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Good news re: the MOT - our family workhouse passed yesterday too. Shame I didn't read your update earlier as I probably would have popped by to have a look and say hello had I known it was on. I was down there a couple of weeks ago with the kids actually for a science show. That water pump is...

That's actually an ice cream "pot". We came across them on holiday a few years ago and the kids made me take them back to the same place a few times until we had the full set of designs. Ours got used by them at home a good few times since and most of the stickers got washed off when cleaning...

Looking good Felix. I like that idea of the station sign - a very novel touch!

Yes, pretty much unique in hatchback form I believe - it's the only one I have seen including in all the books/magazines I have seen on Minis (including searching through the archives at the Heritage Motor Museum in Gaydon). I think it could be one of the world's first 'hot hatchbacks' since it...

Great pics Rian. Nice to hear that you are going to try to trace all its previous history too. If you end up with some gaps in the history then are you aware of Dvla form v888, which you can use to request previous keeper details for a small fee?

Here's the next one. This is my tow car:

Some lovely shots of the new truck there Grizz! That chromework is looking amazing now that you have given it a good polish.

Here's one of my other cars. I have owned this car for more than 16 years. It started off as a second hand Clio 16 valve model I bought when I moved back to the UK. I used to race it in sprints and hillclimbs for many years and then as I moved on to other cars I decided that I needed to make...

Love the glass - perfect to see Stuttgart's finest without leaving the house! I've got planning permission for a triple garage near the house and was always thinking of doing the back wall in glass so I could see in from the house but I'm not sure it is a project I will ever get off the ground...

Missed this first time around - what a great buy for $3k! Crikey, that's hideous! I guess on the drawings given to the planners it looked like there were some similarities but in reality it bears almost no resemblance to the original character, to the extent that it wasn't even worth them...

No, no Austins/MGs other than the Mini. I think what you have seen in the pics is probably one of my Clios? I have taken some photos of the mini for you but rather than make a mess of your thread I have posted them on my build one if you want to take a look there!

Ha, the car pics! Well I can tell from your thread that you are probably most interested in the Mini, so I'll start with that one. The problem is that it is in a barn that I haven't yet finished or posted any updates on, but I suppose I can post that up in due course so here are the pics of the...

Fantastic transformation - it's looking really great now. I think the new carpets definitely brighten/freshen the place up too. Sorry to hear about your bad back - hope you can continue with the progress so far and want to do for the future.

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the space. I'm also in Essex and am currently the custodian of a '69 Cooper S estate hatchback, so we have a few things in common!

Nice build. I love the kids' castings in the step! I have something similar in the concrete apron around my barn but it is the hands of the kids of the previous owner rather than my own but every day when I see it it reminds me that I need to do one with the prints of my two kids when I lay some...

I just checked my membership card too and it says I have been a member since 2004, and I think they were going here for a number of years before that, so yes, more than a decade now. Sorry felix, I have read your "Mews" thread before but forgot when I saw your location as HK. Do you still...

Looking good. The fence looks much nicer painted - your assistant has done a nice job there! Looks like the glass in the greenhouse isn't toughened so good idea to get shot of it all.

I bought them from a warehouse-type retailer that is big in the US, and more recently set up in the UK, called Costco. They were a very good price - about HK$600 per unit if I remember correctly. I have never seen a Costco branch in Hong Kong (I used to live there and have family in Chai Wan)...

Yes, it is a modern repro of an old double-faced station clock. It has temperature and humidity gauges on it too, but you can't really see them too well from the ground, but I liked the overall look of it and it was pretty cheap. When you open up the clock in the middle of the two faces there is...

We had a fair bit of wind here the other week. I put a clock up at the top of the barn a few years ago and it has weathered a few storms but the gusts the other day nearly blew it off. It was lucky the bottom screw held and the lamp housing was in the way to support it a bit when it dropped...