Recent content by DanP.

Lee on solent is a great place to live - but yes the view is blighted a bit by the run-aground car carrier at present!

Dhubbard442 - yours looks a nice car, I could never build a kit car now unless it was a complete nut and bolt kit like the factory five or dax kits, it was only before I had a busy job, wife or kids that I had the spare time to do so much trimming, fettling and fab myself (and there wasn't even...

A few photos of the build as requested: The donor - an 86 Ford Sierra XR4X4 Donor engine rebuilt: Early build Exhaust mockup and fab Finished (next to my old '81 C3)

The kit car is a 'V8 Viento' made by a British company called Luego, it's basically a widened and stretched seven, designed to take V8s, there are a few with LSx motors around and one with a viper V10 being built. I bought my kit in 2005 and had it on the road in 2009, mine has a 3.5L rover V8...

Thanks for the comments folks, it means a lot coming from such dedicated people! Regarding the torchmate - I'm pleased with it, well made, easy to assemble and use and the nice thing is that it is expandable - i can extend to 4x2 or 4x4, add routing attachments, plate markers etc and it all...

Hi will post a few pics of parts when I get home but been pleased with the cuts, I think the hypertherm makes for a very good combo as the quality of the cut is excellent, only thing I want to do is add the auto height control as otherwise it's quite easy to set the tip too high and get a...

Hi, my doors are seceuroglide excels, but I think they do doors with an even tighter roll to reduce clearance, web link is http://www.sws.co.uk

Hi, it's the rapidair kit, I bought it from the U.S. Amazon site and had it shipped to a colleague over there. The trunking is made by univolt. The doors are powered, they are made by a British company called SWS.

Thanks for the comments, the plasma and lathe are mostly used for bits for the trike at the moment and the odd project and gift, would like to run a small business in future. Haven't mastered the CNC lathe software yet.

Hi, I've been lurking on the forum for just over a year now admiring people's amazing garages and builds and getting inspiration for my own, since my garage is 'complete' (for now) I thought I would post some pics. Some background: We moved into the house in sept 2012, and like many homes in...