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And random bodge throttle return, might put a spring on the throttle shaft too. "redundancy is the soul of safety"

Had a tutu today, adjusted clutch, zinc-flavour motor oil (didn't drop the sump but will next time, honest) G/box full of oil-tainted water (not vice versa!) new 140w and topped diff, clean probably 500mls low. Visor off, buggered screen seal out, lubed and opened the front windscreen, definitely cool, after I rust-murder and paint the screen surround and frame i'll probably leave it rubber free, and take to carrying a zazzy brown roll of cloth tape around. Need to paint roof & rear of cab, leave current paint unmolested as much as poss for now. Most likely will clean,sand/wheel and repaint the underside of machine too

So tortrons (autocorrected to tortuous appropriately) Q15 rolled up on the back of a truck today. "you're a brave man" quipped the decidedly British truck driver. fired up first pop, standard bugs vs brake cleaner stz, unloaded the many spares which I can't wait to have a good sift thru, and round the block, went great! Changing up gears easy, down not quite so Heaps to do but will have to wait till after backyard wedding/ hose down & ribbon mods. Fit perfectly in the wrong garage naturally

Looks awesome, way more ground clearance than that soft-roading mess behind it! edit: 666 rep yeah!

TIL that 2nd gen mirages were actually the national car of malaysia for some time, built as the proton saga (some in nz too) and the derivative iswara, and hence you can still get heaps of random crap to jam on em, in exchange for those sweet, sweet ringgits yo