Originally Posted by 320 bhp

My old man had his own body shop very good business and my dad's words to me when I was young and still at school was never get involved with cars!! I loved em was aways at his body shop after school weekends, he was a big rs fan owned escort cosworth,s1 and loads of mk2 escorts,so I got the bug! But when I was in last year at school and time to decide what to do he told me no chance your coming to work for me,go get a trade behind you in sumet else and if it don't work out you always come back n work for me! So I served me time as a mechanical engineer, 33 yr old now and got a job with seadrill 7 m ago now work in South Korea on ultra deep water drill ship as a hydraulic tech living the dream on mega money,sadly lost me dad 2 yrs ago to cancer so I owe him a lot or I wouldn't be we're I am today,
Me other pal has run his own garage for years but got sick off all the chew with new cars and computers and stuff so went and did his offshore survival,he too is now offshore and loving it,so if any of you lads fancy it go for it! Offshore has boomed lately and good trades are in demand