Hi all,
When I had my 10th birthday I woke up when my mother and father was singing. They told me to go out to the kitchen. I ran. When I got there I saw an aaaaawesome bike standing there. I GOT A NEW BIKE!! The keys were on the table. I can still recall that feeling. One of the happiest moments ever.
Well. I just bought my dream car - A red 1964 Austin Healey 3000 MKIII that needs a bit of restoration. WOOOW!!!! The problem is that I'm pretty much considered to have my thumbs not in the palms, but even worse, on the back. I am born and raised in a used-cars-dealer-family. My father was a brilliant mechanic and my brother isn't that bad either. Me, I got a head for facts about cars instead. 0-60, NM, Prices, Horsepowers and that stuff. In my family we have talked and talked and talked about cars for as long as I can remember. My dad had lots of sportscars when he was young. He wasn't rich or anything but he knew how to restore and fix crashed cars. So thats why he could drive that kind of cars back then. He had a shelf (it's still there) with model cars representing all of the cars he owned. One of them was a silver Austin Healey MKIII. That was his favourite (and became mine too). He often told me that he regretted selling that one. So, I made myself a promise. If I ever could, I would buy him a Healey 3000 MKIII, and on his birthday put the car keys on the kitchen table. Sadly I didn't manage to do it before he passed away in cancer, two years ago. I really don't had the money to buy this car, but when I discovered that it was imported from the US and registered in Sweden on my fathers birthday, I felt that it was some cosmic sign from my dad. So I bought it anyway. Soon it will be delivered, and I know there are a lot of stuff that needs fixing. I can't lie to myself, I'm not going to be a mechanic. But I'm determined to fix a lot on my own. My brother works abroad, so I can't get help from him. So, I hope this place can give me some help when I don't know what to do. And that might be quite often. So, in advance I would like to apologise if I'm asking stupid questions
Best wishes,
Danne
When I had my 10th birthday I woke up when my mother and father was singing. They told me to go out to the kitchen. I ran. When I got there I saw an aaaaawesome bike standing there. I GOT A NEW BIKE!! The keys were on the table. I can still recall that feeling. One of the happiest moments ever.
Well. I just bought my dream car - A red 1964 Austin Healey 3000 MKIII that needs a bit of restoration. WOOOW!!!! The problem is that I'm pretty much considered to have my thumbs not in the palms, but even worse, on the back. I am born and raised in a used-cars-dealer-family. My father was a brilliant mechanic and my brother isn't that bad either. Me, I got a head for facts about cars instead. 0-60, NM, Prices, Horsepowers and that stuff. In my family we have talked and talked and talked about cars for as long as I can remember. My dad had lots of sportscars when he was young. He wasn't rich or anything but he knew how to restore and fix crashed cars. So thats why he could drive that kind of cars back then. He had a shelf (it's still there) with model cars representing all of the cars he owned. One of them was a silver Austin Healey MKIII. That was his favourite (and became mine too). He often told me that he regretted selling that one. So, I made myself a promise. If I ever could, I would buy him a Healey 3000 MKIII, and on his birthday put the car keys on the kitchen table. Sadly I didn't manage to do it before he passed away in cancer, two years ago. I really don't had the money to buy this car, but when I discovered that it was imported from the US and registered in Sweden on my fathers birthday, I felt that it was some cosmic sign from my dad. So I bought it anyway. Soon it will be delivered, and I know there are a lot of stuff that needs fixing. I can't lie to myself, I'm not going to be a mechanic. But I'm determined to fix a lot on my own. My brother works abroad, so I can't get help from him. So, I hope this place can give me some help when I don't know what to do. And that might be quite often. So, in advance I would like to apologise if I'm asking stupid questions
Best wishes,
Danne