Thread: Restoring Cars

The Military Vehicle Club(WW11>) that I belong to has 500+ members and a fair % of those would be under 40 years old,some are second generation people and I know of a couple of grandchildren that come to various club runs and outings,so not all people involved in the old Car/Truck movement are senior citizens

cheers

Have been doing some research the last couple of days. Mostly checking Morris, Major's and Elites.

They seem to be a bit pricey
The Elite I was wanting to get is only 500
Yeah, its got a lot of surface rust on it, but its all there, no major rust, and it runs

My kinda project.

Sounds good Chops!

When you pick a car to restore just go with your heart, being passionate will make it happen, only take advice on choosing a good base to begin with, if you buy what someone else wants you to buy you'll burn out. There's a reason my dune buggy is sitting on the trailer and I haven't fixed it since the big roll over yet, I'm simply more passionate about Landies at the moment!

Learning new skills is most of the fun of a restoration, try and do everything you can yourself, even if it means spending on tools (or borrow them), restoring cars and building my buggy and a few trailers is how I've learnt to weld, turn and mill metal, spray paint and a lot of other skills.

Just go with your gut, and do it right the first time, nothing annoy me more than doing things twice.

See, I can be constructive.

Cheers
Will

Originally Posted by MR LR

And what are you suggesting I research, oh mighty overlord?

the people your going to shoot your mouth off at for a start

hehe,, Its all good Will.

My biggest drama is a lack of cash at present, and of course, although not car related, a lot on my plate

First things first,,, there's always a bargain to be found when the cash is in your pocket
So in the meantime, I have to get my shed in order. There's a bench to be made, homes for tools to be arranged etc, which includes a major clean-up/out, tidy up.

Then there's this thing called "life" always getting in the way Had big plans for this weekend for a major run at the shed (I've got the bits ). I've just been informed I'm driving Miss Daisy to the hairdressers,,, in Essendon So that stuffs tomorrow up

Originally Posted by Chops

I've just been informed I'm driving Miss Daisy to the hairdressers,,, in Essendon So that stuffs tomorrow up

Maybe not.
Want a look at the mini?

It looks like a nice little deluxe in need of TLC

I've not come into this to "play the man", Mick is doing a good enough job of that. I've made a statement about cars of which I have been around my entire life, quite rare, veteran cars.

Mick felt the need to essentially tell me to shut up, obviously because being involved with what's going on in my own home is not personal experience at all.

I've never found anything suggesting Mick has experience with veteran cars, he's a member of several military vehicle clubs as can be read in his sig. Wonder if he knows that our Crossley 25/30 was in fact a re-bodied RAF staff car... Hence it has a 1923 body on a 1918 chassis and mechanicals. Without him showing any veteran experience, how am I to assume he has had any?

As to you Dave, you have the respect of being the admin of the forum. I respect that, but I resent what you said about me.

I don't see why anyone has such a problem with what I said earlier.

Cheers
Will