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Buy a weight vest, makes training harder not so much use needed for the phone

I believe double taxation treaties are quite similar and I had to deal with the Swiss one a few years back. As above, you can declare expenses and income in original country (Spain), however you still need to declare income and expenses (including tax paid in original country) in the UK.

Yesterday the prop shaft went to a specialist and then immediately got put in the bin! Its out by quite a bit.... so a new one is being made up now, hopefully by the end of the week Will be ordering up some inline fuse kits to remove the fuse box altogether. Then we move onto the suspension and brakes. No idea how old the suspension is so will be having a good look. Same goes for the brakes, it has Hilux calipers on the front, but the feel is very wooden, drums on the rear may need some attention too. More to follow shortly.....

Caffeine & Machine

SRR

So - update time..... The car made 183bhp at Surrey Rolling Road! Which I am very happy with.... Made it to Caffeine & Machine with no new issues, however the return trip highlighted an issue with the old fuse box (quite common) so will be switching to inline fuses. We also discovered a vibration on the prop shaft (most likely) but the car has never really been this fast before, so just working through the list of things to fix. Photos to come later on today

Sadly, due to COVID, I have not been down to the car since the last video. However, since the roads are seeing less salt and HOPEFULLY we can move around soon, I will be getting the little thing mapped shortly........

Will definitely!

While we were building it, had so many chats with people just walking past along the same lines, first car, etc so many memories of the escort. One neighbor has already complained about the noise

That was just part of its first drive, there will be a lot more! Just a shame that the weather has turned so not ideal, but will spend the winter sorting out the last few things (gauges, ECU fitting, remap and any other small issues)

Pics

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Well, she officially lives and sounds pretty damn good on throttlebodies! Ok, the engine cover needs painting and the front fenders need their badges (had MEXICO badges, but removed them - have a set of ST170 badges to go on). Couple more things to do, mount ECU, hide some wires, make some gauges work, REMAP and thats about it. [video=youtube_share;s6VXe9f-VEY]

Been a little while, but we are progressing slowly First startup, not too bad after quite a few months being dry and no nuts on the engine mounts (couldn’t find them)

Hmmmm, I can probably give you the list of parts ordered from Retro Ford My Pinto died, so no idea.... got decent money for the carb - although that was nearly new