About

Introduction:-

My name is Tom, I live in the south west of the UK, now retired I spend most of my days working alone restoring early Plymouth vehicles. For years I have posted on various forum platforms and believe now is a good time to post my individual journeys of my cars on my platform.

My Background

  • Tool Maker by trade working on new and maintaining existing Plastic Mould Tools.
  • In earlier yrs big into DIY Home building extensions and Barn conversions even extra bedroom ensuite in the Attic.
  • Started to makes iron gates at the age of seventeen to up my income.
  • Had my first mortgage at twenty-one.
  • Finished paying for my third Mortgage in 15 yrs.

Pastimes

  • Always been interested in photography, more of a point and shoot man but my 16 yr old Grandson is going to teach me ‘How to use a Camera in Manual mode’.
  • Playing with cars.
  • Exploring the UK.
  • Spending time at our Beach Hut feet from the Sea.
  • Pursuing the unknown, zero-to -hero springs to mind.
  • Understanding the workings of Mental Health.

What Restoration is about

Restoration is not for the faint hearted, the easy part it reducing a vehicle into a pile of parts but religiously catalogue everything, you won’t remember and ten years later you might not be the one given the task.

These day hundreds of photos cost nothing so click away with your mobile remember ‘a photo speaks a thousand words’, would suggest various albums named in simple terms, make this one of the first things you do along with an A-Z note book. The albums need to be small areas that cover detailed parts (no model service manual will give enough information) the manuals were written by engineers that spent their lives in the car industry.