Visit to the factory

Went to GD on Tuesday.

Parked car at Keith Akerman's house. Collected some bits for GD made by Keith's company first. Also got a few bits that he had surplus from his build that I was after.

Met up with Mark Turnbull and friend John, who collected me from Keith's on their way to GD. Good old chat whilst going down and back.

Mark has just ordered a 427, so is at a very early stage. I meant to give him some magazines about car building, that I had been given by Simon Smith early in my build, to keep him occupied while he waits for his car, but forgot!

John will help Mark build the car. He has a garage and is competant with the mechanics. Mark is in engineering, so it should all go well.

The purpose of my visit was to collect a few parts (important bits) including the fuel tank, the roll over bars, escutcheons, seat runners (seats and other leather parts have been ordered via GD from the trimmers), battery and tray, door mirrors, side vents, gear shifter, undertray etc. Also I wanted to ask Andy some build related questions.

Mark wanted to clarify some elements of his project.

On arrival we were greeted by Andy and Meena. They were just back from the London Classic Car Show. One of the show cars, a Mk 4, was at the factory, a metalic maroon with grey trim. The car was built in Australia and is now for sale. Lovely car!

Questions answered and bits stowed in Mark's car, we headed home.

All safely home now. Just need to fix the parts in the car!