Anyone got any other projects on the go?

[dewismotorsport]

Just finished this for a customer in Denmark for a rwd manta drift car pushing over 400bhp I'm told. (To his design brief)





Anyone else up to anything interesting project wise (other than your car)

 

[Dave Gilbert]

thats shiny, very nice
iv got a few projects on at the min, im building a garage on my garden so i can bring my classic mini home n then get cracking on the mini, it hasnt moved since 2008

 

[dewismotorsport]

Any pics of the garage build? What years the mini?

 

[Dave Gilbert]

got loads of the garage build so far. its looking abit of a bodge in places(building it on no money so everything is reclaimed except the concrete floor) al upload some pics later on when im near the laptop, n the mini is a 1976 layland mini 1000. with a metro 1275cc engine deseamed and de bumpered in rover stone grey with a black roof with metal.flake

 

[dewismotorsport]

Sounds good, as long as it's water tight then that's fine. Mini sounds good, I got given a 87 mini but was far to rotten so I just sold it on

 

[Dave Gilbert]

wait till you see the garage(should give you abit of a laugh) im no builder lol

minis not bad, she wants a new front loom n front panels(i bent them) but shes not rotten like most so well worth saving

 

[Dave Gilbert]

im uploading afew images now, there raw images so pay no attention to all the s**te in the background,

 

[Dave Gilbert]

and the last few

 

[Dave Gilbert]

oak double doors(now windows)FREE

pallet racking(i dont think so there roof supports)14 length FREE

old angle iron roof supports for single garage(now panel next to door)FREE

all in all its cost £415, thats £400 for the base, £10 coach bolts to bolt the sections together and £5 for steel sheet next to door, i painted that in white hammerite(FREE) then covered it in soffit cladding(the council are doing all the roofs in our area so i borrowed a piece)FREE

the support is only temp at the min, it needs finishing(more welding and maybe painting)

im working on the front panels and the door this week(iv been building on my own after the first 15 sections went up, everyone seamed to not answer the phone any more) so iv been plodding along a section or 2 every day after work with a little help from the missis.

cheers

 

[Dave Gilbert]

the mini

i havnt got alot of images of it as its been in bed for a few years now 2008 last mot.

astra mk2 gte seats in the front

 

[Daz]

I'm building a shower room on the landing atm.... landing used to be the bathroom before the extension on the house was built, so it was a tad large at 13ft x 12ft, will get some pics when i get 5..

 

[Dave Gilbert]

now thats something im not bad at, plumbing, wiring, cutting tiles etc.

i actually enjoy plumbing

strange that im a delivery man/ nicker maker(i mean bouncy castle manufacturer)hahahah

 

[Daz]

Iill put my hands to anything that saves the pennys.... only thing i cant do is plaster,,,

 

[Dave Gilbert]

same here, iv done kitchens, bathrooms built a few garages, restored a few classic campervans, iv just finished doing my bosses office/washing room, that went back to brickamd replastered, im good at mixing plaster but i ant tried plastering, but with what i watched of my boss doing the plastering is get it on as fast as you can and keep working it, the more it dries the less lines you get.

 

[Dave Gilbert]

we bricked a door up then chucked some plaster board up then skimmed it up.

 

[Daz]

Been tempted to have a go on an old peice of platerboard and see how it goes..... trouble is, by time i buy all the gear and try it and f**k it up it be cheaper to get someone else to do it lol

 

[Dave Gilbert]

if my boss can do it anyone can(hes not a plasterer) board n finish is cheap as chips, a bucket a plaster whisk for the drill, a drill and a trowel n a hawk give it a go if it looks s**t rip it off(a walls not gnna cost much id say £20 in board n finish)

 

[Daz]

Got 2 wall that need plastering and 2 new ceilings....... the other 4 wall are gonna be tiled so can just tile straight to the p/b

 

[Dave Gilbert]

ceilings didnt look fun, he was balancing on the washing machine and ladders n a bouncy castle fan, i was funny to watch, i think he got most of it on the floor.

i like anything like that, iv got to do mybathroom in the near future to make my sons bedroom.bigger, iv got a seperate toilet which is basiclly in his bedroom so got to have a move round

 

[Daz]

How it began......