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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by hillmanie[/i] [br]Hi all The Rootes marque is my favourite brand and although am mostly Hillmans I have two Arrows, a '69 white Rapier and a golden(!) '72 Alpine. The Rapier awaits moderate restoration eg. a trivial bit of bodywork and full re-paint. Also I notice the stitching has pulled in a couple of places - damp climate although a closed garage. To my shame I neglected for a long time to start the engine, now seized and with freeing oil in the bores. The Alpine is interesting in that 1) it is an automatic, a good runner but again needing moderate panel work and a re-spray and 2) the previous owner chopped the roof for a convertible but didn't get as far as re-inforcing the pillars and underside a la Morris Minor but remarkably the doors still close fine even with a load up. If anyone has done this I'd love to know. always interested in sharing tech. (and cheap!) fixes. TT [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.