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    Quote Originally Posted by sheerluck View Post
    So have you got a target for getting this finished Dan? Or just "no rush, it's done when it's done"?
    Well, I guess I want it done yesterday, but I really don't want to have to go through this again, so we're doing everything thoroughly and properly. Find something so so...then make it perfect.... But it simply must be done for this....

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    Thanks for the great help here, guys. It's really appreciated. I've found all those parts through Craddocks in the UK. Do you think I could presume that part #219466, as listed by Craddock, will consist of the 2 bearings...similarly with part # 219469 - will it come with 2 thrust washers?

    I have asked Craddocks themselves, but they are notoriously slow in responding, and I just want to get the stuff ASAP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scallops View Post
    ..........But it simply must be done for this....

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    Assuming I'm upright by then, no reason why not. I'll know a little more in the next couple of weeks, and assuming all is positive, I'll put my name down.

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    Well, after all this time - I got to drive my Matilda home on Tuesday night. It was great.....drove well into the night, from Witta to Ippy via Kilcoy and Fernvale solo.....just the moonlight, warm evening air and my silly grin.....

    Thanks to the great club men who helped me get this done......Killer, your shed was very much appreciated, as was your guidance, work and help with all of this - from start to near end.....I hope it was OK being there for so long...

    Keith - thank you too for your incredible generosity in giving me both a head and a steering box/column - both genuine Series 1 for my car. I doubt I would have gone through with this if I had not your kind support - you are a real Land Rover bloke, and it's an honour to be your friend.

    And John - thank you for doing the last touches for me - and finally getting the old girl back firing. You obviously did a great job 'cos I made it home!

    And really - thanks to the entire community here for encouragement, support and camaraderie ... I love being a part of this community, and whilst I don't perhaps bring the highest degree of mechanical skills to the table, I do try to contribute in other ways.....anyway, it's just great to have Matilda back at home where she belongs, with my stable of 2 other classic British vehicles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scallops View Post
    with my stable of 2 other classic British vehicles.

    Happy Days!
    You mean the Ford and the BMW!
    Seriously though Dan, I am really happy that she is back on the road, giving you driving pleasure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer View Post
    You mean the Ford and the BMW!
    Seriously though Dan, I am really happy that she is back on the road, giving you driving pleasure.

    Cheers, Mick.
    All built in England, my friend! BMW owned Land Rover when your TD5 was made - but that's a LR, right? Same with Mini.....and Grover has had enough dramas to clearly make himself a Land Rover....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scallops View Post
    Well, after all this time - I got to drive my Matilda home on Tuesday night. It was great.....drove well into the night, from Witta to Ippy via Kilcoy and Fernvale solo.....just the moonlight, warm evening air and my silly grin.....
    Headlights not working then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by solmanic View Post
    Headlights not working then?
    "Work" is a relative term......put it this way, I didn't need to dip the high beam.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scallops View Post
    All built in England, my friend! BMW owned Land Rover when your TD5 was made - but that's a LR, right? Same with Mini.....and Grover has had enough dramas to clearly make himself a Land Rover....
    Yes BMW did own LR when the Td5 was made, although the engine was developed by LR before the takeover, maybe that make it British Aerospace. I guess Grover is British as the Puma is a British Ford motor, the Mini as I understand it has a Chrysler motor, not very British, but then the Rover V8 is a Buick so there is a pretty good precedent. As you say, all built in England.
    All in good fun Dan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer View Post
    Yes BMW did own LR when the Td5 was made, although the engine was developed by LR before the takeover, maybe that make it British Aerospace. I guess Grover is British as the Puma is a British Ford motor, the Mini as I understand it has a Chrysler motor, not very British, but then the Rover V8 is a Buick so there is a pretty good precedent. As you say, all built in England.
    All in good fun Dan.

    Cheers,
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    My mini has a Prince engine (Peugeot/Citroen/BMW) which is made in England - nothing to do with Chrysler. Maybe my Mini is German, French and English then.. It does feel very Mini, and I had a '68 850 - I'm just happy being Ippy's answer to Austin Powers at the mo!

    But happy to accept that I have but one British vehicle - the topic of this thread...

    But drive my trans Atlantic tripe and the continental offering - and who cares? As you say - it is all good.
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