TOP THREAD!
My Granddad was a mechanic back in his day, so he used to use my parents garage (which i now use) to work on his carâs! So soon as I could walk I was out there with him wanting him to show me what he was doing! He used to wear a full overalls & a flat cap, so when I was about 3-4 years old, he got me a set of overalls made for me & a flat cap! (I just wanted to be my granddad
) The first car I remember working on was an old Morris Traveller (with a wooden frame work rear) which I helped him to restore to âNEWâ condition!
I have some picâs of me back then up on my garage wall, when im next there ill take a pic & post them up! Lol
Then when I was 9 years old my older brother bought me an old B reg mk1 Astra 1.3 (that his mate was going to scrap) for me to mess with in the garage! Well I got back up to an reasonable condition with my granddad, (MOTâed) then I think it got lent to ever one of my brothers mateâs at some point when threes was broke or crashed!
& I made a bit of money each time! The money I made from ârentingâ the Astra out, I started buying & selling carâs!
This is when I really got into working with cars!
At the age of 14 I started night school one night a week doing a NVQ level 2 under pinion knowledge!
At the age of 17 when I past my Driving test I had successfully bought & sold 33 carâs & started driving in my P reg 1.6 16V Corsa (4years old then) which I had bought with my own money I had made before I even started my working life!
I could go on all day about this but this gives you a good idea where it all started!