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Re: I am an Activa owner...a V6 and I am an addict

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Ahha....I thought it looked quite new...
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Interesting, a new belt (accessory) is cheapest from the Citroen dealer @ £15 ish ...............
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Stickyfinger wrote:Interesting, a new belt (accessory) is cheapest from the Citroen dealer @ £15 ish ...............


Citroen part prices are full of surprises; both good and not so good...
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CitroJim wrote:
Stickyfinger wrote:Interesting, a new belt (accessory) is cheapest from the Citroen dealer @ £15 ish ...............


Citroen part prices are full of surprises; both good and not so good...

Dart board and throw come to mind!
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DickieG wrote:
CitroJim wrote:
Stickyfinger wrote:Interesting, a new belt (accessory) is cheapest from the Citroen dealer @ £15 ish ...............


Citroen part prices are full of surprises; both good and not so good...

Dart board and throw come to mind!


Yes, that'll be right Richard, that and a random number generator!
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With the Fan belt (s) on back order until Wed I thought I would get on painting "the big model" Land Rover.

The front wings are the original and I am trying to match the new doors and rear tub to them, colour and patina both.
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That's looking good Alasdair :) I love that Land Rover and can't wait to see your paint-job properly ;)
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Blue pin stripes now done, stencils to make now.....
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Wow, I don't know how you did that but it's very clever.
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Clever and bloody amazing :)
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Backside and right side done to white with red stripe, run out of masking tape so blue pin stripes later....

time for toast & jam
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You missed a bit Alasdair!!!

The tailboard looks all wrong now...
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Stickyfinger wrote:Backside and right side done to white with red stripe, run out of masking tape so blue pin stripes later....

time for toast & jam
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You were not on schedule. It says 24 HOUR on the wing, and it was 24 hours and 8 minutes between posts!
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Hell Razor5543 wrote:[
You were not on schedule. It says 24 HOUR on the wing, and it was 24 hours and 8 minutes between posts!


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James, that is a priceless comment! I giggled a lot :D
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...ahhh-ha....on the other wing it says RECOVERY.
So I will take 24 hours to recover from doing this , that is Monday pencilled in for sleeping and hobnob consumption then :)
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