PART 9 (2003)
MY
COVIN (2003)
another year and a massive new project
2003
has been a very eventful and stressful year but unfortunately not a great deal
has been done to my Covin due to a 6 month long battle with solicitors and the
land registry to purchase a new house. When I say house I use the word loosely
as "SEMI DERELICT SHOP" would be a much more accurate description. I still
managed to attend all the shows throughout the year but had to travel home from
Donington on the Sunday to start moving house that very same day.
April
2003
During
the summer of 2002 I Couldn't resist a pair of 911 Turbo black leather electric
seats that came up for sale and decided to start searching for the necessary
parts to go with them, like the complete interior....
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Trust me here, there's a pair
of them.... |
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| Full Porsche 911
Turbo interior fitted, the electric seats are so much better than the old
Covin ones and really keep you in place on those country roads. |
Porsche seats
fitted to the rear via home made mounting plates to allow for the Covins
different shape in the rear to accept the Porsche seat brackets |
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4th & 5th
May 2003
Stoneleigh
show
Another
great turnout by club members and their Covin's
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You have to take your hat off
to Paul Saxon bringing his Covin to the show on a trailer..... |
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16th & 17th
August 2003
Harrogate
show
Harrogate show was a vast improvement from previous years with new organisers
John and
Suzy Cooke of European Promotions stepping in and really making the show one of
the best events of the year. As the show is now in August we decided a camping
weekend was on the card. It all worked out well and a great time was had by all.
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| Mark Turner, Darren
Parker & Andy Devlin |
Alan Jones, Mark Turner,
Darren Parker & Steve Harrison |
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13th & 14th
September 2003
Donington
show
We were
only able to to be at Donington for the first day and the evening our for a meal
as Sunday day 2 of the show we were moving house so had to dash back the 200
miles home on Sunday morning to start the house moving process.
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14th &
15th
September 2003
Moving
House & DIY REQUIRED
Here's a few of
pictures showing the rather large project I've got on my hands for the next
few years ? ? .... The pictures don't do it justice as it's far worse than
it looks...
For those who
might wish to know more please read on........ Otherwise click here
for
MY COVIN PART 10
Your Technical Advisor will now also be
known as BOB THE BUILDER |
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| Looks nice eh ?
What do you mean it looks a mess ? It's far worse than that I can assure
you. |
We weren't sure
whether to keep these nice units or the 50 years of grot stuck to them...
BURN IT ALL . . |
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| Trust me it's
going to be a room someday, good place to store my lathe and air compressor
though. |
The shop had
slightly rotten floor and joists, in fact the whole lot was rotten and
needed changing. |
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That's me, Bob the
builder.
Like my Covin
build I decided to do everything myself and boy it's hard work.... |
The kitchen ...
This picture was actually taken when we first viewed the house...hmmm |
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| View from the back
garden showing the garage which is large and also has a pit and drive
through rear door. |
I'll have to keep
you guessing what I'm building here at the left rear/side of the house... |
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I've been rather busy 2003 to 2004 Can you tell ? |
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Can you spot the
difference ? I hope so...
There's my wife
Claire's Covin sitting where I have planning permission to build a 30 foot
long garage.... Oh yes, I have a cunning plan. |
New walls, render,
windows, facia, electric roller garage door and a nice lick of paint and
there you have it. A new look to the front. |
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| View of the
revamped garden with pond in the top right corner. And no I didn't get
Ground Force in..... |
Carried out a lot
of work in the kitchen |
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| Remember that
shop? This is how it looks now. |
The old shop
becomes a Pool room with extra seating, great for all the party's we have. Only a few little plastering jobs left to finish round
the window area. |
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THE LABORATORY....
Come on now... What did you think I was building at the side of the house ?
There's
still loads to do on the house but at least the downstairs level, kitchen,
utility, pool room, dinning room and lounge are all done to a point and ok for
now so It's time to start on the upstairs. Only another 14 months and it
should all be finished. . . . . .
Then again I could
just do some work on the Covin's...hmmm.. Sounds like a good plan to me
and it's about time I did. |
