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UKBoB

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16,277 posts

294 months

Thursday 25th November 2004
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Had a dream last night, had to share it

Paul from Austec owned TVR, so I went to see him and he agreed to make one final Cerbera for me, but required a 25k Deposit. It was an off the record favour that no one could know about because if more than 500 Cerbs were made all cars would have to be reclaimed for ABS fitting, so Paul said he would build it himself that afternoon.

I returned later to find he'd built the chassis by hand from tubular steel lengths he found kicking around and fear set when I realised we hadn't agreed which shade of yellow the cerb would be

Paul had already started pouring granulated paint crystals into the layers of cotton wool which covered the car, which when melted with his blow torch, became shiny smooth painted fibreglass with a glossy finish

Everything went pearshaped when I found out there were no AJP V8's left, just a speed 6, and poor old paul got rather having built most of the car that day, then having me then cancel my order

TimW

3,848 posts

276 months

Thursday 25th November 2004
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At least it would be better built than most tvr's


UKBoB

Original Poster:

16,277 posts

294 months

Thursday 25th November 2004
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TimW said:
At least it would be better built than most tvr's


In the middle of writing that tosh, it occured to me that I couldnt remember if Id paid them or not after last weeks RR session Few minutes later I realised I hadn't!

No wonder Paul was throwing tantrums in the dream

fatboychim

979 posts

280 months

Thursday 25th November 2004
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Funny what fibre glass resin fumes can do to you

njw 77

17,065 posts

267 months

Saturday 27th November 2004
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Bob, you need to get out more mate

LOL

UKBoB

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16,277 posts

294 months

Saturday 27th November 2004
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njw 77 said:
Bob, you need to get out more mate

LOL


Oi, I had a looooong cerbera chat with a fellow PHer just before bed, its all his fault I tell you

And if I had £1 for every time i read another "I Keep going to the garage just to look at my cerb in the middle of the night" threads in this forum...

cosmoschick

7,977 posts

278 months

Saturday 27th November 2004
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UKBoB said:
...and poor old paul got rather having built most of the car that day, then having me then cancel my order


A quick blast in the (my!) yellow Tamora and I'm sure he felt

njw 77

17,065 posts

267 months

Saturday 27th November 2004
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cosmoschick said:


A quick blast in the (my!) yellow Tamora and I'm sure he felt


Easy tiger!!You know by the colour it is the bastard child of my car

rev-erend

21,619 posts

313 months

Monday 29th November 2004
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Weird ... still it could have been worse.