Driving
Bob up our residential street with cars parked on both sides is "fun"
and it isjust amazing the way people give way to an oncoming 101. Driving
Bob up our residential street with cars parked on both sides is "fun"
and it isjust amazing the way people give way to an oncoming 101.
Bob's
cab holds two people and we have now added three minibus seats in the
back, though the boys would still prefer to ride sat on the engine
cover, especailly as that way their school friends can see them.
For scale Steve (on the right) is 5'8" tall. Bob has
generated lots of interest from the neighbours, who mostly ask Lizzy
"What did you let him get that for?" To which the reply is "It's
my little run around for going shopping with ......"
The insurance is much
cheaper than for any of our other even if the fuel consumption is
rather higher, however with an LPG conversion it isn't quite so painful
for the wallet.
 Steve's dad, Jim, in the workshop |
 Jim at the pillar drill |
 Backed up to the customer's bay where the mains was available |
 Stripping out the equipment back in Heywood |
For Easter 2003 we went to visit Lizzy's parents in
Pembrokeshire and after pulling a couple of late nighters had a nice
welded frame with three minibus seats bolted to it so that the children
could be transported in a rather more secure manner than a gun
crew! While we were down there we took Bob off road at K Quads
near Carmarthen (contact
details) where we managed to get Bob totally bogged down, but both
had lots of fun playing in the mud and generally bumping about.
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