Eoynteenie
Planning an Advent4
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Hey guys.
Long time no see and I see some of you got very busy with getting some very lovely projects back onto the roads.
I have not been so lucky.
About a year ago, a MOT man asked me for money I didn't have to patch up my Rene so I decided to take him off the road and get him better then before meaning I had to help my father get his Saab 96 back on the road. Now the Saab had other ideas, like a broken balance shaft and exploded master clutch cylinder which lead to a slipping clutch.
Now I was in the 3rd year of my apprenticeship and I not only had a college course to complete but a NVQ level 3 and a job to full-fill at the same time. Time was not with me on these projects, so I gave up arguing with a guy at college who couldn't understand why I liked driving cars older then me more then modern cars and bought a Mk3 Golf 1.9 TDi.
As you can see, the guys I went to college with have different taste in cars to me.
Now I think left you with was this image
This is now
So now in the 'improvement' year of my apprenticeship which equals 'I'm as skilled as the other guys, just I have to be on a lower rate for a year'. But apart from overtime, I have less over my head over then waking up on time for work and not breaking anything once there.
I am hoping on getting a workshop of sorts to put Rene in to help strip him down to the core parts and then go from there.
A guy at work talks of Acid dipping which I've seen done on a campervan for a TV show and wandered if you guys knew anything about this idea.
Long time no see and I see some of you got very busy with getting some very lovely projects back onto the roads.
I have not been so lucky.
About a year ago, a MOT man asked me for money I didn't have to patch up my Rene so I decided to take him off the road and get him better then before meaning I had to help my father get his Saab 96 back on the road. Now the Saab had other ideas, like a broken balance shaft and exploded master clutch cylinder which lead to a slipping clutch.
Now I was in the 3rd year of my apprenticeship and I not only had a college course to complete but a NVQ level 3 and a job to full-fill at the same time. Time was not with me on these projects, so I gave up arguing with a guy at college who couldn't understand why I liked driving cars older then me more then modern cars and bought a Mk3 Golf 1.9 TDi.
![582057_226982557422767_1507129121_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/582057_226982557422767_1507129121_n.jpg)
As you can see, the guys I went to college with have different taste in cars to me.
Now I think left you with was this image
well, i knew this was coming
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My father and his 'treasure', I've given up talking about it now,
This is now
![264824_290193497768339_933779479_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/264824_290193497768339_933779479_n.jpg)
So now in the 'improvement' year of my apprenticeship which equals 'I'm as skilled as the other guys, just I have to be on a lower rate for a year'. But apart from overtime, I have less over my head over then waking up on time for work and not breaking anything once there.
I am hoping on getting a workshop of sorts to put Rene in to help strip him down to the core parts and then go from there.
A guy at work talks of Acid dipping which I've seen done on a campervan for a TV show and wandered if you guys knew anything about this idea.