pocket rocket
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 posted on 20/2/09 at 05:26 PM |
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locost workshop in my garden
to understand why i'm spending my gold coins on this project and not my car il let you how i have got to this point...
last january my friends dad was posted to scotland with the RAF (from cambridge) and the whole family, apart from my friend moved to scotland, leaving
the 5 bed house and very large car port behind with my friend, this was going to be the case for 3 years so i asked my friend and his parents if i
could build my car in there car port... and they said yes 
last may/june i picked up my kit from mev and got cracking!
All was good untill december ,when 2 years early my friends family moved back home and i have to shift the car part built 
so i have started to build this...
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 05:28 PM |
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Wow
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 05:29 PM |
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arrrr i can't get it to put up pic's
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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clairetoo
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 05:32 PM |
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Started to build what ? I cant see anything
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 05:36 PM |
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see if this works....
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p22/castolfan/workshoppics016.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p22/castolfan/workshoppics001.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p22/castolfan/workshoppics008.jpg
not great pics and i know it won't win any prizes for design but its 15 feet long and 12 feet wide, has lighting and the bit of the roof i have
done so far is water tight, and best of all iv built it my self 
[Edited on 20/2/09 by pocket rocket]
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 05:44 PM |
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a few more pics...
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p22/castolfan/workshoppics017.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p22/castolfan/workshoppics015.jpg
once the roof is finished (this weekend i hope) i can start on the walls and then turn my garden fence pannel into a gate to get the car in and out.
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 06:04 PM |
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 06:05 PM |
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Nice work
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 06:12 PM |
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And the grass floor will stop any nuts that you might drop from rolling away.
[Edited on 20/2/09 by Confused but excited.]
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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jeffw
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 06:23 PM |
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I guess that you have some way of getting the car out of the back garden ? 
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snapper
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 06:44 PM |
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Thats nice and big, just a few words of caution, snow is very heavy.
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 06:47 PM |
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hey steve how did you get the pic up like that??? thanks
yes the grass floor has many applications... from catching nuts and bolts to getting rid of spilt oil and petrol
i have a number of large thick rubber mats to put down as i can't afford concreat or slabs to put down.
and no there is no entrance from the back of the garden... when the time comes im going to pull down the fence
and your quite right snow is very heavy and the roof needed some extra strenth adding the other week when the bad snow hit... i can just about feel
my fingers again!
[Edited on 20/2/09 by pocket rocket]
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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ashg
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 07:24 PM |
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i fell into the same situation as you. I started in the summer totally underestimating the build time and ended up building this over the patio. it
has evolved a bit from this. it now has perspex windows and all the sides are boxed in. its lasted a winter so far. can get a bit damp on the floor
in the corners but stays pretty dry in general. i had to put a couple of poles up when it snowed because of the weight.
all in its cost me about £100 for a 16ft x13ft shelter by raiding the bargain bucket in b&q warehouse and scrounging offcuts and screws from
various people.
P.S. my car will be going through the house in bits in to a rented garage for final build up. im just too tight to pay for a rented garage until i
really need one.
[Edited on 20/2/09 by ashg]
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 08:02 PM |
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dam... £100  mine is not so locost then at £300 the wood to make the frame was £150 on its own.
If i bring any parts of the car inside the house my girlfriend will make me sleep outside... and thats before i finish the roof!
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 08:20 PM |
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Theres a builder in Scotland called Scotlad who built his car on the patio and lawn in the middle of winter.........His toolbox was the lawn He only
got his garage after he had the car for ages
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 10:31 AM |
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thats hard core car building!
i'm more of a fair weather builder
there will be a nice big heater in there once iv finished.
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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