locost_bryan Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Hope the plenum has "Hillmonda Flat Sex" engraved on it. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Is that a group activity Bryan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, igor said: Is that a group activity Bryan? Only if Kevin lets you in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Sorry to hear about your old boy Alex. Must have been a difficult time for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Indeed. Very sad and difficult. That conversion is going to be something to be proud of. Absolutely massive project but you just keep chipping away at it, one challenge at a time . Nick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leone Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 love the piece of history and the amount of details in this build, well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 Thanks guys. Spend more time getting to know the history from your parents before the memories fade. I wish I had done more of this with dad. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Condolences Alex If you ever need any ali sing out - my business buys tons of the stuff per month and always have bits and pieces left over ranging from 2mm up to 16mm. Can CNC cut too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 Cheers stu. Oh imagine the wonders of cnc... I'll sing out if I need something for sure. Ullrich aluminum are robbing buggers. One next purchase I need to make is a load of stainless bend for the exhaust. Looks like aliexpress can't be beat for price. The prices over had, at 'trade', from various nz places are a joke. I'm still undecided on 28mm or the stock 25mm diameter but I'll need maybe 20 of these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Yup, all my bucket bike exhaust stuff is in SS bends from aliexpress. Too cheap vs Too expensive is a no-brainer when it doesn't need to be full hygienic dairy factory spec tube. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Hey Alex, I was saddened by the news of your Dad's passing and just wanted to reach out and offer my condolences to you and the rest of your family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 Cheers mr flash. Its nice hearing that from a super hero 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Condolences on your loss Alex. Thank you for sharing some of your family's history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Thanks igor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Sorry to read about your Dad. I hear you re. spending more time with him. Reminds me I should check in on my folks a bit more… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Also condolences on your loss. i remember reading that letter in Beaded Wheels too. When this happens you do realise there were things you never got to talk about. My brother and I are only now following up on a bit of our old man's history we'd never heard about. And he's been gone for 40 odd years. Looking for ward to seeing what shape plenum you're going to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Thanks fellas. @Sunbeam yeah- grill your parents for historical info while you still can. @GregT Its a neat article- the letter my great grand father had written was interesting.. but a bit too long to have put up on what really is a thread about an Imp. I was was just quite pleasantly shocked at what stuff I'd been finding out. Just wish I'd asked more when I could. I'd like to find out more about Argyll motors. From what I know it was a interesting setup- quite advanced with beautiful buildings and a great attitude towards the workers conditions at the time. But sadly didn't prove profitable enough over time. Argyll made some nice looking trucks too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Sorry to hear about your Dad Alex, I only met him once that I remember, over a cup of tea at your folks place. It was on the way to my first Oldschool meet in Kaikoura years ago, I can still remember thinking that this was where you might have got some of your way with words. I hope your Mum is coping OK too. Cheers, Will. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 14 hours ago, yoeddynz said: Thanks guys. Spend more time getting to know the history from your parents before the memories fade. I wish I had done more of this with dad. This^^.. Sorry to hear about your old man bro, its hard. I also lament not garnering more memories from my dad as now have no point of reference for a lot of things in my past/childhood apart from my mum, best get on to her then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2022 11 hours ago, Willdat? said: I hope your Mum is coping OK too. Cheers, Will. Mum is doing pretty good really. There's sort of a relief for her, and us, in that dad's not suffering anymore. His body was just breaking down. All natural and to be expected but still hard to watch. Seeing your own dad in a body that is a shell of what it once was. But hey.. If we don't die some other way then this is the way it is. Mum is 79, ten years younger and very very active. Stuff like she did a 16km walk along the river just to get out of the house when she was recovering from covid. Always up at 5.30 am to go for a walk. Sadly for mum she also lost her favourite cat, Amelia, 15 years old, this week just gone. She used to sit with dad on his chair when he did the 'silver surfing thing'. Mum has still got 2 cats and a dog to keep her company, plus lots of good friends. @GregT you messaged me ages ago about how you knew my parents because of the Birman cats they imported and bred from. Dad loved cats. His gp surgery was attached to the house and right up to the age of 81!!! when he retired he was still bringing patients through to the house to show them various cats or kittens. Super cool oldschool doctor. Not in it for the money but a doctor because he genuinely cared about people (they were/are pretty broke) Dad used to walk his little silver tabby, Tinny, around the streets of Wellington when he worked as a house surgeon at Wellington hospital, where he met mum who was a nurse there. Eccentric even back then Hmmmm - I wonder where I get my traits from 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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