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Thanks guys, for all the comments and support. Still snowing out there, so thought as I was bored, I would look at the future, and what we hope to get out of it later this year. OK, thought I would show you the future, fingers crossed. When Nicola and I get married in August, we hope to buy this house, with a 30x30 garage. Enough space I guess to shoehorn about 6 mk2 VW Golfs into. The garage is down the bottom of the garden, with wheatfields behind, and in front of the house it is the same, very rural , which is what we want. Behind the bush is a garage.  Currently the owners have a trampoline for their daughter in front of the one side......  There is another door on the other half, behind the overgrowth, and trampoline..... SPACE !! Current owners use this space as a afternoon sun spot, and it is very private too, which helps keep eyes away from toys and projects.  Lastly, to give an idea of the size, this is a view of the rear of the building seen from the wheatfields.  |
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Last Edit: Dec 11, 2010 6:54:12 GMT by grizz
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mmmn tasty, hope it all goes to plan, but that last picture is gagging for a caption contest
" about there is where the extractor for the spray booth is going" or
"right, take that roof off and make it 2 stories high"
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mmmn tasty, hope it all goes to plan, but that last picture is gagging for a caption contest " about there is where the extractor for the spray booth is going" or "right, take that roof off and make it 2 stories high" ttfn glenn Not far off Glenn. He was actually pointing out that that was where he would walk to to tip al his garden refuse which you can see against the wall, and on the floor. However, looking at the other side of the garage where the trampoline is, that side is getting closed in, and becoming the spray booth and "Clean side" |
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man, that looks awesome, hope you manage to complete the sale!
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Jan 10, 2010 12:57:35 GMT
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That looks fantastic mate , hope all goe's well with the sale  |
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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Jan 10, 2010 18:04:41 GMT
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Sweet new house. Hope you get it.
Typical of this place that we have no idea what the house looks like (only the garden and the garage) and we all think its a great place already!
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theres a house too !!
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theres more to life than mpg & to much power is just enough.
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Jan 16, 2010 15:18:37 GMT
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As long as the house has floors, rooms, walls and a roof what more do you need?
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2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily)
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Hello. I am new here and I like the teardrops and I build one with my friends. I so sorry, but my English is not so good, but I think you will interest our project. Please visit my page and you will see some pictures. sites.google.com/site/attilakoszti/ |
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Mar 17, 2010 20:17:38 GMT
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Hello. I am new here and I like the teardrops and I build one with my friends. I so sorry, but my English is not so good, but I think you will interest our project. Please visit my page and you will see some pictures. sites.google.com/site/attilakoszti/Welcome Atilla, You are indeed VERY SKILLED !! Love the work you have done so far. I would suggest you post a thread on here of all the work you have done in construction and on cars. Lovely website you have built there. |
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MOJO RETURN ! ! !And about time too. Been 4 months with various interuptions, weather, snow, rain, chest infections and other poop that got in the way. Started early yesterday morning, thinking I would just try figure out what I remembered from the last time I had worked on this project. Rain, cold and more wibblepoo weather ensued as it seems to be customary for Easter weekend. In the end I tried to do some plasma cutting, blew the fuse in the garage, uprated that from 15 to 30 amp, only to be completely bolloxed by more serious rain. Threw the lot back in the garage, showered, and went to Nicola's place for the rest of the day and last night. Today her son was off to the USA, so we only got away at 10am, but that did not stop the weather continueing to be challenging. In the end I cut the four Ford Capri steel wheel centres out with the plasma cutter, they will be united with the centres from a set of 100E wheels so that we can get wider, modern tyres on the Anglia. Thread here: www.retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=readersrides&thread=60718&page=1  In the mean time the weather had cleared sufficiently that I could drag the floor frame out of the hibernation it had been in since before winter. You may recall I had to weld a tear in the frame, from the distortion caused by the tension I placed on it all when I shortened the front and rear of the frame.... now everything had gone completely tits up after that session, the floor frame and the chassis have about 25mm diagonal distortion.... Nicola was on hand to tell me to stop worrying about that, and get on with the build, as the Grizz-Pod body will be on top of the floor frame which is true, and most people are not as anal as what I am, so I have fixed the floor to the chassis without correcting the distortion. She also gets the extra 25mm on her side ;D ;D ;D I have also fitted the spare wheel carrier now as once the floor frame is bolted in, I do not want to get back in there to fix it all in.  The floor feels "small" when I lie on it, but then it is a Teardrop, not an 8 berth   Because I only started on the trailer after lunch at about 1.30pm, I took it easy, not starting any big jobs. My cook, chief bottlewasher and general helper was sitting out like Little Red Riding Hood with her E-Book that I got for her for her birthday, (Best prezzie I ever gave, she uses it every day wherever she goes) reading while I worked and popped up when I needed a hand. To me this is great, sharing the time together, while I build.  OK.... back to the present. Remember this half door I bought last year ? Clad in patterned ally.  Today I looked at dismantling it, as I do not want it to look different from the rest of the smooth painted plywood sides of the trailer when it is done. Initially it seemed like a potential fail, then I got a small crowbar, and a large flat screwdriver. Nicola cleaned out the old glue and grot in the frame while I cut a thin veneer of plywood, beltsanded both the old and new sides, and got the edges down a bit, so that everything will fit inside the ally edgeing.   Nothing like a tight fit ;D  Couple of coats of varnish, then reassemble tomorrow morning. Oh, and first Bootfair of the year tomorrow morning... Woohoooo ! Bargain hunting. 
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Good to see you ave your mojo back Rian, sometimes weather and life in general gets in the way of the fun things in life!!
It's been a while since I have checked in, the build is looking good.
Lol at the boot fair tomorrow ;D
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My YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/user/UkWheelHorseBlokeQuote - D'you know, it's people like you, doing totally brilliant and pointless stuff like this that gives me a little hope for humanity |
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Hey nice work Rian. It's been a while since I've been on here to see how it's going. Where is the new place? I hope it goes down ok. Mega jealous of that. I want to get a house so badly and start making a home and a sweet garage. Looking good dude! Chuffed for you
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Hey nice work Rian. It's been a while since I've been on here to see how it's going. Where is the new place? I hope it goes down ok. Mega jealous of that. I want to get a house so badly and start making a home and a sweet garage. Looking good dude! Chuffed for you Morning Mate, The new place will only happen at end of July this year if my house sells. Had an offer this week on my place, but the offer was made by a clown.... £10k below what I would want to see. Just went there this morning to look and plan with Nicola, because all bootfairs around here have been cancelled with all the rain we have had. |
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Well heres hoping 'eh. Just got to hold out for someone who isn't going to try and take advantage of the market (and you), and get a good sale. Bricks and mortar arn't going anywhere anyway, so I'm sure its only matter of time. Funny you should say that - I was just looking for bootsales this morning to try and find some intresting bits for my new project (it's slow day at work!)
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Glad to see you are cracking on mate i have been waiting for an update the whole time..
was a cool teardrop at wheels day made me think of yours! i hope you get it done to enjoy taking it to some shows this year. What rear lights are you going to run Grizz?
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Glad to see you are cracking on mate I have been waiting for an update the whole time.. was a cool teardrop at wheels day made me think of yours! I hope you get it done to enjoy taking it to some shows this year. What rear lights are you going to run Grizz? I have a brand new pair of glass blue dot teardrop lights I bought at Arena Essex a couple of years ago. However.... I bought some old Taxi lights last year for the trailer , and was happy to use them as they were, then Mark (Nightmares) mopped them and the difference is worth the effort. From this:  To this:   |
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Finished the door this morning, no bootfairs as all the places were rained out, and the soil too wet. Silicone between the layers of wood and around the edge, should help with waterproofing too.  Weather did not help much, but I did get one rims bits prepared. |
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Last Edit: Dec 11, 2010 7:03:52 GMT by grizz
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hey mate, good to see this back on track - apparently we are in for a great summer so it's good to see you cracking on with it again ;D
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Currently driving a '68 Karmann Ghia as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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hey mate, good to see this back on track - apparently we are in for a great summer so it's good to see you cracking on with it again ;D LOL... Promises, Promises. Anyway, I did not do as much as expected over the weekend, but I did do quite a lot of odd jobs and other bits between the weather and getting to know this build again. I am literally getting to know the trailer, and my modified measurements again. Today Nicola input some more of her views as well, and rather than going with a seperate Window on both sides, I have cut an apperture into the door itself, and will replicate on the other side. I have said it before, but will say it again, I am so thankfull to have her here with me over weekends, to slow me down, or speed me up, often encouraging me to do nice stuff that I may have missed out on doing had I followed my own mind.  This looks a whole load better than having the window seperate and behind the door. Placement.  Refined. Mudguard there to get door placement right as well. Looks like I will not be using the two double glazed windows I bought for too much money before, instead I will have 4 small windows cut in perspex or polycarbonate to fit the portholes.  No going back now. Next weekend I will start measuring and cutting the fillets, and hopefully the cross battens and maybe even make up the roof vent frame. Till then.... Tally Ho !!  |
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