I'm about most nights and weekends, give me a shout and i'll pop down and help you do the conversion.Also got an engine crane if required?

Pettsy

Cheers dude, have got an engine crane etc but may well need your help, there's some jobs I don't want to risk doing by myself...I shall get in touch :)

I'm surprised you got whiplash considering you appear to one of the few people that have adjusted their head restraint accordingly.

Well, I was leaning forward trying to see where the bloody pheasant was at the time of the impact! So I think that contributed a little bit as I must have been thrown back a good foot into the seat... But yeah, I always make sure the head restraint is in the right place, its lucky that Jen is quite small so her's can be at the bottom.

I hope he said sorry after the 'thats all I need' comment. There is allsorts always running through there, I came back through there after going to a wedding in October and it was really misty, took it really steady.

He didn't say sorry, he was a bit of a dickhead to be honest - but the accident had happened and there was nowt I could do, other than make sure the police knew everything possible! But hopefully it'll teach him a lesson about keeping his distance in the future. I'm sure it was Top Gear where they nitroused an XJS and decided it had shit brakes then - why didn't he watch that?!

gutted for you mate your car looked a nice one as well :( know the road very well i go bikeing in the fields above. my mate had a deer run into the side of his car on that road did a fair bit of damage but he got some free colour coding done. I'm quite handy with a spanna if you need a hand as well

edit just seen your drives: bit at the side what engine you got in your mini?

Cheers for the offer! I do a fair bit of biking out of Rowsley and up into Chatsworth as well, some good trails up on the tops! I won't describe the Mini in full but I've had it 5 years and I'm currently running a C16SE Vauxhall lump with about 115bhp :) Need to get a thread about it up on here soon, have been meaning to do it for ages.

That sucks man, if that had been me and the Jag driver has said ''well thats all i need'' i would have given him a taste of the back o' my hand lol.

If only it would have made any difference!

Thanks for the replies though - am looking forward to getting stuck into the conversion now...at least the GT will live in some form!

Edited 9 February, 200818 yr by minis84

i can see a minter in the making...

Just to finish this thread off - I've put some more pics in my project section and also some pics of the new car!

Clicky here

Ta!