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Bravo (Classic) Saved from destruction...

Introduction

Yep, the madman bought another Bravo. This is number 7 :) this one cost less than a cheap DVD player :D

It has it's defects, but it has 69k miles. It's very straight and very clean. much less defects than our normal runabouts :eek:

This is a possible replacement for the Seicento, as it needs a good bit of work to put it right for the test. Only one can hope it won't take too much to sort :) if it's rusty and rotten underneath, I'll strip it and use this thread on how to strip one to the bare shell! :D

But enough yap :p Not many pictures for now (as it was raining all day :cry:) but here's a taster of one of it's party pieces ;)

We had a bit of trouble jacking it up
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You can see the problem...
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Not the way it's sitting...
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But because of these :worship::worship::worship:
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It out-handles my van, it's like a go-kart in the corners :worship: Cleaned a bit and WD40'd :cool: They ain't staying on this car I can guarantee that :devil:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. You are bonkers mate. :D (And all the best people are (y))
 
get some grease on them before the wd40 seizes them up :)

As you will see, whoever put them on forgot the grease!!! :(

I've said it before and I'll say it again. You are bonkers mate. :D (And all the best people are (y))

Cheers! :) Insane or just plain stupid at this stage I just don't know :p but there's just something about these cars... :D

No time wasted this evening when I got home (y)

Time to move it
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I couldn't believe it when I heard it, but the car became a tripod...
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Clean off the ground :worship:
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I only thought I was low...!
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It's a damn sight more comfortable though! Hellaflush anyone?
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So into the yard. We had trouble jacking it up. Not this time!
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And wheels off
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Aluminum plus cast steel = practically welded on! :bang:

Moving on, off with...
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They ain't no ordinary shocks :worship:
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And the springs (y)
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Those colars earlier took a lot of time to remove! I'll get pictures of them in daylight (y)

If I have time tomorrow, out with the fronts :cool:
 
The more Bravos the merrier :) 3 in a row, pity the pic isn't better...
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And so I found time (and the weather was nice :D) to whip out the front coilys (y)
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Yeah... Rust seized some parts in place :bang:

But I got them out :slayer:
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Conveniently, I dug out a pair of shocks I made earlier and installed them (y)
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Every one of these cars is the same, rusty bolts...
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And no copper grease :mad:
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Just for the sake of 2 mins!!! :shakehead:

It's looking like this car will have to be broken up into parts... It was lying up too long and has gotten too rusty underneath. I only thought the blue van was bad when I got it :cry:
 
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