HandyAndy

[AshG]

Has anyone heard from HandyAndy lately? been trying to get hold of him for over a week now without any luck.

[michael92]

Has anyone heard from HandyAndy lately? been trying to get hold of him for over a week now without any luck.

Same mate, i'm sure hes probably very busy :)

[rpjg1975]

I saw him a couple of weeks back but sent him a text last week and not had any reply. Possibly having problems with his mum again? Sure he will resurface shortly. isnt normally that far away :)

[Not Anumber]

I got a text from Andy late last week, he seemed ok.

[vmax1974]

I sent him a text last week got nothing back dont even know if he has had his iva test yet or how if got on could be that it passed and he out enjoying the sunshine or at least I hope thats what it is

[robo]

I reckon hes taken lord lucan for a spin in the roadster:p

Bob

[shh120m]

I think hes having a hard time looking after his mum, im sure hell be along when he gets a minute to himself

[nickharding]

Hope to see you back to the forum soon mate. All the best.

[HandyAndy]

Hi guys,

Sorry, but i needed some "time out" to deal with home life , all sorted now & all is good :)

I,m gonna catch up with all the gossip & i,ll be back like i was never away :)


thanks to all that reported some spam posts, these came thru to my emails & so I jumped back onto the forum to respond to the problem, got logged on & AshG beat me to it, nice one Ash :cool:

thanks for all the kind words guys, means alot to me :cool:

cheers
andy

[Janne E]

Nice to see you back:)

//Janne

[vmax1974]

Welcome back buddy did you have your car iva'd how did it get on

[twinturbo]

Good to see you back,

I would have deleted the spam but we never did get any powers..

TT

[rpjg1975]

You mean you didn't want a cheap kitchen? :D

[shh120m]

shame its been deleted, i wanted to ask the guy if he had any shower basins for sal:eek: :D :rolleyes:

[twinturbo]

I don't know why they bother, I usualy have ones on the XROC site deleted before most peeps notice LOL...

TT

[HandyAndy]

Good to see you back,

I would have deleted the spam but we never did get any powers..

TT

Cheers TT & all for the welcome back messages:)

I,ll chase that up, :confused: :rolleyes: :D



if anyone needs a kitchen or shower tray....B&Q have a good range LOL.

cheers
andy

[ayjay]

C'mon what about the IVA?

[HandyAndy]

Hi All,

As some of you have no doubt noticed, I,ve been rather quiet on the forum for a few weeks now, so I thought I,d explain as I,ve had so many "good luck" messages & posts for my impending IVA that I,ve felt a little guilty for not responding to the forum.

Thanks to all for the messages of good luck , they really are appreciated :)

Anyways, as some of you may know, I look after my elderly disabled mother, who it must be said has not had a good last 12 months or so,
my IVA was booked for the 18th May, but I had to make a very tough( at the time anyhow ) decision & postpone it as my mother was taken seriously ill about a week before my test,
So, as is the facility of postponing the test with at least 3 days before the test date without suffering a financial penalty I postponed it,
I,m now awaiting a new test date so as soon as I know I will let you all know & not keep it secret as I previously did :p .

Ho Hum as they say, after a 3 yr build I suppose a few extra weeks won,t hurt, afterall, with the current weather situation maybe it was a wise move as I,m not sure which would be worse......not taking the test or having a test pass(hopefully) & registered but unable to drive it due to the weather :eek:

cheers
andy:)

[Johno]

Hi Andy,
Sorry to hear about your personal problems.:(
No need to feel guilty at all. I'm sure all know a bit about each others circumstances and if members don't reply to posts there's a reason behind it.

Only hope things get better for your mother and yourself.

Johno

[twinturbo]

not taking the test or having a test pass(hopefully) & registered but unable to drive it due to the weather

You can tell your a biker :p

TT

[HandyAndy]

Thanks Johno :)

TT, cheers for that , I don,t mind riding a bike in the wet, tho when racing bikes in the wet I don,t think I took a breath of air from the green light to the chequered flag :eek: :D .....lots of butt clenching moments indeed :D

[twinturbo]

We had a lecturer at uni "Dave Lee" (staggeringly we also had another lecturer called Lee Travis!) He had an old Morgan with nothing but a tonau cover on the passenger side. He drove to work everyday rain,snow,sun,hail,etc just in his Biggles hat to keep his head warm.

TT

[HandyAndy]

We had a lecturer at uni "Dave Lee" (staggeringly we also had another lecturer called Lee Travis!) He had an old Morgan with nothing but a tonau cover on the passenger side. He drove to work everyday rain,snow,sun,hail,etc just in his Biggles hat to keep his head warm.

TT

At least he had 3 wheels tho :D .....tho , yes, "Hats off " to him for being an all weather driver/rider :cool:

[twinturbo]

It was a 4 wheel one ;)

I think I would have to have full weather gear and a Heater to use a 7 year round.

TT

[HandyAndy]

I think I would have to have full weather gear and a Heater to use a 7 year round.

TT

How about motorcycle gear that has an "electric" thermal vest & electric heated gloves & a Helmet ?? sorted ;)

[Deanno]

your skin is waterproof what more do you want :rolleyes:

[deezee]

Can't wait for you to be on the road Andy. Sorry to hear about the family situation. If you need anything to help with the IVA, although loads of my trim worked loose, I've still got it all in the garage!

[HandyAndy]

Can't wait for you to be on the road Andy. Sorry to hear about the family situation. If you need anything to help with the IVA, although loads of my trim worked loose, I've still got it all in the garage!

Thanks mate :)
appreciate your offer of help, I really do:cool:

Thing is tho...My car is totally finished & IMO ready for its IVA test, when I go into the garage now I don,t even touch it really, tho I did reverse it out of the garage the other day JUST so I could give the garage a tidy up, did that & then just drove the Roadster back in & locked up ....didn,t touch the car , I did go thru a period of "looking" for things to do to it, but now ...nothing.

Its funny that .....its amazing how things start to "work loose" after a test :D

1 question tho ..... did you cover in the underside of the scuttle to prevent wandering hands poking about under the dash ? if so, what or how did you do it ?
I,ve done mine but TBH i,m not impressed with it really, it appears it,ll "work loose" at some point ;)

cheers
andy

[shh120m]

ey up bud,

Iv just done mine tonight with some flat grp i cut from some knackered side panels, edge trimmed it and stuck a bit of fake leather shite on it. The edge trimmed edge iv butted up to the dash and silkaflexed it. I did it with the scuttle fitted to the car though, and me bcks killing me now:D

if its ok to come and get those stamps this weekend sometime (desperate as i want to book iva soon, and i know ur upto your neck) il bring some flat sheets of grp down for you

[deezee]

1 question tho ..... did you cover in the underside of the scuttle to prevent wandering hands poking about under the dash ? if so, what or how did you do it ?
I,ve done mine but TBH i,m not impressed with it really, it appears it,ll "work loose" at some point ;)

cheers
andy

I made some crude aluminium plates (passenger side only) badly covered them with boot carpet. Driver side cables were just tidied up. Oddly enough passenger side plates are still there. In the end decided it did make better job.

[HandyAndy]

Nathan...

I,ve done similar, used a carpet tile ( I know it sounds yuck:o ), scored a bend line into it & used velcro to attach it to the back of the dash panel & to the top rail of the chassis, it does the job but being honest...I don,t like it .

Yes of course you can pop over for the stamp set, the box is still in my car( daily driver) from the other day when I missed you, let me know when would be good for you :)

Deezee....
sounds similar to what I,ve done in the placement, but with a carpet tile as I was thinking "no sharp edges" etc ....mine just seems a bit naff :o

I,ll have a go at making it better somehow :)

cheers
andy