After months of neglect...

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After months of neglect...

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...I can finally get back to working on my car. :D

I'm really happy now as I finally did my last exam today, it means I'm free for the rest of the summer to get some work done on the car. I'm going to respray it all and rebuild it, also the suspension all needs redoing. Doesn't sound like much but I know its going to take me a while, I just hope it'll all be done before I go to uni in September.
Wish me luck! :)
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Good luck. You will get there, eventually. Mine has only taken 5 1/2 years so far and it is still not finished yet.
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Sidney'61 wrote:...I can finally get back to working on my car. :D

I'm really happy now as I finally did my last exam today, it means I'm free for the rest of the summer to get some work done on the car. I'm going to respray it all and rebuild it, also the suspension all needs redoing. Doesn't sound like much but I know its going to take me a while, I just hope it'll all be done before I go to uni in September.
Wish me luck! :)
I really don't think it's a good idea to take all that work on, it may well end up as an "abandoned project". You would be far better advised to practise on someone elses car first!
Now I think Halstead is a fairly straight run from Northampton, start at six in the morning and you should be here for breakfast. You can practise all your skills on mine, and I won't charge you for it (only consumables!)
You will find that a much more satisfying use of your time, I'm sure :lol: :lol:
Seriously, have fun "doing up" your car, it will surely be a summer to remember :D
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Good luck - I always find having a deadline helps!
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Post by andrew.searston »

you have been whating for this moment for a long time havent you andy!!!
the scary job is the paint once thats over its prity straight forward (i think)
make sure you get plenty pairs of hands to help you out to meet a deadline if you have one
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Re: After months of neglect...

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Sidney'61 wrote:...I can finally get back to working on my car. :D

I'm really happy now as I finally did my last exam today, it means I'm free for the rest of the summer to get some work done on the car. I'm going to respray it all and rebuild it, also the suspension all needs redoing. Doesn't sound like much but I know its going to take me a while, I just hope it'll all be done before I go to uni in September.
Wish me luck! :)
'doesn't sound like much' :-?

Phew.....sounds pretty big to me.

Good luck and I hope the exams went well.


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speaking of exams if i dont get the grades my moggy goes my mum says
lets hope i get the grades
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Oh - Mums are always full of empty threats like that! Don't panic!!
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bmcecosse wrote:Oh - Mums are always full of empty threats like that! Don't panic!!
Very true otherwise I'd be dead a long time ago for getting oily fingerprints all over the house :lol:
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Post by andrew.searston »

i think what realy did i it was when i left the kitchen an oily mess by washing engine parts in the sink without permission
my mum threatend to cut my hands off that day
i never made that mistake again!!!!!
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If I remember rightly Andrew it was your dad that suggested I put my engine parts in the dishwasher! :o :D
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andy
please dont take his advice as i will never see you again
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andrew.searston wrote:andy
please dont take his advice as i will never see you again
:lol: righto :lol:
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Post by andrew.searston »

ill be thinking of you working on your lovely moggy while im slaving away at an exam paper

well you have been their and done that so i surpose its my turn
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8009STEVE wrote:Good luck. You will get there, eventually. Mine has only taken 5 1/2 years so far and it is still not finished yet.
And I thought I was bad for taking three years ... although it wasnt in THAT bad condition when I started ... still nowhere near finished though, but at least it's structurally sound now.
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Sidney'61 wrote:If I remember rightly Andrew it was your dad that suggested I put my engine parts in the dishwasher! :o :D
that reminds me of the time dad went out and bought a dishwasher just so he wouldn't have to clean his muddy engine parts - returned it the next week! at least his engine is clean though... he does things like that, even though we can't really afford it. silly dad.
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