How commited (mad) are you?
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I've just been outside in pea sized hail / snow / rain / all other variants of wet stuff with gail force gusts working on my wishbones and brake conversion 
What the neighbours think i dont know! Got to practice for standing outside at Brands tomorrow supporting the Lotus racing!!!
How mad are you?
What the neighbours think i dont know! Got to practice for standing outside at Brands tomorrow supporting the Lotus racing!!!How mad are you?
I built a kit car outside in all weathers. It was freezing, literally, when I put the gearbox on with a friend and managed to trap my hand. It was held by two rough welds. We had been messing around trying to get the nuts to nip the bolts for over an hour and, as I didn't fancy having to try again, I just pulled my hand free.
But, being so cold, I didn't feel a thing. I put some cloth over the cuts and carried on. When we had finished I was reluctant to go indoors as I knew the pain would start then. And it did. I still have the scars.
But, being so cold, I didn't feel a thing. I put some cloth over the cuts and carried on. When we had finished I was reluctant to go indoors as I knew the pain would start then. And it did. I still have the scars.
My wife phoned my mother to complain and get advice.
"He's down the garage polishing inside the bonnet and it's 3am, is that normal?" said the wife.
"Is he making a noise" asked my mum?
"no" said the wife.
"I had the neighbours complain about the noise of the doors slamming" said mum. "His father used to take the doors off to re-hang them until they all shut with the same sound".
"just go to sleep, you won't change them, I gave up after the first 30 years"
"He's down the garage polishing inside the bonnet and it's 3am, is that normal?" said the wife.
"Is he making a noise" asked my mum?
"no" said the wife.
"I had the neighbours complain about the noise of the doors slamming" said mum. "His father used to take the doors off to re-hang them until they all shut with the same sound".
"just go to sleep, you won't change them, I gave up after the first 30 years"
Spent hours in the rain/wind/freezing cold etc working on my R5 Turbo, my first car on the road. I did the headgasket 3 times as i experimented with the power. Thinking about it, before that when i was 15 i had a bright yellow Fiat 126, changed the engine with my bare hands in all weathers in my nans shed, then drove it to destruction all winter round her field! But, now that im older and more sensible (27) i sat out in the snow yesterday going through all the stereo wiring to find out why the amp wouldnt work in the Cerbera, fixed that. So, today as its white over again outside, i thought id clean it before it goes off to the trimmers next week 
Some things just dont change, your just obsessed....
Some things just dont change, your just obsessed....tbdgriff500 said:
washed the car in a thunderstorm yesterday,pushed it in the garage when it hailed,pushed it back out to finish while just snowing,dryed it the best i could before pushing back into the garage for a final dry. very sad indeed !!Sam Gamgee said:
grahamw48 said:
Few years back, bin working in my unheated garage for about 8 hours,
screwdriver slipped, and straight through my hand
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Much swearing, then tied nearest oily rag around it, and back to hammering and banging.
Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You must be well `ard!screwdriver slipped, and straight through my hand
.Much swearing, then tied nearest oily rag around it, and back to hammering and banging.
Dave.
...falling off cliff....knocked off pushbike and left for dead...somersaulting my Lotus Seven over hedge and into a tree at 70mph...and many more...
Ever been hit across the hand with a 14lb sledgehammer at full tilt..?..yep.
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