Post by flute on Aug 30, 2009 1:53:38 GMT -5
Hi, I thought I would introduce myself. I live in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. I found this website after buying 'the book' on ebay and then wanted to investigate 'the plans'. (See my first post) I bought 'the book' after reading about it in The Mini Experience Magazine. My daily car is a '69 Morris Mini Cooper S (pic attached below) and I am a confessed mini nut. I am a member of the Victorian Mini Club. I am also a user of ausmini.com, an Australian based mini forum and also the International Model Mini Collectors Club (IMMCC) which is an international forum for model mini collectors. I would love to be out on the race tracks but being an official is as close as I can afford to get at the moment with two young kids and a wife that isn't particularly interested in cars of any kind. I dont have a trade of any kind to do with motor vehicles but have learnt a lot working on my mini and restoring a lot of it myself. It is still a work in progress and I am at the stage where I need a big garage or shed and another car so I can take it off the road and do a full resto. I haven't read 'the book' yet but found the subject interesting enough to buy it and also search the net for more information which is how I found this forum. I guess at this stage I am a Terrapin fan dreaming of one day building one. This would no doubt require learning a number of new skills so I will see where this dream leads me. In the meantime I will learn what I can, ask questions and hopefully not annoy anyone too much. Thanks for letting me join the forum, regards, Jim.
