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Old 20th February 2021, 08:21 PM
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General Vod back in the haus!
All's well in the world again.

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The driving experience is more akin to a yacht than I'm used to, having to set the craft up to change direction a fair way before the corner, waiting for it to respond to the helm, and then hoping you don't capsize halfway round.
Maybe he should be called Admiral Vod until his suspension is sorted.
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Old 20th February 2021, 08:35 PM
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Maybe he should be called Admiral Vod until his suspension is sorted.
Perfect!
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Old 20th February 2021, 09:06 PM
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Good to see you're working on something that's better for your state of mind
I think Admiral is a bit high ranking. Commodore is more appropriate and also suggests an affinity with the Holden Commodore familiar to some of our Aussie friends which definitely corners like a boat
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Old 20th February 2021, 09:18 PM
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I'd suggest consulting our Librarian for appropriate naval appellations

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Old 21st February 2021, 08:34 AM
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The suggestion that VOD is more akin to a naval setting has merit. Given its place of birth I would suggest the German Naval rank of Kommodore.

Kommodore VOD von Großluxobarge a nice ring to it.
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Old 21st February 2021, 12:45 PM
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I vaguely recall that The General was a runabout for you but maybe going to be sold. Is it still part of your extensive stable or did you manage to get it out of the door before the latest lockdown?
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Old 21st February 2021, 01:12 PM
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Bert bought him back in early 2020, right before lockdown started
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Old 21st February 2021, 04:22 PM
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This thread has been my inspiration for getting the water out of my Dolph over the past few weeks.

Looking at General VOD with The D2 sport alloys fitted reminds me how good they can look. From an aesthetics perspective they are perfect for the car. Same as the D2 S8 Avus wheels. The design is timeless. I really would love a set of either wheel design in a 9x19 or 9.5x19.
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Old 21st February 2021, 07:44 PM
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Same as the D2 S8 Avus wheels. The design is timeless. I really would love a set of either wheel design in a 9x19 or 9.5x19.
If everyone could chip in a few bob for a CNC I'm sure we can make our own

The backbox is being replaced with a Supersport (same as on my S8) to release some of the lovely V8 burble without being too obnoxious as a daily.

Cut the original system under the subframe so it can be fitted with sleeve-clamps



The backbox is fine so that'll go on the shelf in case it needs to go back on in the future



The supersport box doesn't clear the towbar, but luckily I solved this on my S8 so I already knew what to do - cut a gert hole in it



Made a filler plate of stainless sheet





As most of the left hand bracket went away, I reinforced it with a bit of stainless bar



Filler piece tacked in. This will get tigged in place by Craig from Ally Cat in Crediton (who welded Ricky's Green Beast)



The rear calipers are working perfectly, but are not looking very happy. This odd shape on the piston boot is indicative of corrosion in the groove where the boot sits, pushing it out of the caliper housing.



Cleaned up. Its only a matter of time before this pops out and then the caliper seizes up, so both will replaced with new TRW units.



It wasn't any better with the piston pushed back. Removing the piston, cleaning the groove and replacing the seals would solve this, but given Vod needs to be home in a week and replacements cost less than the time and parts to repair the old ones, its not worth it.



While the rear end is in bits and we're looking for handling improvements, I might as well replace all the control arm bushes as they were completely toast



These haven't seen the light of day for a long time! I think he was probably only on his second set of rear discs.



Cleaned up nicely with the wire wheel



Empty wheel well! Once the mud has dried out a bit I will clean this up a bit before reassembling everything

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Old 21st February 2021, 10:24 PM
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would you mind sharing a link for the alternator bearings? I already have a new regulator waiting so new bearings would be awesome!
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