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[JTR70]

Cool! Glad to hear that you are slowly unearthing your pre-A project! Look forward to some progress on it! Justin

[admin]

Welcome aboard, This is a Great site. I am here reading and learning often as there is a lot of excellent Craftsmanship ,Talent and Knowledge here.
Bruce C.

[JTR70]

Thank you for saying so Bruce! I am very happy to know that you like it here! I hope you'll share your project when you're ready. Justin


Hey Mark, Gerard shared a photo that I think melds two big passions in your life.. Justin

[surfer71]

Sure does.. I have not been out for a while due to work load and I have to say it's not warm at the moment in the water...

I had lost abit more interest of late but I am now able to touch the 356 in the workshop!! so I need to get abit further but each time some thing else comes up.. I just bought my wife a new car ( not new I never buy new ) only to 5 weeks later find an even better one.. so what did I do... buy that as well Doh!

So I have had to fix this one as it's nice a newish but it has been in a crash and I bought it like that.





Just waiting to find time to paint it.. Should keep the wife happy as it's not that old. she leaps 5 years newer in cars!

So I do need to get back onto Classic cars again soon.. I promise

Anyway heres a video for you.

http://youtu.be/lg_4oZn1wUs

[JTR70]

Newer more reliable transportation does wonders in keeping a couple happily together. This looks like a good one. Wasn't hit hard and does not look like it got into the core support. Throw some paint on that new bumper and your golden!

[surfer71]

Aiming for Sunday in the workshop.. I got to get to this 356

Need to re ascess where I was before I gave up on it.



It's there if you look closely.. I am almost touching it! junk in the way.. ( well life junk ) work has been so busy of late it's not helping and set to get worse over the next week ! but that's more repair funds coming my way I hope.

I have also not been kitesurfing for over a month now and I am getting frustrated at not being able to get out on the water to escape work!!! and the dam phone going all the time with the silly requests!

[JTR70]

Man it is packed in there tight. I thought I was cramped for space. I always tell people that it doesn't matter what size shop you have, you will always out grow it and long for more space. Bigger shop just encourages for more stuff! Hope you get something accomplished on Sunday! Justin

[surfer71]

this was put on hold this weekend.. A mix of work, 912 brakes and a mates wood chipper for freeway clearing broke and I happened to have a welder and 25 years of welding and fabrication experience to hand.. so that's me in credit with him for tree cutting this year so I can get back on the 356 more yhay!!

will try again this week.. I have booked a half day for Friday ( I own the company ) will this happen ???????? I can but try.. The Friday is so I can clear it out to get to it..

drum roll please!!!

[roy mawbey]

Best of luck hope you reach it!!

Roy

[JTR70]

Glad to see the glitch that you were experiencing worked itself out Mark... Justin

[JTR70]

Hey Mark, ran across this one and thought of your MB. What do think about a similar conversion? Quite literally a "dream car"
Justin

[surfer71]

LOL, yeah does look good at once point when the engine was giving me grief this was tempting LOL..

[surfer71]

Right!!! we had a bank Holiday weekend this weekend.

And I managed clear the workshop! all 60ft of it! I can now touch and see the 356 from all 3 sides! yeah!!!!!!!

I can even see the 65 912 which was ment to be at my mates place this month for starting to paint it! so ops.

I even managed to hoover up all the cob webs that where in the car and all over the car where spiders had taken hold over the last 3-4 years ! The best bit was as the spider shakes as they do to warn you off that only made me think arrr theres another, suck! thump up the hoover pipe! it goes.. So I now have a clear run of the car.. what to start first..

Going to continue with the welding of the floor not too much to do but it's a job that needs doing..

So I am back in the room!

[roy mawbey]

Nice to hear that you can now see more of your car Mark. Hope it goes well on the next stage.

Roy

[surfer71]

Yep there it is!



here it is the right way up! LOL.. 4 years on it's side!