Since it is going to be a while until I finish getting the car how I want,then Ill hold on and see what happens over my insurance rating Thanks to Not a number for the advice Len
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Besides my age ,the main problem regarding the hike in insurance is due to me having an accidenT on the M6 A huge lorry driver couldnt see us and the driver thought we had taken the slip road and left the motorway The lorry then wrote my car off. I had a firm of solicitors contact me last week ,who are representing the insurers at the time of the accident.Apparently,the guilts party`s insurers haven`t paid and they are being taken to court . Since they havent paid the case is classed as being still open and my fault So Ill have to see if its settled in the not too distant future,if not then Im going to have to sell the MGTF I bought it as a project and its kept me busy no time not wasted It will be a shame after ive so far spent a year getting everything right .Len
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Morning one of the problems I have,besides my age is that I was involved in an accident last year .I was driving north on the M6 ,when there was what sounded like an explosion and the car went out of control spinning round .I managed to get it under control and parked on the hard shoulder .When I got out and looked round the car,the rear O/S 1/4 was badly damaged ,I realised I had been hit ,fortunately the car was still drivable so I drove on to catch up with the other driver ,who fortunately had stopped a short way up .Cutting it short he said he thought I had taken the slip road to leave the motorway as he couldnt see me..I was paid out by my insurers ,but since the other drivers insurers havent settled the costs with mine the case is still open One insurer said it will make a huge difference once settled ,so we`ll see.But if it takes ages then I will have to sell the TF even after all the work Ive done Len
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Hello I havent finished restoring the TF as yet ,but Im looking at classic car insurance which is scary .I realise that a 86 years old premiums are going to be higher (for some reason ) Is there an insurance company anyone car recommend .I f the policies are going to be unreasonable ,when I finish the car then sadly I will have to sell it even after all the work I will have done I did buy the TF to have something to do with the hope I could have some pleasure out of it before selling on but not at any cost Len
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Ive just resprayed the N/s of the TF after the last time was a bit of a mess .I realised after I finished spraying r ,I`d left it a couple of days after spraying the base coat until I sprayed the lacquer coats .This allowed the base coat to harden off losing any "KEYING" with more paint causing lacker to run .Now Iv sprayed base and lacquer coats within an hour and the result is how I hoped for .When its completely cured ( a couple of days) I can flat it down with 200 and then polish it with my electric mop Hopefully then move onto the front end of the car ,which I may as well respray as Ive done the rest Len
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Morning ,Ive flatted the N/S down and it now looks fine all the mottled effect has gone so if the weather allows,I can spray the silver base coat on Len
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You can see the "mottled effect" just below the hole I had to get rid of .Now all the N/S of the car is flatted down a treat I can start again .Len
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Just had a very close look at the nut and you can just about see two flats on it I dont know if its been painted over I thought it wa round .Yet again the advantage of a forum Ive flatted it and can spray it correctly save masking it all up .
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I have unscrewed the top section of the aerial,but its the base I would like to remove .This saves masking it and spraying round the base .I can see a small nut underneath the base,but its quite dufficult to get to with the car jacked up and it seems an odd size of nut
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Thanks I`d taped my aerial up to spray the wing,but I would rather remove it before spraying Thanks again Len
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