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Thanks bish, I need the glass so that's good to know Dan

I was just wondering as I need some door bits and a local scrappy has got a Disco 1 listed... Dan

Can anyone confirm if the front doors of a 4 door Disco 1 will fit a Classic? I'm sure I saw it mentioned somewhere but I'm damned if I can find it again! Thanks, Dan

Thanks for the clarification - Wolf rims it is then Dan

Did the Wolf rims fit ok on the standard wheel studs? I'm thinking of replacing the 3 spoke alloys with Wolf rims on my Rangey but a mate thought I might need to fit longer studs Dan

I'm currently building a trayback Rangey which I'm planning to put through the commercial SVA test when I'm done. The following note is in the SVA manual which makes out that all pickups (no roof over goods area) are classed as commercial. "NOTE: Where the vehicle has two separate compartments for passengers and goods (possibly with separate roof structures) or the roof on the passenger area does not extend over the goods area, the vehicle is deemed to be a Goods Vehicle." That's what I'm counting on anyway as my load area won't be that big compared to the length of the vehicle. Dan

I bought all the episodes on DVD direct from Tim Hunkin. You can get his email address from here. We exchanged quite a few emails at the time and he really is a top bloke. Here's the info I got from him... "I couldn’t persuade anyone to produce commercial DVDs of the series so I’ve mastered my own set. They work fine, but are mastered from PAL VHS tapes so the image quality is not quite as sharp as DVD movies. I’ve made 3 disks, each one containing a complete 6 part series, in both PAL and NTSC. For people who originally saw the films on satellite channels, there’s additional material, as the satellite versions were cut to leave more time for the adverts! I’m afraid they are not cheap, they are only licensed in limited numbers for ‘educational’ use – I don’t have the rights to produce commercial quantities! SECRET LIFE OF MACHINES 1 Vacuum Cleaner, Washing machine, Sewing Machine, Refrigerator, Central Heating System, Television set SECRET LIFE OF MACHINES 2 The Car, Internal combustion Engine, Quartz Watch, Radio, Telephone, Video Recorder SECRET LIFE OF MACHINES 3 Fax Machine, Lift (elevator), Word Processor, Electric Light, Photocopier, Office TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION: The PAL version disks will play on PC and MAC computers in any country and set top DVD players in Europe and all other PAL and SECAM countries. The NTSC disks are slightly lower quality (720 by 480 pixels instead of 720 by 576), but will play on US set top DVD players (and computers). A few earlier set top DVD players (over a couple of years old) won’t play DVD+R disks! I will refund your cash if the disks don’t run on your player. Each disk contains 160 minutes of video, recorded in DVD+R, on a Pioneer burner, transcoded at 3000kps VBR from a VHS source, in multi-region format." Dan

If it's an ARC specced cage, then details of how to reinforce the chassis at the mounting points can be found here. Dan

Have a look at Freescale - formerly Motorola. They offer free samples too if you're only after a handful. Dan