Master
Nice little heartwarmer:
- Ananova, 12/07/07Friends restore Lotus in secret
A sports car enthusiast who suffered a mini stroke while restoring a Lotus Esprit was amazed when online friends finished the work for him in secret.
Simon Pritchard, 36, from Abergavenny, had been in the process of rebuilding the 25-year-old car when he fell ill, reports the BBC.
When members of the Lotus Esprit online forum website heard, they donated money and time to fix it. The original 18-month project costing £25,000 actually took his friends just five weeks to complete.
Mr Pritchard had several mini strokes after developing Reiter's Syndrome - a form of arthritis which develops as a reaction to infections in the body.
As part of his research, he logged onto a website which allowed people to get help and advice in the restoration of such cars.
Andy Betts, from Bexley, Greater London, who runs the website said: "He was trying to do up the car even though he was quite unwell.
"One day I phoned him up and his wife said he was in hospital and I thought that there had to be something we could do to help him."
So while Mr Pritchard recovered in hospital, Mr Betts set up an area on the website which Mr Pritchard was denied access to and went about recruiting help from the 3,800 members.
Offers of money, car parts and time soon came flooding in and so with the help of Mr Pritchard's wife Kelly, the group organised to have the car taken to a garage in nearby Caerphilly for restoration.
Over the next five weeks, more than 2,000 hours of work were put in by people who travelled from as far as Hertfordshire, Cheshire and Kent.
"I can't even begin to thank all the people who were involved. It just restores your faith in people and shows that there is good in everybody," he said.
ForumSage
Been there... done that. It was the lotus restoration that caused the stroke.
Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious.
They are great fun though.
I was listening to a guy at a meeting describing the Esprit. One story was that he used to take his cat with him for a ride. His esprit could render his cat unable to do anything other than be pinned to the back window under full acceleration
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Fancy writingIt should be:So while Mr Pritchard recovered in hospital, Mr Betts set up an area on the website which Mr Pritchard was denied access to ......
Bloody journos! (I'd also prefer "whilst" to "while" in this sentence.So while Mr Pritchard recovered in hospital, Mr Betts set up an area on the website to which Mr Pritchard was denied access....
Good on those who did the resto.
Ron
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OldBushie
That would be the only way my RR would get finished aswell. But most of my mates are all pretty useless when it comes to cars
OldBushie
All you have to do is drop it off with a fist full of dollars and i'll finish itOriginally Posted by 6.5rangie
That would be the only way my RR would get finished aswell. But most of my mates are all pretty useless when it comes to cars
OldBushie
What, pay money, i don't think so
OldBushie
You can always pay in beerWhat, pay money, i don't think so
Fossicker
The currency of true blue Australians.You can always pay in beer
YarnMaster
Some years ago, a mates pommie girlfriend (and my asst) had a dirty green Mazda R100, already painted over its original white...
She went back to pommieland for a few weeks and we pinched it from her garage and plonked it in my backyard, where we knocked it back into shape and sprayed it red - rosso corsa. Fantastic!
Her boyfriend picked her up from Mascot and we had a party at my house (lots of mates and girlfriends kept it a little hidden) - an hour after her arrival (at the house) she realised the car in the backyard was hers, the number plate was the clue...
Those two weeks were great, three of us (and sometimes more) worked long hours at night, cutting rust, filling, rubbing off the old paint and learning how to spray...
the things we do in our twenties...
...her reaction, was voluminous tears of joy, fabulous!
I'd love to have that R100 now...
GQ
Swaggie
SubscriberOh dear
now if it was an R100 BMW that i would understand
Baz.
Cheers Baz.
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