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The FC is alive!

After about 10 years of being laid up, the 'vert is alive again!Thanks to Jason@Revs, a few tweaks by Sean@Boostworx, and a halfday of detailing by MattK, the old girl is running great, and looks amazing.I was planning on moving her along (after 25 years of custodianship!) but as my...

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Kev hits Europe

When my brother Kev passed last year, I "inherited" a pair of sunglasses that he had in his car.Kev had planned on going to the UK this year to visit with his mates at beloved West Ham FC, but sadly that never eventuated.We had also spoken of visiting all our...

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Jeff’s New Plant

I bought a new plant for Jeff's house the other day.. It's an Haworthia (I think).. Whatever.. Jeff LOVES it.. sits in it for hours and hours ;) And has a bit of a nibble on it too! The Red tint is from his heatlamp,...

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Meet Jeff!

Dani mentioned in passing one day that she had been into a Garden Centre/Pet store (Olivers) and they had a very friendly and cool Bearded Dragon sitting on the counter. I happened to be driving past Olivers a couple of days later, and thought I'd pop in for a looksee, as...

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The Brooklands Complex

I'm sure that anyone who has followed Motor Racing for a while has heard of the Legendary Brooklands, the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit, and also one of Britain's first airfields.Brooklands has an amazing history, housing Britain's largest aircraft manufacturers in the early 1900's, providing invaluable support through...

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3D Printing

It's been AGES since I posted anything here - life has been a bit hectic!Since my last post I've acquired a 3D Printer, and thought I'd share with you my first customised project.I've had a CCTV Board sitting on a cardboard eggbox for a couple years nows, as I wasn't...

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An Aussie Road Trip

This road trip that I'm going to share with you came about as a result of an accidental internet find.I was looking through some websites of Australian Car Museums and noticed that one I particularly wanted to visit (sometime) was going to close down in a few months!Lost in the...

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List of The Best Car Museums

In my quest to visit and photograph every Car Museum IN THE WORLD I thought I'd better find out where they all are. In my over-achieving style I have starting building a database of museums, sorted by country/region. Early days yet, I've hardly touched the USA for instance, but you...

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The Enzo Ferrari Engine Museum

This is a companion article to a previous one I wrote, where I visited the Ferrari Enzo Museum in Modena, Italy.In that article, I mentioned that I'd taken pictures in the Engine Hall. I kept them out of that piece because I figured most people wouldn't be overly impressed by...

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