JonJon Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Afternoon all A few schoolboy questions here that someone may be able to help with?; 1. What's the best place to find bitzenpieces, like at a landrover autojumble or something here in the south west? We're after a few things, one being a tow-hitch plate which we can swap between NATO (already on) and ball hitch quickly and easily. I remember it being a type with a name something like Braxton-Hicks, but my wife (with a wince) assures me it's not that. 2. Secondly; Before re-inventing the wheel; does anyone know of a modular racking system that fits in the back of an unmodified hardtop 90 or will I have to get together with my Caractacus Potts-a-like mate and make something up? Basically we need something that we can remove when we need the space for tools and tat etc. but then is fitted back in, onto which we can slide and store containers (for delivering cut flowers) and that maximizes the space. 3. Lastly, I'm dreaming about rust; our 90 gets covered in cow muck, mud and slurry daily, and after some earlier advice received here we (garage) jetwash the underside off every saturday morning. Is this enough (daily isn't practical) or should we look to be taking more precautions? Cheers in advance! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 1. .... We're after a few things, one being a tow-hitch plate which we can swap between NATO (already on) and ball hitch quickly and easily. I remember it being a type with a name something like Braxton-Hicks, but my wife (with a wince) assures me it's not that. Jon :-) I suspect the name you are after is Dixon-Bate. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 ......and how about some large LIN-BIN boxs and the louvred plate that they hang on ? Cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 tow brackets adjustable form Dixon-Bate excellent equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonJon Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Lin-Bin = Brilliant! Thanks for that, I can leave Caractacus to designing his all-wooden folding bicycles! Perfect. Dickson-Bate - cheers for that, AND they're still in business? I was imagining a tweedy eccentric English inventor in his garden shed fabricating Enigma machines and tow-hitches between cucumber sandwiches and Classics revision. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Spare DB sliders are about £16 new but if you post a 'WANTED' thread someone may have one sitting around (I picked up a couple of spare ones that way for £5). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Braxton Hicks contractions are intermittent contractions of the uterus during pregnancy Interesting how people remember things as something else! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Presuure washing the underside weekly i would have thought would be sufficient Waxoyling it when it nice and dry would also probably be a worthwhile investment of time as would painting the chassis prior to Waxoyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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