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Popped out with the 'auldfella' to pick up his new motor from available car in Castle Donnington and found next door a full-on VW restoration business! Popped in to say hello to the owner and have a quick chat about services they offer etc, the guy was dead sound and it looks to be a professional setup judging by the equipment he had there... have a peek at his website, I'd seen his daily driver before (the brown bus on the business card) round l'boro area and it's been in Volksworld too.. nice custom take on a bus, looks superb in the flesh!

Plane crash in Leicester!!

100s HURT
A mysterious plane crash struck Leciester City today. No one yet knows why the plane crashed but witnesses say they saw a blur of blue heading towards a local multistorey carpark just before the disaster accured. Speculation gathers as quickly as the casualties..............

Sorry Jim

First of all sorry to hear about your little problem!

Next Im sure all will agree that Hempys new logo of our old friend Max Headroom attatched is much more suitable than the cigar smoking baby thingy!

And just be thankful youve still got a roof!!

Is it time to call Brockwells Coachworks and get a rag top made up? or find an original sliding tin top??mmmmmmmmmmmm.....think positive :)

Don't cause yourself extra work Hempy!!

Ok to set the scene, you've spent most of the previous night getting mashed up, you wake up remembering that you need to be somewhere in the city in about 30 mins time! So you set off for the nearest convenient city centre parking, as you approach you see a MAX HEADROOM sign...
sleepily I thought, "durr...i've been under loads of those should be fine"
..... CLUNK!!!! oh dear (or replace with suitable expletives) ....

on closer inspection i'd given my pop top a rite good bashing, one split in the pop top in the corner (a previous poor repair as I found out later on) a nice dent in the fibre glass along the top edge, one inner metal bracket completely smashed to pieces! bent up sliders and missing bolts and washers etc.... DOH!

repairs in progress :) (inner brackets all repaired ok just needed teasing back into shape most of the washers had ended up in the gutters lol). I'm using fibre glass sheeting and resin to add strength to the weakened areas (both outside and inside), then i'll probably skim fill with fibre glass filler for a smooth finish. Ben - see if Danny fancies a quick pop top respray job at some point! I might just hand paint with lotus white in the interim...

SIX MOTs

Can you believe it Im now entering my sixth year of driving my bus. Silly correction I know but still quite significant, none the less. Good link to know is http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/ all you need is your number plate and a number from your latest MOT doc and it gives a history as well as current status!!

Fourth MOT!!

Elcie has just been awarded her fourth MOT on the trott, and the guys at AVR also added that she was "The best sounding one they had heard"!!! Only issue was the lights, one was giving off a left hand beam pattern so had to stick on left hand stickers in reverse!! New lights i fink!!!

89' Australia trip

Scanned these pics of my 89' trip of Australia showing the kombi we travelled around in for three months, it was nicknamed 'bandit'. It was owned by a lad I once worked with Tim. It was in v-good condition, but it seemed that every town we stopped in it needed repair on the engine. Any ideas of the type can't remember much about the vehicle it's self as it was an all new experience back then. Good fun thou ;)