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Mick O'Malley
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Seven Style builds
16th January 2024, 16:37
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Dutton Dementia
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Arctic Adventure...
Thanks Martin, encouragement is always most welcome :).
I made an earlyish start this morning, rugged up with two boiler suits, a fleece, and my newly bought Trapper Hat. I g-clamped the seat belt...
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Seven Style builds
13th January 2024, 13:50
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Progress Made :)
Once the festivities were over, I took the head to Imp Guru Mark Maynard who gave the casting the thumbs up, then stripped it down as I watched, persuading me of what needed replacing with new as he...
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Vintage and Classic Roadster Kit Car Builds
8th January 2024, 17:03
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Marlin Roadster (Re)Build
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Mick O'Malley
Beautiful Work Indeed!
Hi Martin
Kindly stop making me feel so amateurish!
Regards, Mick
Forum:
Seven Style builds
21st December 2023, 11:50
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Dutton Dementia
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Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Happy Christmas to me :)
Nice easy pick up on Monday, went the quick way; returned down the relaxing Fosseway. Very pleased with my new acquisition: it's clearly been well stored. The seller knew his onions, good...
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Seven Style builds
18th December 2023, 07:58
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Many thanks froggyman, season's greetings to you...
Many thanks froggyman, season's greetings to you also. I'm off to Nuneaton in a couple of hours to collect my cylinder head :). Looking on the bright side, it starts getting lighter in a couple of...
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Seven Style builds
9th December 2023, 07:32
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Dutton Dementia
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65,850
Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Quick update.
Whilst I'm waiting for a suitable weather window to get all the frame welding jobs done, I decided to try and get the engine running. So far: I've hoisted it back onto the engine stand (old picture...
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Seven Style builds
25th November 2023, 14:30
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
By about noon, the sun had illuminated the cave...
By about noon, the sun had illuminated the cave sufficiently for me to crunch down there over the grass. Ratchet strapping the tank to the workmate had it stable enough to commence my 'ring of holes'...
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Seven Style builds
22nd November 2023, 14:09
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Today, time being at a premium, I was only able...
Today, time being at a premium, I was only able to address some of the filler relocation jobs. A first attempt at cutting through the rear deck with the padsaw proved both awkward and tedious, so I...
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Seven Style builds
21st November 2023, 16:31
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Snip snip snipping...
Many thanks for input and interest guys, it's good to know :).
Yesterday I decided to offer up the tank to its boot home and maybe make a start on cutting the relocated filler holes, one in the...
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Seven Style builds
18th November 2023, 16:44
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Today, looking at the dismal weather, I decided...
Today, looking at the dismal weather, I decided to not venture down to the cave, but then remembered that the bits I'd ordered for the modified filler position had arrived yesterday so I might as...
Forum:
Seven Style builds
17th November 2023, 12:16
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Dutton Dementia
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Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Tap tap tapping...
After what seemed an interminable fight with my camera, which would suddenly no longer communicate with my PC through its supplied cable, I uploaded my latest pictures using an SD card reader....
Forum:
Seven Style builds
14th November 2023, 16:58
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Hi Dpaz, Thanks for that. My Jazz is kosher,...
Hi Dpaz,
Thanks for that. My Jazz is kosher, so I don't think I'll be in any ANPR danger. I think the only circumstance in which I would fall foul of the persons in blue would be if I were pulled...
Forum:
Vintage and Classic Roadster Kit Car Builds
14th November 2023, 16:30
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Mick O'Malley's Moss Monaco
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Mick O'Malley
Hi Kon First of all, many thanks for your...
Hi Kon
First of all, many thanks for your interest. Seeing more than 170,000 hits on this blog is gratifying, but there's nothing like the personal touch :).
Whereabouts in the country are you?...
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Seven Style builds
11th November 2023, 14:28
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Dutton Dementia
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Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Butterfly brain, moi?
This morning I carried the rear body down to the cave and heaved it into position on the frame. I thought I'd make it look a bit more like a car by putting the back lights in. Digging them out of my...
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Vintage and Classic Roadster Kit Car Builds
11th November 2023, 10:06
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Mick O'Malley's Moss Monaco
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Mick O'Malley
A testing time...
Earlier in the week, whilst hitting the DVLA website to make my 'Cherished Number' transfer application, I learned that, despite the Monaco being MOT (and tax) exempt, a current test is a...
Forum:
Seven Style builds
10th November 2023, 16:47
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Dutton Dementia
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Posted By
Mick O'Malley
This morning, as the rain lashed down, I...
This morning, as the rain lashed down, I performed some internet research regarding towing both a trailer and a car, in anticipation of delivering the project for welding activity. I learned that a...
Forum:
Seven Style builds
7th November 2023, 17:22
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Mounting excitement...
Once the sun was high enough, I wandered down to the warming cave and grabbed the necessary to fashion my first diagonal brace. Transferring the angles from my card template to the steel angle, I set...
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Seven Style builds
7th November 2023, 08:17
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Dutton Dementia
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Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Cardboard Assissted Design :)
Since my last post I have made the 'spanner access' diagonal cuts to the inboard ends of the mountings and pondered how their proposed diagonal braces up to a frame tube could be made. I found a...
Forum:
Vintage and Classic Roadster Kit Car Builds
5th November 2023, 13:29
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Mick O'Malley's Moss Monaco
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Mick O'Malley
They're never really finished...
I remembered this morning that my poncey custom reg. no. has been languishing on its DVLA retention certificate for three years now, since its removal from the A352 'D-Type'. As the Phaeton I'm...
Forum:
Seven Style builds
30th October 2023, 13:29
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Dutton Dementia
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65,850
Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Yesterday I delivered a couple of post items to...
Yesterday I delivered a couple of post items to my pal who lives on a 'continuously cruising' Dutch Barge. This involves a few miles' drive, a small hike down the towpath, and putting the world to...
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Seven Style builds
28th October 2023, 15:18
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Dutton Dementia
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Mick O'Malley
Some more progress...
After a grey start to the day, the sun appeared at around ten tempting me down to the cave for further metalwork. Careful measuring revealed that yesterday's effort would indeed be merely a...
Forum:
Vintage and Classic Roadster Kit Car Builds
28th October 2023, 09:27
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Mick O'Malley's Moss Monaco
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260,311
Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Many thanks for encouraging comment Kon :). ...
Many thanks for encouraging comment Kon :).
Sadly, my domestic sewing machine couldn't cope with leather and, as a committed vegan, neither could I. Faux leather vinyl, however...
Regards, Mick
Forum:
Seven Style builds
27th October 2023, 16:00
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122
Dutton Dementia
Views:
65,850
Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Virtual Engine Debut
In yesterday's sunshine, after a short drive in the Monaco, I decided to dangle my gismo from the frame's top side rails in position in the engine bay. It was quite a fiddle to get it aligned in all...
Forum:
Seven Style builds
17th October 2023, 17:31
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Dutton Dementia
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65,850
Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Funky Fishplates Finally Fitted
Digging out my Machine Mart aircraft quality tin snips, and searching through my scrap metal heap, I assembled the necessary, made a cardboard template and cut out two fishplates. I'd intended four...
Forum:
Seven Style builds
16th October 2023, 07:56
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122
Dutton Dementia
Views:
65,850
Posted By
Mick O'Malley
Fourth time lucky?
I'm now happy that my Moss Monaco next door is, after yet more minor fettling, fully operational, so I've turned my attention back to the poor neglected Phaeton. Having abandoned the above plastic...
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