Its Alive

[tiny gsy]

Picked the car up at lunchtime today after its top end rebuild. Fortunately the bottom end was not damaged so happy again

Also, after a month of trying, the fiesta hillcimb car runs

[edmondo]

great news

[tiny gsy]

cheers Ed. I think I made the right decision in not rebuilding it myself though lol

[edmondo]

who did the work for you?

[tiny gsy]

a company called Bluchip mate. They are primarily an importer but there mechanic is spot on and isn`t scared to tackle anything

[edmondo]

where are they based then?................very expensive ( if you dont mind me asking )?...............are you pleased with what they have done?

[kheldar]

i thought u mean Number 5 !!

[tiny gsy]

They`re a local company mate based about 2 miles from me in Guernsey.

It shouldn`t be too expensive as the only parts needed were gaskets and fluids, and the labour is £36 per hour

[edmondo]

cool mate - bet ya glad to have her back

[kheldar]

ahha u in guernsey tiny.

nice place.

[tiny gsy]

Yeah it was nice to take it for a drive yesterday. Spent £60 filling both my cars up with fuel though

Kheldar, yes mate, you know the island well?

[kheldar]

no not well tiny.

have been over 2 times for a holiday but the last was about 10 yrs ago.

wuold like to visit again. very nice people / place / hotel etc.

one trip we stayed here...

http://www.hotelhouguedupommier.com/

Edited May 4, 2008 by Kheldar

[kevlorn]

nice one tiny...............£60 filling up both cars,,lol cost to fill up 2 over here would be double that...

[jd]

really glad it is all sorted mate.

[tiny gsy]

Kheldar, if you come over at any point, let me know and I`ll probably meet you off the boat. Can also have a look around some of the hotels too and depending on what time of year it is the prices can be very good in some

Hougue Du Pommier isn`t a bad place to go, but there are many better

[kheldar]

cheers Tiny

well i am going back a few years so either others have caught up or Hougue gone down cos it was at the time a very nice hotel and certainly not the cheapest.

we looked at a lot before deciding on it.

i think the other one we stayed at was http://www.lesdouvreshotel.co.uk/

it rings a bell but is about 10 yrs ago now ! really enjoyed our 2 trips there. despite the size of the place we found plenty to do and ofc we visited herm and sark etc.

[Voices]

so what was the end result then Tiny, i wasnt quite 100% with it when i called you.

Kheldar, loads better place to stay then the two you mentioned.. let us know if you come over again, i know a few good hotels..

Edited May 5, 2008 by Voices

[kheldar]

cheers voices.

would love to visit again...and bring wife number 2

they were both nice places many yrs ago though!

Edited May 5, 2008 by Kheldar

[scooby princess]

Really happy for you james, its nice when long awaited things happen.......................unfortunately im still waiting!

[tiny gsy]

Had the bill today and was well impressed by it I`ll definitely be using them again, maybe even to fit new brakes for me shortly

[monkip1]

That labour charge is spot on Tiny!

And glad your cars up in working again, bet you have polished it to a brilliant white allready havent you lol,

Monki.

[tiny gsy]

Not yet mate, have only driven it twice since I`ve had it back. Getting the wheels powdercoated soon though, and hopefully, Ksport brakes all round

[kevlorn]

keep us updated tiny..

[tiny gsy]

not sure about getting the Ksports now. As much as I want them, there is no guarantee they will fit. I don`t really want to run spacers so that they would fit and i don`t want to replace the wheels so it looks like i may be getting disks and pads and a set of coilovers instead

[kevlorn]

all depends on what your going to do with the car though tiny...........track days,hill climbs or just general.......dont skimp on your brakes if your going to compete in it..