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Offline smilerbaker

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Greetings from Switzerland
« on: 12, January, 2015 - 13:30:55 »
Morning all,

After wanting one since they came out I've finally got my hands on a C5, funnily enough picking it up on the 30th anniversary. Its been a bit unloved and used for spares but now I'm going to  restore her to her former glory :)

here she is after a quick clean up




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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #1 on: 12, January, 2015 - 13:43:31 »
Welcome to the new life with your C5.
Lots of frustrations but more fun.

Martin

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #2 on: 12, January, 2015 - 15:36:20 »
Hi,

welcome to the forum. :)

Is your C5 by any chance from Pat? I saw he had an incomplete one one advertised.

Av phun.

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #3 on: 12, January, 2015 - 15:43:53 »
it is indeed pat's barn find c5

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #4 on: 12, January, 2015 - 17:03:13 »
Hi Smiler,

so I assume you are also located in Basel, or in the vicinity.

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #5 on: 12, January, 2015 - 19:38:36 »
I'm more or less the other side, up in the mountains, a village called Elm

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #6 on: 13, January, 2015 - 07:56:36 »
attached a battery lastnight, and


SHE WORKS :)

no led's on the pod, but the motor ran apparently ok :) was 80% expecting clouds of smoke, but no

happy bunny

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #7 on: 13, January, 2015 - 09:19:02 »
Moostang!  8)

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #8 on: 13, January, 2015 - 18:00:54 »
Hi Smiler,

Wow! looks like a one road village, and not the best of places to run a C5. :o :o

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Re: Greetings from Switzerland
« Reply #9 on: 24, January, 2015 - 13:08:45 »
Hi Guys,

I will be in Winterthur for a week in Feb. I work for a Swiss company called Belimo.

Nice to see more C5's abroad but Switzerland is very hilly even more than Manchester here in the UK.

thanks Lance