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Green Squirrel » Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:58 pm

That's what I did last week and now it keeps my neck warm!

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:47 pm

Nice and dirty after some intense backroad driving.
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Really love the Pirelli Zero Nero's
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Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

Xpower grey 2002 MG-TF 135 SP CP
Steel grey 2003 Ford Mondeo Estate Centennial
Blue 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+
Anthracite 1998 MG-F 1.8 Mpi (sold)
Silver 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Estate (sold)

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by Barbour » Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:27 pm

Finally got around to fitting the grey blinkers..

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Cheers!

Safety fast, S3XY, Born from jets...

Xpower grey 2002 MG-TF 135 SP CP
Steel grey 2003 Ford Mondeo Estate Centennial
Blue 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+
Anthracite 1998 MG-F 1.8 Mpi (sold)
Silver 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Estate (sold)

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Re: Dutch bloke bought his dream car.

Post by jonny69 » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:31 pm

Looks good 👍

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