Ha. I used to teach h&s and now write our company risk assessments Do as I say not as I do, as my dad used to say
Both of them have tried to maim me in various ways over their respective restorations i want to do the beetle next, i suspect he's not in a good way but i can't bear the thought of not having him Unfortunately they'll be no workshop and ramps so need to find a solution; back alley on axle stands and mobile welder, maybe.
From the pics you put on the thread, the A pillars looked a bit "worrying" Something will come along; Dougal is certainly worth saving, can't be many GTs left on the road *sending positive thoughts*...
i need to give him a good check over sometime - may need to sell another kidney but i'll do my best by him. i think there's less than 50 tomato red on the road at the moment - there were only 1000 of them to begin with
GT Beetle register - I thought i'd put pics on here years ago but apparently not http://www.gtbeetle.co.uk/gt-beetle-red-register-.html
i thought i'd added pics but it was a while ago, when the register/internet first started i can't see me not keeping him, maybe i need to think about selling the house
haha, not unless i want to move I always said i'd sell the house before my volkswagen's - it was true a few years ago, could be again! I think it's hard finding people who you can trust that they know what they're doing, seems to be a dying breed
This Mick sounds a good chap, does he not want the work? What about doing the welding yourself? Seems to me you're good with your hands, I saw the pictures you posted of your knitwear etc...
I learnt to gas weld with a Yorkshire lad who was called Mick, I am sure its not one and the same, just coincidence. Equally, I doubt that that Mick remembers me as well as I remember how to gas weld
Mick's brilliant, spent his life working on vehicles but has a full time job and does up his family's cars (he's been doing a golf for his daughter and a sports car for his son while i've been swearing at underseal!), and there'll be no workshop soon. He's also trying to convince me that it may be time to let go of Dougal I understand where he's coming from but it's that vw thing... 'if i have to explain it, you wouldn't understand it'. He's always had old mini's but i don't hold that against him! I'll find a way - even if i were to sell dougal *shudder* i'd probably get some work done on him first
ha! i still have the scorch mark on dougal's headliner when i was trying to gas weld - driver's door a pillar
Hah, that's funny, the Mick I remember was mad on Mini's, always wanting to de-seam them, I lost touch with him, sadly, loverly chap.
Hah, I assume he's been in Bradford all his life? If so, please ask him, when you see him, if he was a rock-a-billy and where he went to school? The school should be a dead give-away....it's a million-to-one shot, as Pratchett wrote.
i will, but i see no signs of rock-a-billy. i think he grew up in horsforth, but could have got that wrong.
Letting Dougal go is just not an option, don’t let anyone talk you into getting rid of him Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
