anyone in the sw london/surrey area that enjoys spannering?

Post by **xpress** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:06 pm

is there anyone in the south west london area of london or nearby in surrey that likes tinkering and spannering that i can join in with? sadly i am a bit lacking in the friends department for this age old pastime of tinkering and maintenance!

Post by **Kevin** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:53 pm

Have you tried your local Branch as I am sure there will be someone who would love to be given a helping hand

Post by **MarkyB** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:48 pm

Come along to the London south\central branch (meets at the Telegraph Putney)
Address here:http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/pubsandbars ... 13617.htmlThere are a few tinkerers including me.
Unfortunately I don't live that side of London.

Post by **alzax3** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:49 pm

Shame you're so far away from Cornwall, pretty much all I seem to do is tinker about with cars! (All seems to be welding at the moment.....)

Post by **xpress** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:41 pm

Ahh thank you guys. Lol alzax, maybe I should move to Cornwall or take a vacation there, so many people around there and around Plymouth playing with cars! Definitely Kevin, I love to help out and pass on what I know where I can! MarkyB, Putney is not so far, when do people meet at the Telegraph?

Cheers!

Post by **LouiseM** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:55 pm

I think they still meet at 8pm on the first wednesday of every month. Click on the 'Branches' link to the left of this page. There are a couple of branches in the Surrey area too.

Post by **MarkyB** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:04 am

LouiseM is spot on, first Wednesday of the month it is.
Don't know if you will find anyone who will actually do work on your car but no shortage of advice

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There was someone advertising on Gumtree local to the area who said he had 40 years experience but he doesn't seem to be very communicative when I asked where he was based before.

Post by **xpress** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:49 am

I prefer to work on things myself, that's the best way to learn, and then I get a better understanding of things, but it's good to spanner and think things through with other people and help out.

I don't mind helping others work on their cars with the spanner in their hands, that's how you help others learn! Mainly, I want to work on cars with other people and chat about them instead of doing it on my own all the time!

Post by **Kevin** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:45 pm

You could also try Chertsey Branch they are a friendly bunch and they even hold a non concours competition where the prizes are for worst paint job, most filler, exceptional rust catagory and that sort of thing

member's from my branch have won prizes there

Post by **xpress** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:58 pm

lolll, sounds like fun, cheers!

Post by **LouiseM** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:42 pm

You could also try Chertsey Branch

They've been renamed the Runneymede Branch

Post by **ani** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:54 pm

xpress wrote:I don't mind helping others work on their cars with the spanner in their hands, that's how you help others learn!

Be careful - there will be a queue formed before you know it

Post by **8009STEVE** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:40 pm

a non concours competition

We won a prize for the most confused minor. I can't think why?

Post by **xpress** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:27 am

loll, six wheeled minor!

The more the better! A whole army of morris spannerers and tinkerers!