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klunk!
greetings from south yorkshire!

i am the sometimes outspoken, spanners and body restoration partner in a classic mini repair establishment.

own a fairly large collection of mk1 minis ,but have other classics such as jaguars,fords,rovers etc,so my interests lay in other veins also.

middle age has well and truly cought up now, after my brain being convinced i was still 18 and attempting to lift engines out without a hoist is sadly now a thing of the past,,unless its a mk1 escort.

i no longer exhibit my vehicles at concours/show level because i dont agree with the judging criteria and have had a bit of time out doing restorations of some interesting early cars,a couple now gone to pastures new.

lets see what 2012 brings through the garage doors
not too much i hope...

brook shaw wrote:attempting to lift engines out without a hoist is sadly now a thing of the past

ive reached that stage in life as well...............

bloody arthiritis.....grrrrr

brook shaw wrote:bloody arthiritis.....grrrrr

Well, that and leaving your jewels on the ground makes for a pretty crappy day...
When I was young 'n dumb, I pulled a motor out of the community Spitball* twice without a hoist. You just have to get mad enough.

*-Community Spitball=A '64 Triumph Spitfire that traded hands amoungst my high school classmates at least a dozen times..... without any cash trading hands. Something or other was always broke on the thing & one of the classmates would always need a car. So, the conversation was usually; "needs a clutch. You want it?.... Okay, I'll sign the title over..."