Duncanofengland
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Following my baptism of fire, I thought that I'd take the trouble to formally introduce myself.
I have been a classic car enthusist for many years, owning my first Jensen the mid 1980s. It was a green Jensen Healey, which I drove around for a few years before stripping it down for restoration. I started acquiring parts for it by buying up other failed projects and funding this madness by selling the parts which I didn't need. I am pleased to say that I now have all the parts to complete the job!
My interest in Jensens expanded when I bought my first Jensen Interceptor - which was missing a few parts, so I bought another - and so on. Then FFs and C-V8s and a couple of GTs.
I was down at an auction one day planning to bid on an Interceptor when I spotted a 1989 Biturbo Spyder with a full Bill McGrath service history. This was knocked down to me - so my interest in Maserati was sparked. I picked up an '87 4 door for parts and sold what I didn't need.
Then I bought a car trailer to collect cars with and a Ford Explorer to tow it with and then the engine broke so I took it apart and fixed it. Then I bought a Ford Explorer for parts and started a business fixing Ford Explorers.
Then I saw and advert on eBay for a black Maserati 3200GTA, with the tag 'would consider a 4x4, cash either way'. I'd had just bought a black Ford Explorer, so I drove it over to the vendor and we did a deal - so that was my 3rd Maserati.
Then a Ghibli came up on a salvage site, so I bought that - and a Quattroporte IV for spares. Then a crashed 4200 Spyder for spares. So that's 4, 5 and 6.
I love driving all of my Maseratis and my Jensens for that matter - and then my 1987 Porshce 911 3.2 Carrerra is fun too.
I have a small workshop in Aylesbury, where I do what I can to keep my classic cars on the road whilst at the same time repairing Ford Explorers and customer's classics cars from time to time.
Duncan
I have been a classic car enthusist for many years, owning my first Jensen the mid 1980s. It was a green Jensen Healey, which I drove around for a few years before stripping it down for restoration. I started acquiring parts for it by buying up other failed projects and funding this madness by selling the parts which I didn't need. I am pleased to say that I now have all the parts to complete the job!
My interest in Jensens expanded when I bought my first Jensen Interceptor - which was missing a few parts, so I bought another - and so on. Then FFs and C-V8s and a couple of GTs.
I was down at an auction one day planning to bid on an Interceptor when I spotted a 1989 Biturbo Spyder with a full Bill McGrath service history. This was knocked down to me - so my interest in Maserati was sparked. I picked up an '87 4 door for parts and sold what I didn't need.
Then I bought a car trailer to collect cars with and a Ford Explorer to tow it with and then the engine broke so I took it apart and fixed it. Then I bought a Ford Explorer for parts and started a business fixing Ford Explorers.
Then I saw and advert on eBay for a black Maserati 3200GTA, with the tag 'would consider a 4x4, cash either way'. I'd had just bought a black Ford Explorer, so I drove it over to the vendor and we did a deal - so that was my 3rd Maserati.
Then a Ghibli came up on a salvage site, so I bought that - and a Quattroporte IV for spares. Then a crashed 4200 Spyder for spares. So that's 4, 5 and 6.
I love driving all of my Maseratis and my Jensens for that matter - and then my 1987 Porshce 911 3.2 Carrerra is fun too.
I have a small workshop in Aylesbury, where I do what I can to keep my classic cars on the road whilst at the same time repairing Ford Explorers and customer's classics cars from time to time.
Duncan
