removal of front wings

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Club spares scheme sell them for £110.
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Yes, a kind club member is giving me an old rad to use in exchange , so will get in touch with the spares group
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Does anyone know how the steel wing manufacturing project is progressing
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hard one to answer really. are yours that bad?

I recently bought a pair for £90 (I know you don't want to hear that) so they do turn up. i have repaired them and they are for my car in the future.
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Will@Lisburn wrote:Does anyone know how the steel wing manufacturing project is progressing
Next committee meeting is 18th Feb where we get an update (or not!) .. last we heard it was on hold due to supplier's other commitments
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Cant believe you got a pair for £90 , I have bid on wings on e bay up to £250 for one and still lost out. Now they were genuine BMC stock spares, never fitted.
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Might be worth contacting Rae Davis or Paul Clayton. The academy cars (and there must be 60+) have fibreglass wings and therefore should be plenty of wings around.
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And MotoBuild ... but expect steep prices.
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Will@Lisburn wrote:Cant believe you got a pair for £90 , I have bid on wings on e bay up to £250 for one and still lost out. Now they were genuine BMC stock spares, never fitted.
well it was not like that. I bought the nearside wing from this seller on the south coast for £70, so drove down one weekend early. he was stripping the car and I asked what was he doing with the offside wing which was there as well. he said "do you want it". I said yes and explained I only had £90 cash on me so I came home with both.

I repaired both in the usual places and they are done now (in primer). I plan to fit them on the car in the future when I get the chance as they are better than whats on the car. these will be up for grabs in the future.
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Have not been on here for a long time. But now I am self isolating for 12 weeks due to Covid I might make an effort and progress the van.
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gazza82 wrote:
Will@Lisburn wrote:Does anyone know how the steel wing manufacturing project is progressing
... last we heard it was on hold due to supplier's other commitments
The supplier had 'the' new - old stock O/S wing for sale on Facebook last month... Added to that, Robert Prinn's investigations into furthering the project drew a blank, so I've a feeling it's permanently on hold... :whistle:
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I was just checking what I still need in terms of spares. Need n/s wing and n/s sill. I thought I had previously got those items but maybe not. So no progress on manufacturing new steel wings.
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Hi
We are not going to be taking the manufacturing of front wings any further for now.
At £800 per wing, a turn around time of 1 year, and with very little interest, we decided not to go any further with these.
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Want to make a start on the door hinge support structure. Cant move scres/ bolts.
What is best way to progress. See picture
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