Chip

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Seeing Jim's sig dug out by johnny inspired this one.

Stick up some pictures of you when you were younger doing something car related.

Due to being in my 30s, digi cams werent actually invtented very early on in my own car modifying career, so this isnt exactly the greatest picture, but it should get the ball rolling at least.

Here's me about 10 years or so ago, in the first pic im putting 3 angles on some valves on a homemade valve cutter and in the second one im putting an engine I built in a mini convertable I had at the time, followed by just a couple of pictures of the engine in question that I was building and fitting in the other pics as its prettier than I am basically

trevCOSS

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Chip the years really have been hard on you

trevCOSS

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nice looking little A series though

Chip

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cunt

Chip

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That really was an awesome engine for a mini, 1380cc and a 276cam which gave a lovely flat torque curve, and TBH was probably the "best" engine ive ever built as I spent a lot longer on it than any engine ive built since, literally every single thread retapped, every clearance its possible to measure checked etc.
Worked a fucking treat too, well worth all the effort, but fuck building one of those A series gearboxes again (I totally stripped and rebuilt that too with all new bits) they are a fucking nightmare

Nath

Chip, have you still umpteen amount of cars

rsnissan

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Not the best pics...........in fact you cant even see me properly but its normally just me on my own me doing a doing my best to make an HKS 3037 fit a Datsun Sunny about 6 years ago

Chip

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Umm, currently ive manged to get down to 7, so running at about half what I have done at some points:
2 minis (a series and one vauxhall engined one)
hilux monster truck thingy (think thats sold now though)
the 3 door
mid engine nova
calibra
audi a4


Should just sell all that old shit and buy one decent car really, lol

Chip

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Andy working on non bufty car

rsnissan

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That was all pre cossie days before I was cursed with buftyism.............I should have just admired them from afar instead of getting one

I am sure you remember the datsun out at all times of the year even the odd trip to France in shite weather

Chip

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Ah yeah, that was back when I was nailing that bird who ran the 205 forum, I remember taking you out in my C'LET nova but it was raining so it just wheelspun everywhere shame cause it was a fucking quick car in the dry. (Well relatively, somehow 270bhp novas dont seem fast anymore these days, lol)

good times back then

trevCOSS

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Thats me , and you wouldnt catch me doing an a series gearbox lol, built a few A series engines though.

Chip

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Its like heaven and hell in one package, the engines are a dream to work on, the gearboxes are a fucking nightmare.

Nath

Fair play mate, you had more projects on the go than my old project manager...and he was getting paid for them and not sponsoring them

GiRO

mine is Mini related as well.. my first race 16 ( ) years ago..

Rab

Me... Circa 1998 ish.

I look like a total arse.

GiRO

i was young and didnt know any better! altho saying that the shell after that was a mk1 which i still have

Tangodeltasierra3

Does this count lol..

Chip

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Rag, you are correct, you do.
How mint does the car look though, thats the best thing about old pictures, the cars in them are a lot newer!

Chip

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Looks fun though

Chip

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How long ago was that?

Richie.

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I agree