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I've been waiting to run a project thread, but as it seems I do so many projects at once picking one is a night mare, plus my plans change faster than the wind, i thought id create a random project thread and id just update it with whatever i was working on at the time. The current list of candidates is as follows....

Old Fleet -

  • Red 1985 mini - engine rebuilt
  • Green 1971 mini - winter hibernation 
  • Magenta kit car x1  red - long term project 
  • Mg 1100 - 1963 - Home being welded
  • MGF x1 - one scrapped one now on the road.
  • Austin 1100 - two door

New cars to fleet:

  • Reliant Rialto - Estate
  • Reliant Rialto - Hatchback
  • Metro - Blue - 1.8i - VVC
  • Metro - Red - 1.1
  • Metro - Purple - 1.4
  • Berlingo 2.0 HDI
  • 1995 - Citreon AX x2
  • Magenta - Red Hard Top
  • Magenta LS - Green 
  • 1999 Ford Puma
  • 1998 - Ford Puma
  • 1972 - Austin 1300 Auto Two Door Black Tulip

Disposed - 

  • Vanden Plas 1300 - parked - SOLD
  • 1993 Mini SPI - finish stripping engine for MG 1300
  • MGF 75th Edition - NEW - SCRAPPED
  • Rover 75 - SCRAPPED
  • Ausitn 1300 GT - SOLD
  • Purple Morris 1100 - NEXT! - SOLD
  • Blue MG 1300 - scrapped
  • White MG 1300 repaint and rebuild
  • Blue mk1 Ausitn 1100 welding and paint
  • Blue mk1 wolesley - decide on future
  • Baby Blue mk2 morris 1300 - SCRAPPED
  • Clubman estate - a one day project - SOLD
  • White Vanden Plas 1300 - SCRAPPED
  • Ford KA X1 - SCRAPPED
  • Volvo v70 - SOLD
  • Golf GTE - SOLD
  • Mg 1100 - 1965 - SOLD
  • Reliant Robin x2 - one scrapped one now on the road - SOLD
  • 1983 MG Metro - in temp storage
  • 1967 Austin 1100 estate - SOLD
  • 2000 - R25 GTI
  • 1998 Peugeot 106 1.5 D
  • 1995 Rover Metro 1.5D
  • 1999 Ford Puma - Track car
  • 2008 Honda Civic Type R - Track car
  • Magenta - Green - Scrapped
  • 2000 Mondeo TD Estate - Sold
  • 1997 - Citroen AX Spree
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5 garages, 3 sheds, rest are either on my drive, parents drive or my brothers drive as two of those are his. Hes also got a C15 camper van i end up doing work on every so often. 

 

How many Sheds/Garages/Fields do you own?

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Thanks, MGF and 1971 Mini atm but it will be the 75 over the winter as long as its just the turbo

That's some list!  What are you using as your daily?

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some more random pics, ill do some updates later on actual project work lol

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Magenta on Cosmics makes this Fleet of Win.   

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only the two ive shared i think, but ill check the pics from years ago i might have sumot.

 

Any pictures in the archives of (now) my purple beast?

 

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Wouldn't be too bad, just i keep changing my mind when i see something shinnier.....so the list if subject to change at any time lol

 

got your work cut out there....

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Mid colour change...

Shame that it wasn't stopped there. Looks quite good like that! (Well compared to what it is now)

 

Was the purple painted over the top of the black and Harvest Gold original paint?

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It was harvest gold base, then someone undersealed it...so i glossed it in wilkos black. We sold it in gloss black and the dude stripped half of it and painted the Harvest gold so it returned it us half gold half black. As he'd spent so long cleaning most of the black off we decided to paint over the harvest gold in Purple. I think the black was taken back to bare metal and then purpled....i guess you will find out when you do paint prep. 

 

Best driveway paint job we ever did!

Shame that it wasn't stopped there. Looks quite good like that! (Well compared to what it is now)

Was the purple painted over the top of the black and Harvest Gold original paint?

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What happened to original number plates DPN 90K?

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They do look nice. I was thinking the other day that the black and white plates on it look fairly clean and modern.

 

I don't suppose you still have the dynamo and regulator box for it? :)

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I dunno what happened to the plate I'll have a look in the garage. And yes I have a dynomo and regulator box.

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Tonight im off to fit a turbo to a Rover 75....should be fun!

 

Ohhh last weekend i fitted a kitchen...told you my projects were random, it wasnt even my kitchen! Nor am i a kitchen fitter

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I'm glad I started a random thread so you can see how my projects go. I was browsing the Internet when I came across something interesting. Quick phone call, a viewing and hand over some dosh and I finally have a work shop! So, maybe... Just maybe... My projects will become less random..who knows!!! First I need to move 6 lock up garage and 8 cars in. Shame it's not big enough for all my cars but price was right and it's better than what I had.

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That looks like a good start to de-randomisinga few projects. Result if it was painted like that when you got it too.

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Yeah that's it we moved those two cars in tonight. I want to paint the floor then I'll hide as much of it as I can. I think I'll still end up doing millions of other things but I can focus more on single projects and its not going to be an issue if it rains.

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Good business opportunity: as we all know, when a car is in a white room - it's suddenly worth £££thousands more!

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hahahaha I painted the floor last night so at least it can be dry before i start cramming it full. Got van booked for Sun to start moving my stuff over.

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Values have shot up massively in the last few years, our two are very much staying with us for a while.

 

I'm liking the MG 1300 content, I had two in the 80's could still find a home for one now.

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