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Old Diary

Diary of mostly V8 Mini conversion stuff...

2000 alcohol and idle ponderings begin to come together.

Nov 2000 Dec 2000

2001 mostly just researching and parts collecting, but in about October real construction began on the FWD clubman 'Doris'

Jan 2001 Feb 2001 Apr 2001 May 2001 Aug 2001 Oct 2001 Nov 2001 Dec 2001

2002 building, testing breaking, then over Christmas the rebuild was completed and an MOT obtained.

Jan 2002 Feb 2002 Mar 2002 Apr 2002 May 2002 Jun 2002 Jul 2002 Aug 2002 Sep 2002 Oct 2002 Nov 2002 Dec 2002

2003 is the ongoing saga of test driving, fixing and some car shows.

Jan 2003 Feb 2003 Mar 2003 Apr 2003 May 2003 Jun 2003 Jul 2003 Aug 2003 Sep 2003 Oct 2003 Nov 2003

2004 looks like it could be the year of the Pievan (well, maybe I will get back to it before the end of the year !)

Jan 2004 Feb 2004 Mar 2004 Apr 2004 May 2004 Jun 2004 Jul 2004 Aug 2004 Sep 2004 Oct 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2004

2005 more likely to be the year of the Pievan.-- Doris sold March 2005, so some updates from Scriv.

Jan 2005 Feb 2005 Mar 2005 Apr 2005 May 2005 Jun 2005 Jul 2005 Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2005

2006 the Pievan build continues...

Jan 2006 Feb 2006 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 May 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2006 Nov 2006

2007 moved house, now have a nice double garage to play on the Pievan...

Jun 2007 Dec 2007

2008 wondering where 2007 went, as really didn't do much mechanical !

Jan 2008 Feb 2008

Biiiiig gap due to all sorts of house project things and the arrival of a small person.

2016 Doris returns, engine out, minor investigation.

Sep 2016 Oct 2016 Nov 2016

2020 Covid-19 means extra free time, so a little Doris tinkering resumes... New info via the Doris link!