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vehicle graphics: mgb
This is the first time I have used 751 (cast)
Must say its very good!
Very nice to apply and the finish is just , well like metalic paint..
Peter
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That’s your private collection then is it pete
Very nice
paul
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Wish it was Paul!
The chap I do them for has just build this new “playhouse” with a subterranian garage.
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I have started using the 751 instead of my usual 9800 MacTac, must admit so far it is better & £5 per roll cheaper, certainly cannot complain at that Peter.
Have you made him an offer Peter for that Bungalow! or is it a house with the ground floor being below ground as is the huge garage.
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thats not the main house lj thats just his play house the garage where the mg is ,is underneath it with his other toys
Peter 🙄
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All i can say to that Peter is “My god how the other half live”
L JHave you noticed our post Nos? Something else for Rob to have a go at when he gets back.
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Hadnt noticed the post numbers LJ, I think you have made more than 57 but mine seems about right
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Peter you have made 4 posts on all same No!
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quote L.J.:Peter you have made 4 posts on all same No!
L JLJ, you must be tired. 😀 Even though his last post was 1397, it will change to 1398 when he posts again and change on every one of his posts. Not sure if I explained that right but I think you will see what I mean.
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Nice work Peter! The 751 cast is nice.
Nice play house …… wish I could say I have the same 😕
Marek is correct about the post counter … each post will show the latest post number …. each persons post does not show a different number. ….. Now I hope Marek and I have made sense??
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seems like it’s my computer at fault then, as peter has made 4 posts on this thread all are 1398!
L J
all mine on here are 59 -
Yours is 59, but post again and they will all be 60. All your posts will have the same number, the total number of posts you have made. (-)
BTW, Peter, are you going to put a number in that white circle on the hood of the car? Thanks for the info on 751.
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Marek, are you saying that all my posts on the same thread, no matter how many i make are going to be the same No?
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Bingo! 😀 See how it is now at 60? 😀
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Marek why are you here I thoght you were going to Mexico
Lynn 😮
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quote Lynn:Marek why are you here I thoght you were going to Mexico
Lynn 😮
I’m leaving on Friday…you’re stuck with me for a few more days. :lol1:
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Pay attention marek, never mind the counters of posts, or your holiday details, A comment on the topic subject would be nice 😉
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quote Marekdlux:BTW, Peter, are you going to put a number in that white circle on the hood of the car? Thanks for the info on 751.
-Marek😀
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That’s not quite what i meant Marek but i get the jist of it now all post that you have made right back to the 1st one are renumbered to your latest No.
so simple when you know, it’s no wonder Peter gave up 😳
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OOPs 😳 Slap my wrist.
BTW its a bonnet! A hood is a gangster, or something kids wear nowadays 😀
No the chap dosnt know what his number is yet
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quote Peter Normington:OOPs 😳 Slap my wrist.
BTW its a bonnet! A hood is a gangster, or something kids wear nowadays 😀
No the chap dosnt know what his number is yet
PeterNext you are going to tell me that the trunk is called a boot. 😀 His number should be $$$.
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Nope, but only elephants and swimmers have trunks. 😀
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Nice job Peter, I have been very impressed with the 751c too.
Your client is clearly wealthy eh, I did a job for a young bloke a few years or so ago that lived in a big house and on acreage, but looked nothing special.
When I got to his garage tho, he had ferraris, and rollers parked neatly in a row. He had just finished ‘restoring’ a roller with mag wheels, red pearl paint, lowered, custom sports exhaust etc. The day I arrived, Rolls Royce had sent him a letter explaining their dislike of what he had done, and asking him to ‘please explain’.
He screwed it up and laughed. I suppose with that much money, I would too. 😕
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Shane,
there are quite a few urban myths surounding Rolls Royces,
they used to have a board in the factory at Crewe listing them all.
I remember the one about the chap whos back axle went, while travelling through Europe, of course rolls flew a mechanic out with a complete axle to fix it. When the chap returned he called the RR dealer to ask for the bill, but of course they denied any knowledge of it!
In the 70s & 80s Hoopers (RR bodybuilders) build all sorts of weird and wonderfull cars for the newly oil wealthy arabs. all with the aproval of RR.
Now this Is a True one.
I collected a burnt out Bentley from Millbrook test track to return to Crewe. The car was totalled and needed to be lifted of my truck with a fork lift. This was at the time when RR and Bentley had just been taken over by BMW and VW respectively, but still in the same factory. Bentley didnt have a lift truck big enough so had to borrow from RR. I had to wait till the factory had closed, before the lift truck arrived, Bentley then got the RR driver to sign a confidentialty document before unloading the car!. I also had to park my truck round the corner from the railway just in case someone from a passing train saw the burnt out car ( the Railway line was derelict though)
Sorry to go on, You just brought back a few memories.
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Peter, I know what you say about the urban myths.
About 20 years ago, I had a really good client that owned a fleet of silver shadows. Had a very successful limousine business. When one of the silver shadows broke down in the country, he was instructed by RR to cover the vehicle with a tarp, and to transport the vehicle on the truck at night.
I thought he was telling me a story, but a few years later I spoke to his son, and he confirmed it as true.
Must have cost him a mint for the repair.
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Shane
that may have been the case over there, but twenty years ago the company I worked for did all the recovery work for the main RR Distributors (they arn’t to be called dealers) and body builders in london. If a car broke down, which was not uncommon, it was just transported on a normal recovery truck. We also delivered all cars they cars that were sold in europe. They went under cover, not for secrecy, but so the cars remained clean for the journey.
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Very nice Peter.
John i told you the 751 was a good vinyl , now it’s a cast it’s even better 🙂
i just dont like their aplication tape.
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Mort, I have 2 full rolls of their app tape, not sure what i am going to do with it, certainly not using it, have gone back to “conform” can’t beat it.
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Use it for err umm………
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Naw, it’s too rough
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LJ what dont you like about it mate. i find it fine as a good alround tape and have had nothing bar problems in the past from other cources. maybe just me, just being nosey mate. :lol1:
is it possible a bad role/batch 😕
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quote L.J.:Naw, it’s too rough
L Jis it the poly tape? I use the mt95 and it is fine. using medium tack or hi tack?
just curious
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Conform tape is smooth & lays flat on the backing paper & stays that way for days.
Oracale tape is rough & curls up at the corners therefore you cannot stack up a pile of weeding on top of each other as you can with conform.
Even my 2 girls wont use it unless there is no conform left, then they keep reminding me to order some more.
Last time i was at Dewi’s he was using it and all the corners were curling up & catching on the next layer on the pile. Don’t know if he took my advise to buy conform next time but Caroline & Dewi where *issed off with it as i am.
L JShane, always use med tack
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i think i know what you mean about curling but we dont stack anything. once taped we roll it outward and elastic band around it and thats it. 😕
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I find the corners curl very baddly as well.
I only use conform now much better………….
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Can you tell me who does Conform please?
I have curling edge disease.
Thanks
Scozzie
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Scozzie, not sure what conform is either, but you may want to try transferite from Australian Graphic Supplies. They also do R Tape which is very good.
Cheers
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Hi Scozzie i get mine from KPMF
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quote Mort:Hi Scozzie i get mine from KPMF
😛 Scozzie is in australia Mort. Reckon he will not want to pay the freight. You know what these scotts are like 😮 😛
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good job you said that Shane, about Scozzie being in Oz.
Anyway i get my conform from vinyl corp Nottm
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Do you mind if I enquire as to how much the conform is?
I use to use it from Andersons then the last batch curled up so I got Victory Designs equivelent, it is cheaper smoother and hasn’t as yet curled up, but it doesn’t smell too good!
Dave
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It seems to vary from vinyl corp Dave, i used to pay £65 per log slitting free but more recently it has been £50 / £55 per log. In my opinion it’s worth £85 for the time saving & ease of use.
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I knew that Shane honest 😳
i pay around the same as L.J
slit to anylength from a 1220 Roll
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Dave, just realised does victory’s app tape still have their name printed on centre of cardboard core? We still have a few slit rolls of theirs that they must have slit with worn blades, every time you pull the tape off the roll it tears. I complained at the time & they sent me a few slit rolls f.o.c but they tore as well so haven’t bothered with them since.
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Conforming has never been my thing. 😀 😀 😀
I do use the transferite already Shane. Also the transparent for layering. I find the transferite gets a bit seedy on the roll after a few hot spells, maybe thats the cause?
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quote scozzie:Conforming has never been my thing. 😀 😀 😀
Not mine either, How did I manage 3 pages on a simple “SHOW US YOUR STUFF” Bog of and start your own topic on app tape 😉
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quote Peter Normington:quote scozzie:Conforming has never been my thing. 😀 😀 😀
Not mine either, How did I manage 3 pages on a simple “SHOW US YOUR STUFF”
peterIt shows how clever you are Peter.
Sorry for taking over.
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I think I must have missed something 😕
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just realised Peter it wasn’t me who took over your thread, it was that Mort, you know what he’s like. :lol1:
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