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galooph

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  1. They're certainly pretty similar, so I wouldn't be surprised if they'd fit - they'll probably look a bit odd though. Why, when RR doors are dirt cheap anyway?

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

    Dan

  2. 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

  3. 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

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