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Old 02-19-2013, 08:44 AM   #1
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5

wow !!!! what a difference in the engine bay from when you got it , looks really nice !!
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Old 02-19-2013, 09:19 AM   #2
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You did some quick installing the new engine. Looks great!
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Old 02-19-2013, 10:14 AM   #3
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Nice work sir
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Old 02-19-2013, 11:27 AM   #4
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looks great!
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Old 02-19-2013, 01:17 PM   #5
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Engine bay is looking good!
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Old 02-19-2013, 01:24 PM   #6
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Thanks for all the compliments! So nice having a clean engine bay. I have some more detailed pics to follow...
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Old 02-20-2013, 11:50 PM   #7
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Old 02-21-2013, 11:54 AM   #8
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Old 02-19-2013, 01:41 PM   #9
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I lived in England for a few years - don't move anything you don't really need. Even furniture here will be a hard fit in the tiny houses over there. We had to move a sofa into the first house by going through the neighbors yard, over the fence and through the (removed) kitchen window. Queen beds barely fit in the large bedroom, and I couldn't lie down any way except diagonally in the smaller bedrooms...
And, as you already know, parking spaces are tiny. The other fun bit - crawling across the seats to get a parking receipt in a lot. You'll enjoy it - I miss the pubs
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Old 02-19-2013, 03:18 PM   #10
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You'll enjoy it - I miss the pubs
Ahh the pubs, and a lot of them there are. i spent a few weks there in 2011 for work. great place. didnt help with my beer addiction though.
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Old 02-21-2013, 01:48 PM   #11
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Haha- sorry, fellas. Life is hectic these days. Hopefully be able to get the final tweaks in and post some completed pics soon.

On a side note- fairly sure this one is on the chopping block
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Old 02-21-2013, 02:28 PM   #12
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Sorry to hear that. I know you were excited to get it.
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On a side note- fairly sure this one is on the chopping block
Moving sucks.... My job has caused us to move almost every year for the past 5 years or so in an effort to go to the projects my company has going on all over... Its kind of cool in the beginning because you get to see and experience so much but after a while it just got old for us.
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Old 02-25-2013, 04:01 PM   #14
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Family coming through in a pinch! My folks were looking for an excuse to build a second garage and this just pushed it over the edge

It runs and drives now. Gratuitous daytime engine bay pic:
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Old 02-25-2013, 04:12 PM   #15
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WOW.....nice !
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Glad it worked out for you. Do you get to keep both?
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Old 02-25-2013, 04:19 PM   #17
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Good to hear!
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Keeping them both! Gotta figure out what to drive on the other side now...
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Old 02-25-2013, 11:21 PM   #19
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Keeping them both! Gotta figure out what to drive on the other side now...

Glad to hear you get to keep them. I bet you'll figure your ride over there easy enough.
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Great news for you! When do you have to be over there?
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Great news! Congrats on being able to keep both of your rides.
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Thanks everyone! It's a load off, for sure.

Picked up an internal spare tire carrier from LMC. I don't generally like ordering from them, but they had what I needed and originals are bringing $500 plus on eBay...
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Need to swap the spare wheel. Ready to be driving this one again
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