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@cumbrianvoyager.bsky.social

Chief Engineer, hammer hurler, wizard and test pilot at Area61. Sometimes takes landscape pictures when not inventing and making things nobody understands.

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It's been like old times at Bluebird Project headquarters today. Skin pins & rivets in our Ford RS200 chassis. ๐Ÿ˜Š

#bluebird #RS200 #Ford #rally #restoration #carrestoration
#teamwork

25.01.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Installing The Engine - The Bluebird Project
YouTube video by TheBluebirdProject Installing The Engine - The Bluebird Project

With talk of an engine going into K7 here's how to do it. There was never any reason to take it out again, of course but hey-ho.

#bluebird #jetengine #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

youtu.be/R1fxU6897ts?...

29.01.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ford RS200 Rally Icon Restoration Part 15
YouTube video by TheBluebirdProject Ford RS200 Rally Icon Restoration Part 15

This week's RS200 video is up. We've been getting bolder still with the resin & making more good progress.
Our Aussie cousins tell us that RS stands for rat droppings. Not far wrong at this stage but it's getting better.

youtu.be/yZ8gFHfgCCE?...

31.01.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All that remained of our beautifully crafted canopy after it went airborne & destroyed itself on K7's first fast run. In trying to fix one problem we inadvertently created another & blew the canopy off. We never got to chase that gremlin out.

#bluebird #teamwork #restoration

06.02.2025 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Taming a rally monster in just three weeks. Can Emily do it? #Ford RS200
YouTube video by TheBluebirdProject Taming a rally monster in just three weeks. Can Emily do it? #Ford RS200

Ems is taking on the challenge of her first EVER drive of a car being in the RS200 at Elvington.
She has only 3 weeks to master it whilst not being allowed to drive a car, at all. We have a plan.

youtu.be/R2AOpGxMYM4?...

08.02.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
One of the Scania 113โ€™s I used to own.

One of the Scania 113โ€™s I used to own.

The new Volvo FH Aero is what I would have had now.

The new Volvo FH Aero is what I would have had now.

Back in the day when I owned trucks, Scaniaโ€™s were the machine to have. But now I would have been buying the brilliant Volvo FH460 I-Save Aero had I not sold my outfit a long time ago.

16.01.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blencathra in the Lake District with a bit of snow.

Blencathra in the Lake District with a bit of snow.

Blencathra in the Lake District with a bit of snow.

Blencathra in the Lake District with a bit of snow.

A couple of photos from our cold snap last week in the Lakes.

16.01.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The last truck I drove. The sensational Volvo FH750.

16.01.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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