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jamesbond007ltk - 12/7/06 at 05:11 PM

Hi guys,

Just wondering if there are many people in the London area on here? Although I am currently in Monmouth & Bristol I will be moving back to London mid september and hoping to take the car with me!
Fat chance I know!

Had an idea of finding some mass storage facility down that way so many of us could store cars and make it work out cheaper. Anyone aware of such a place or think it would be a worthwhile idea?

Just trying to get a feel for demand

cheers

Rich


ayoungman - 12/7/06 at 05:17 PM

I'm in Erith, near Dartford. My garage isn't big enough to swing the preverbial !
HTH


jamesbond007ltk - 12/7/06 at 05:18 PM

Was thinking more of finished cars but could be an idea to have a group workshop too.


Deckman001 - 12/7/06 at 05:41 PM

I think it would help if you narrowed it down a bit, It can take three hours to get accross it at times so locality is important

Jason


bob - 12/7/06 at 05:48 PM

Where abouts in the smoke were you thinking of ?


jamesbond007ltk - 12/7/06 at 06:20 PM

problem is i don't know where i will be moving to. Last place was just off Tottenham Court Road but not sure that is an option! Cost me enough for a small flat!

Sorry to be so vague!


Although i have a friend who lives near Wimbledon who owns a seven. Sorry to say its a cateringvan! But he's a top bloke. Anyway, it was with him that i came up with the idea so i guess that sort of area.

[Edited on 12/7/06 by jamesbond007ltk]


theconrodkid - 12/7/06 at 06:24 PM

you can have my place,i,m fed up of dodging bullets and paying for kens sdupid olympics


jamesbond007ltk - 12/7/06 at 06:26 PM

You ahev the perfect place just down the road from you theconrodkid the dome! bugger the super casino. What about a super car park for sratch built and kit cars?

[Edited on 12/7/06 by jamesbond007ltk]

[Edited on 12/7/06 by jamesbond007ltk]


theconrodkid - 12/7/06 at 06:35 PM

you looking to buy or rent?


jamesbond007ltk - 12/7/06 at 06:35 PM

rent, as a group


theconrodkid - 12/7/06 at 06:38 PM

renting a place like that is near imposible unless you have mega dosh,most are being flatterned to build houses,places to live arnt cheap either


russbost - 12/7/06 at 06:52 PM

Move to Essex instead - loads of old farm buildings available


muzchap - 12/7/06 at 08:26 PM

quote:

Move to Essex instead - loads of old farm buildings available



And plenty of easy women

You could probably park a couple of 7's in some of em ;-)

[Edited on 12/7/06 by muzchap]


jamesbond007ltk - 12/7/06 at 08:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by muzchap
quote:

Move to Essex instead - loads of old farm buildings available



And plenty of easy women

You could probably park a couple of 7's in some of em ;-)

[Edited on 12/7/06 by muzchap]


Maybe but they would have to be wide bodied!


owelly - 12/7/06 at 09:30 PM

How much is a parking space for a Luton van and buy a couple of ramps??


Macbeast - 12/7/06 at 09:37 PM

There is a proposal set up a Colin Chapman Museum and Educational Centre in London N8 ( Hornsey area) on the site of the original Lotus works.

This just happens to be 100 yards from where I live

I have suggested, and it was received with some interest, that part of the educational aspect could be chaps like us constructing Lotus 7 type cars, just as was done in 1959.

Everything depends on the Council giving planning permission so it is not going to happen tomorrow but it is a possibility.


jamesg20 - 12/7/06 at 10:44 PM

i'm about a mile down the road from wimbledon in wandsworth. Would be intrested if you can find somewhere. Single garages locally go for between 150-300 a month!


theconrodkid - 13/7/06 at 05:54 AM

i heard about the museum,its travis perkins or similar have the property now as a builders yard,be a good idea but seeings as most councils are left wing and anti car it,s unlikley to happen
i used to rent a railway arch,they are quite cheap and very damp,hours can be restricted tho

[Edited on 13/7/06 by theconrodkid]