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[Bean]

Spoke to Danny today - The van's doors are hung and the windscreen is in!

Need to arrange for it to be brought back home, but will hopefully be here next week!

[Juju]

Another car Bean?! And another mini?! You are getting predictable, young lady!!!

I like Frankie. Does he have organs as well as skin & a skeleton?

[bert998]

Looking good Jean. Fair play on the company vehicle, I wish a minvan was man enough for my purposes, i did think about it but it would be too lightweight.

I dunno you may have tempted me though........

I could do with your camera skills for an hour or so, how much do you charge?

[Bean]

PM incoming!

[Bean]

Thanks guys - I'm so excited!

He should be here soon! Am arranging for him to be here sometime next week, hopefully!


Then Jack (Kris' Pick-up) and Frankie can make friends!


Juju - He doesn't at the moment, but I've got an engine here which I bought originally for Ronnie, but we've since decided to recon his original, so I've got a spare 998 with 14,000 on the clock!



And Kris is an absolute angel! He's got parts already that he's putting on to Frankie

[Jackabee]

Any news yet?...

[Bean]

Unfortunately not as yet, no

But it's working out OK at the moment as we've got so many other things to organise right now!

However, I have found an indoor, secure place to keep both Frankie and Jack... so I'm glad I've got that sorted before either one arrives!

The pick-up will be here early tomorrow morning and then Frankie maybe next week... as we're at SMD all weekend!

[padnic]

Really looking forward to seeing some more photos! Keep up the good work Bean!

[Bean]

Cheers, Padnic! I'm really looking forward to seeing it, too!


Rang about the van today and delivery has gone a bit wrong!

The trailer that Danny is borrowing is no longer available... something to do with a massive arguement between the owner and the colleague of Danny's!



Soooo...

We have a trailer here that was used to transport the pick-up down from Darlington... All I need now is a car with a tow-bar, so that we can go and pick it up!?

Easier said than done though! We've got so many cars here and not one of them has a towbar!


Have got Danny looking into other trailers so he can bring it up and I will be looking for a vehicle, so that we can go down!


Why are things never simple?!

[Jackabee]

Back yet?... Come on, we're all desperate to see it and what you do with it next

[*DJH*]

Why are things never simple?!

Because life would be boring if they were

[minibazzer]

hi bean, any news yet on Frankie??

[Bean]

Hey Simon! Sorry, I completely missed this when you posted!

There have been some issues with storage of Frankie - The place where he was supposed to be going was no longer available to me! And the place that we're renting at the moment for the Pick-up isn't exactly ideal. Even though Frankie could have sat in there as well, it just wasn't great!

So I've been searching high and low for somewhere to put them! And finally, this morning, I've come up with somewhere!


So, in deepest, darkest Herefordshire - This is Frankie's new home:




It's owned by a local farmer and he's said that we can store and work on 2 minis in it! Though, it's not being used by anyone else so if we want more space for one of the others, we might be able to pay a little extra and squish another one in there too! We've got lights and if we want power, we just need to find a long extension as the barns next door have sockets!

So - I'm pretty pleased with the space now!!

So - We need to prep the trailer that Kris bought Jack down on and make sure its good to go! I've phoned my Uncle (the only guy in our family with a tow-bar on his car, lol) and just need to see when he's available! Could be during the week, next week!

I'm so excited! I'm just dying to get Frankie home now! I reaaaaaally can't wait!!



Oh, and Simon - PM incoming!

[Down&Out]

you finally got storage good luck bean

[analogue_radio]

Glad you're still making progress Jean, can't wait to see some updated pictures of Frankie!