Volvorsport
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| posted on 10/12/08 at 08:05 PM |
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hmm , did people give me that look when i told them what i had planned .
ABSO**CKINGLUTELY .
still , ive taken a couple out in it on a track day unfinished , their opinion was somewhat different .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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DorsetStrider
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| posted on 10/12/08 at 09:02 PM |
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Originally posted by mcerd1
I get it all the time from everyone 
then you get the standard question "Whay don't you just buy a new car ?"
Last time someone said that to me I gave them a 10 minute lecture listing all the reasons NOT to buy a new car and get ripped off by the
manufacturers. Since then they have asked me what kit car I think they should buy 
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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wicket
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| posted on 10/12/08 at 09:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Is it worth it? I am not sure it is but it is the challenge. It is like climbing Everest or taking the escalator.
It's definitely worth it, even after 3 years on the road I still have a grin from ear to ear after a trip out; and I have been to Everest as
well, base camp that is, it's only another 2 miles up to the summit!
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paul the 6th
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| posted on 11/12/08 at 08:17 AM |
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In the words of wriggly pig last night
"So you're doing what? Building your own car?
So what about the engine? A FORD SIERRA?! What the feck are you using a nackered old sierra for?"
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davie h
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| posted on 11/12/08 at 04:18 PM |
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i was a a local scrappy toaday asking for a escort to get a edis out of it when the guy asked me what year i told him i wasnt sure as i was building a
kit car and wanted to look about
his reply to this was
"you want to get a fu**ing life"
i walked away ( im nursing a broken nose and didnt fancy making it worse) but i will not be going back there
Davie
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DIY Si
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| posted on 11/12/08 at 04:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by davie h
i was a a local scrappy toaday asking for a escort to get a edis out of it when the guy asked me what year i told him i wasnt sure as i was building a
kit car and wanted to look about
his reply to this was
"you want to get a fu**ing life"
i walked away ( im nursing a broken nose and didnt fancy making it worse) but i will not be going back there
Davie
That's a bit rich coming from a bloke whose job is to watch a big pile of broken cars and make sure they don't wander off on their own!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/12/08 at 04:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
quote:
Originally posted by davie h
i was a a local scrappy toaday asking for a escort to get a edis out of it when the guy asked me what year i told him i wasnt sure as i was building a
kit car and wanted to look about
his reply to this was
"you want to get a fu**ing life"
i walked away ( im nursing a broken nose and didnt fancy making it worse) but i will not be going back there
Davie
That's a bit rich coming from a bloke whose job is to watch a big pile of broken cars and make sure they don't wander off on their own!
I only know one scrappy in the North Essex/South Suffolk area where the staff aren't sub-human... in fact, they're quite nice helpful
people! (D J Spalls)
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mcerd1
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| posted on 11/12/08 at 05:20 PM |
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I was looking for a diff, so I went to a small scrapie just up the road
I asked if he had and sierra's or granada's to get the diff from (I could see 4 from the entrence)
he asks for a year, model, spec....."
I say "I don't care anything will do, what about that one over there"
he says "they are all differnet and it won't fit"
I say "they arn't that different and it will fit, its going in a kitcar anyway"
he says "piss off and come back when you know the exact age and model"
as for the other srapies, motorfactors and main dealers round here - I've beaten them into submission
one of them is even quite happy to deal with my strange mix-and-match lists of bit, but he wants a ride in it when its finished
[Edited on 11/12/08 by mcerd1]
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paul the 6th
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| posted on 11/12/08 at 09:37 PM |
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aye, there's some miserable f*ckers about in't there.
The guy over the road who owns the bodyshop is helpful at times but is a bit of a bell end (and he rides a zx12r ninja - nuff said). He asked why the
hell I'd want to build a car for a hobby. I guess if you spend all day rebuilding cars and putting them back together, then it's not going
to be any fun on a weekend...
Anywho, it's not put me off lol I just wondered if it was a common thing or if people were especially sceptical of my abilities....
I've got a full day arsing about in the garage with the welder tomorrow
wrigglypig and richardk have both given me a load of scrap to practice on (and wriggly gave me 2 x 3m lengths of box which'll do nicely for some
uprights & the front frame)...
First things first though, practice practice on the welding
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Fozzie
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| posted on 13/12/08 at 12:50 AM |
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Imagine peoples reactions when I made the mistake of telling a few people I wanted to build a car.....and race it! (me being female)....just made me
more determined to do as good as job of it as possible, within a shortish time frame........those same people where strangely quiet when she was
finished!
Fozzie
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paul the 6th
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| posted on 13/12/08 at 10:11 AM |
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aye well done fozzie - I read your article in ckc this month
I guess you would probably have seen "that look" more often than most of the male builder's because it seems to be a hobby/interest
dominated by blokes, and the idea of a lady building her own car probably sounds odd to some people....
Well, I've got my welder, have practised like mad all day yesterday and then made a frame for a play bunny house (for our rabbit). I want to do
a few more little projects before I undertake the chassis, then my welding abilities will be upto scratch
I guess those who doubt others, really are only projecting their own lack of confidence in themselves...
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