**A Car Enthusiast's Life**

As I sit here, surrounded by my various automotive projects, I am reminded of just how much cars have become an integral part of my life. From restoring classic vehicles to experimenting with cutting-edge technology, my passion for cars knows no bounds. And it's not just about the thrill of the drive; working on cars has a profound impact on both my mental and emotional well-being.

**The Beauty of Reliability**

Take, for instance, the engine. A reliable powerplant is essential to any car enthusiast's dream. I recall thinking that a beautiful car wouldn't be bought solely because of its engine. But, what if I were to swap it out for an electric one? Wouldn't that make all the difference in terms of performance and reliability? Of course, there are many factors to consider when it comes to selecting the right engine, but I firmly believe that a well-tuned powerplant can elevate any vehicle from mere mortal to extraordinary.

**A Life of Projects**

Speaking of projects, I have a long list of them. In fact, I've found that my projects often take on a life of their own. At one point, I had an overwhelming number of tasks to complete, with only six months allocated for each project. Needless to say, I struggled to keep up. However, this experience taught me the importance of prioritization and focus. Now, I approach my projects with a clear head and a sense of purpose.

**Dreams of Island Getaways**

One of my most cherished dreams is to create a desert island car haven. Imagine it: a secluded paradise where one can indulge in their passion for cars without distractions or interruptions. A tranquil beachside setting would provide the perfect backdrop for such an endeavor, with another island serving as a makeshift trailer for a vehicle that's sure to turn heads.

**The World's Fastest Tea Party**

Of course, not all of my endeavors are quite so...unconventional. I've always been fascinated by speed and performance. Thus, the concept of the world's fastest tea party was born. Using an old Rolls Royce engine, I set out to create a unique and thrilling experience. Although the project has yet to come to fruition, the idea remains as captivating as ever.

**The Best First Cars**

When it comes to selecting one's first car, there are many factors to consider. In my opinion, modern cars can be overwhelming, with too much emphasis on technology and features that make them difficult to connect with on a personal level. I believe that the best first cars are often those from an earlier era, with air-cooled engines being particularly appealing to me.

**The Importance of Support**

When it comes to working on cars, having the right support can make all the difference. While some might argue that this requires a significant amount of specialization, I firmly believe that having access to comprehensive resources and a supportive community is essential for any car enthusiast.

**Health and Safety**

As someone who spends an inordinate amount of time around automotive chemicals, I've learned the importance of prioritizing health and safety. This is why I always wear nitrile gloves when working on my cars – not only do they provide excellent protection against harm, but they also make me feel more grounded and connected to my surroundings.

**Range Rover Revival**

Currently, I'm busy reviving two of my Range Rovers, ensuring that they're functioning at their best. With an upcoming anniversary approaching, I've decided to put my Sopris into the shop for a major overhaul. The end goal is to create an electric vehicle capable of tackling long-distance drives and pushing the boundaries of speed.

**A Life Beyond Cars**

While cars will always be a significant part of my life, I recognize that there are other pursuits worth exploring. With my boat at my disposal, I've discovered a newfound appreciation for relaxation and tranquility. Whether it's working on cars or simply enjoying the thrill of the ocean, I'm grateful to have found ways to balance my passion with the demands of everyday life.

**The Power of Cars in Mental Health**

For many, working on cars can be an incredibly therapeutic experience. By focusing on a project, one can push aside frustration and stress, finding solace in the process. This is precisely why I believe that sharing one's knowledge with others is so essential – by doing so, we not only help ourselves but also empower those around us to find peace and happiness through their passion for cars.

**A Pitch for a Car Show**

Now, imagine attending a car show where, instead of simply admiring vehicles from afar, attendees can engage in lively discussions about the intricacies of performance, design, and history. That's what I envision – an immersive experience that combines education with entertainment, all centered around the world of cars.

**A Perfect Pitch**

If I were to pitch a car show idea, it would revolve around my own unique blend of passion, expertise, and storytelling. With a focus on hands-on demonstrations, engaging discussions, and expert insights, attendees would leave with a deeper understanding of the automotive world – and perhaps even inspire others to pursue their own automotive endeavors.

In conclusion, for those who share my enthusiasm for cars, I hope that this account has provided a glimpse into the wonderful world we inhabit. Whether you're an aspiring car enthusiast or simply someone looking for a new perspective on life, there's always room for growth – and I invite you to join me on this journey of discovery, creativity, and above all, passion!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwell I learnt to work on cars actually a really round about kind of way I learnt I was a Lego kid I played with bricks I played with little tiny wheels and technical stuff as well and then I actually did a degree in engineering product design and I'd bought a Volkswagen Beetle early on and it failed its MIT almost immediately and then I had to learn how cars work so then how I could fix it so if it's gonna be just confined to my toolbox just on top it would have to be the welding mask that's solar-powered so when you strike up an arc it instantly goes black just like those kind of scary goggles in the Hitchhiker's Guide and then that way you can actually world safety without front of burning your eyes out but if it could go a bit bigger than that maybe a vapor blaster so really really cool bit of kit kind of has steam with glass beads inside and actually clean off paint and rust and all kinds of stuff off your little metal parts then also does a really lovely sort of surface on that metal to stop it corroding any more later I currently own a couple of Range Rovers neither rich work very well one moment I've got a 1916 Cadillac and a 1918 Cadillac that are very very cool also don't work very well I have a sofa car which works fantastically but not necessarily in all weathers and loads of other weird stuff as well to go with that nothing normal well I obviously quite liked working on Volkswagens article I grew up with I love the fact they're very interchangeable cars like don't like I suppose Morris minors I didn't really ever see the point of I especially the Woodie where you had kind of aluminium being held on with iron into kind of wood which is going to basically just hold water so it all rocks and rusts away pointless idea all the cars I mean I think I've got 135 cars on the show over those last sort of 39 years the Lamborghini Urraco is a fantastic car the Amphicar was awesome I guess I'll get ended up keeping the Cadillacs out of the show the director lied to no three we borrowed that but I still like to hang on to that hold of them as well and then I guess maybe the beach bug you were to be nice so just those ones a car I don't we've ever had a come on the show that ever fully defeated me if I'm slightly defeated me actually we obviously had lots of challenges and that's the only really part of the fun I love solving problems and it doesn't matter kind of how diverse or difficult those problems are it's always nice to have a good sort of tackle but I guess I think on the show we've never had anything that got away at one car in my comfy banana world we're building all these weird vehicles and never quite got around to doing was basically a driving glitter ball that would spin as you were driving and I have its own light source and sort of it just sort of spray the light way with the place it'd be wonderful but the thing is curved glass is really difficult to make when it comes to cars or making it sort of so you can see through if you look at the London Eye some of those window panes you feel like you're a little bit distorted so actually that's quite hard so that's the one that's eluded me my favorite t-shirt I do have quite a few t-shirts and in fact the last series or so I started designing my own and I've heard one of my current favorites I'm not wearing today is a very very clever joke about binary and street culture which you'll just have to look up later really interesting question I think well obviously we're going to be going towards electrified classics that's definitely a thing that's going to happen so when it comes to fiddling with your tools you're going to have to have insulated tools that's gonna be key otherwise you will die let's find passing cars is absolutely the way to go not all of them have to say OS here are some cars whether it's all about the engine if there are so many other classics or it's all about the silhouette how wonderful a des will be a classic example oh that's a beautiful beautiful car you wouldn't buy it because of the engine if you put an electric one in be much more reliable and it'll be even smoother and even quieter so it's absolutely the way for well as a couple of projects I mean at one point I had a list of projects to do with Kofi bana which were there was so endless in fact I worked out that Levi only spent six months on each project I'd be dead wave before it even got about a third of the way through I'd love to do a desert on island I had this idea to doing the driver there's an island with a beach heart sort of thing and there'll be another island behind this is sort of a trailer that'd be quite fun I think it'd be quite good to do also I wanted to do the world's fastest tea party so I actually bought our whirls royce I actually snuck it away for my wife's notice until she did actually notice it because she found the keys in the pocket anywhere whatever long story that essentially got a Rolls Royce engine it's gonna be a table seating eight people and the idea was to go as fast as we possibly could down the mile is amazing it still might happen the best first cars probably still one of the older ones I think modern cars are quite difficult to play with and also to get that satisfaction if you've got a plug a box in and just changed units it's not that interesting but I think getting kind of down with its finance is good so I still think about so I gonna have any kind but we're quite groovy and even them sort of the water-cooled ones but I think you know the air-cooled stuff is actually much more usable much more feasible and maybe things like minis and stuff maybe even a little escort but I think you've got to go for something where there's an awful lot of support and obviously not too much specialism otherwise it's going to be annoying now this question so first of all they're not rubber I'm just going to try and rummage in my pocket because I do have as always a couple of nitrile gloves I think as latex is really really bad for you the larger ones are really really good for you and they're also impervious to all kinds of horrible automotive chemicals so the reason I do that is cuz I don't want those chemicals going into me why would you it's all about health and safety and looking very low status I'm currently going to get around to working on both of my Range Rovers to make them work properly that's basically it at the moment I might also redo the Sopris it's 21st anniversary this year and I've been threatening to redo it forever and ever I'd like to make it electric and I like to drive across America and eventually going get a speed record back so I set the record 87 miles an hour and now I need to do about 120 just to just stop everybody else even bothering ever again to attend that record well if I did get tired of cars I've got a boat so I just go out on that and that's extremely relaxing and I normally have to come back and carry on feeling with the cars I'm too big to fit those things I don't I've never really ridden a motorbike for that reason cuz I just look stupid I feel like I'm a praying mantis on a moped that just didn't make any sense at all but I think really I mean there were lots and lots of cars but actually I'm not really so much into the sports car thing and of course that's the most of the cars that I don't fit in is I don't need a penis extension Franklin I think working on cars can be extremely good for your mental health it seems that me working on cars is very good for many people's witness or mental health around the world I think you can get frustrated you need to find a way of getting past there and I think T is normally the best remedy for that okay so if I was going to pitch we'll come up with a perfect pitch for a car show which of course I have already got in my head it would obviously involve me working on cars explaining stuff because that's what people really want to see there be probably know buying probably know selling probably know dead weight and you know I guess there'd be no TV either but it'd be wonderful and amazing and you can formation it here no need much bigger and better things to do hmm pretty fuel injection v8 definitely Lamborghini charger Aston Martin mx-5 engine rebuild patina yes why am i booked immediately it's fantastic it's ready for pre-order as we speak and it's got me on the cover which is obviously a good thing got my name and it's got what I do so it's all good quiet pleasewell I learnt to work on cars actually a really round about kind of way I learnt I was a Lego kid I played with bricks I played with little tiny wheels and technical stuff as well and then I actually did a degree in engineering product design and I'd bought a Volkswagen Beetle early on and it failed its MIT almost immediately and then I had to learn how cars work so then how I could fix it so if it's gonna be just confined to my toolbox just on top it would have to be the welding mask that's solar-powered so when you strike up an arc it instantly goes black just like those kind of scary goggles in the Hitchhiker's Guide and then that way you can actually world safety without front of burning your eyes out but if it could go a bit bigger than that maybe a vapor blaster so really really cool bit of kit kind of has steam with glass beads inside and actually clean off paint and rust and all kinds of stuff off your little metal parts then also does a really lovely sort of surface on that metal to stop it corroding any more later I currently own a couple of Range Rovers neither rich work very well one moment I've got a 1916 Cadillac and a 1918 Cadillac that are very very cool also don't work very well I have a sofa car which works fantastically but not necessarily in all weathers and loads of other weird stuff as well to go with that nothing normal well I obviously quite liked working on Volkswagens article I grew up with I love the fact they're very interchangeable cars like don't like I suppose Morris minors I didn't really ever see the point of I especially the Woodie where you had kind of aluminium being held on with iron into kind of wood which is going to basically just hold water so it all rocks and rusts away pointless idea all the cars I mean I think I've got 135 cars on the show over those last sort of 39 years the Lamborghini Urraco is a fantastic car the Amphicar was awesome I guess I'll get ended up keeping the Cadillacs out of the show the director lied to no three we borrowed that but I still like to hang on to that hold of them as well and then I guess maybe the beach bug you were to be nice so just those ones a car I don't we've ever had a come on the show that ever fully defeated me if I'm slightly defeated me actually we obviously had lots of challenges and that's the only really part of the fun I love solving problems and it doesn't matter kind of how diverse or difficult those problems are it's always nice to have a good sort of tackle but I guess I think on the show we've never had anything that got away at one car in my comfy banana world we're building all these weird vehicles and never quite got around to doing was basically a driving glitter ball that would spin as you were driving and I have its own light source and sort of it just sort of spray the light way with the place it'd be wonderful but the thing is curved glass is really difficult to make when it comes to cars or making it sort of so you can see through if you look at the London Eye some of those window panes you feel like you're a little bit distorted so actually that's quite hard so that's the one that's eluded me my favorite t-shirt I do have quite a few t-shirts and in fact the last series or so I started designing my own and I've heard one of my current favorites I'm not wearing today is a very very clever joke about binary and street culture which you'll just have to look up later really interesting question I think well obviously we're going to be going towards electrified classics that's definitely a thing that's going to happen so when it comes to fiddling with your tools you're going to have to have insulated tools that's gonna be key otherwise you will die let's find passing cars is absolutely the way to go not all of them have to say OS here are some cars whether it's all about the engine if there are so many other classics or it's all about the silhouette how wonderful a des will be a classic example oh that's a beautiful beautiful car you wouldn't buy it because of the engine if you put an electric one in be much more reliable and it'll be even smoother and even quieter so it's absolutely the way for well as a couple of projects I mean at one point I had a list of projects to do with Kofi bana which were there was so endless in fact I worked out that Levi only spent six months on each project I'd be dead wave before it even got about a third of the way through I'd love to do a desert on island I had this idea to doing the driver there's an island with a beach heart sort of thing and there'll be another island behind this is sort of a trailer that'd be quite fun I think it'd be quite good to do also I wanted to do the world's fastest tea party so I actually bought our whirls royce I actually snuck it away for my wife's notice until she did actually notice it because she found the keys in the pocket anywhere whatever long story that essentially got a Rolls Royce engine it's gonna be a table seating eight people and the idea was to go as fast as we possibly could down the mile is amazing it still might happen the best first cars probably still one of the older ones I think modern cars are quite difficult to play with and also to get that satisfaction if you've got a plug a box in and just changed units it's not that interesting but I think getting kind of down with its finance is good so I still think about so I gonna have any kind but we're quite groovy and even them sort of the water-cooled ones but I think you know the air-cooled stuff is actually much more usable much more feasible and maybe things like minis and stuff maybe even a little escort but I think you've got to go for something where there's an awful lot of support and obviously not too much specialism otherwise it's going to be annoying now this question so first of all they're not rubber I'm just going to try and rummage in my pocket because I do have as always a couple of nitrile gloves I think as latex is really really bad for you the larger ones are really really good for you and they're also impervious to all kinds of horrible automotive chemicals so the reason I do that is cuz I don't want those chemicals going into me why would you it's all about health and safety and looking very low status I'm currently going to get around to working on both of my Range Rovers to make them work properly that's basically it at the moment I might also redo the Sopris it's 21st anniversary this year and I've been threatening to redo it forever and ever I'd like to make it electric and I like to drive across America and eventually going get a speed record back so I set the record 87 miles an hour and now I need to do about 120 just to just stop everybody else even bothering ever again to attend that record well if I did get tired of cars I've got a boat so I just go out on that and that's extremely relaxing and I normally have to come back and carry on feeling with the cars I'm too big to fit those things I don't I've never really ridden a motorbike for that reason cuz I just look stupid I feel like I'm a praying mantis on a moped that just didn't make any sense at all but I think really I mean there were lots and lots of cars but actually I'm not really so much into the sports car thing and of course that's the most of the cars that I don't fit in is I don't need a penis extension Franklin I think working on cars can be extremely good for your mental health it seems that me working on cars is very good for many people's witness or mental health around the world I think you can get frustrated you need to find a way of getting past there and I think T is normally the best remedy for that okay so if I was going to pitch we'll come up with a perfect pitch for a car show which of course I have already got in my head it would obviously involve me working on cars explaining stuff because that's what people really want to see there be probably know buying probably know selling probably know dead weight and you know I guess there'd be no TV either but it'd be wonderful and amazing and you can formation it here no need much bigger and better things to do hmm pretty fuel injection v8 definitely Lamborghini charger Aston Martin mx-5 engine rebuild patina yes why am i booked immediately it's fantastic it's ready for pre-order as we speak and it's got me on the cover which is obviously a good thing got my name and it's got what I do so it's all good quiet pleasewell I learnt to work on cars actually a really round about kind of way I learnt I was a Lego kid I played with bricks I played with little tiny wheels and technical stuff as well and then I actually did a degree in engineering product design and I'd bought a Volkswagen Beetle early on and it failed its MIT almost immediately and then I had to learn how cars work so then how I could fix it so if it's gonna be just confined to my toolbox just on top it would have to be the welding mask that's solar-powered so when you strike up an arc it instantly goes black just like those kind of scary goggles in the Hitchhiker's Guide and then that way you can actually world safety without front of burning your eyes out but if it could go a bit bigger than that maybe a vapor blaster so really really cool bit of kit kind of has steam with glass beads inside and actually clean off paint and rust and all kinds of stuff off your little metal parts then also does a really lovely sort of surface on that metal to stop it corroding any more later I currently own a couple of Range Rovers neither rich work very well one moment I've got a 1916 Cadillac and a 1918 Cadillac that are very very cool also don't work very well I have a sofa car which works fantastically but not necessarily in all weathers and loads of other weird stuff as well to go with that nothing normal well I obviously quite liked working on Volkswagens article I grew up with I love the fact they're very interchangeable cars like don't like I suppose Morris minors I didn't really ever see the point of I especially the Woodie where you had kind of aluminium being held on with iron into kind of wood which is going to basically just hold water so it all rocks and rusts away pointless idea all the cars I mean I think I've got 135 cars on the show over those last sort of 39 years the Lamborghini Urraco is a fantastic car the Amphicar was awesome I guess I'll get ended up keeping the Cadillacs out of the show the director lied to no three we borrowed that but I still like to hang on to that hold of them as well and then I guess maybe the beach bug you were to be nice so just those ones a car I don't we've ever had a come on the show that ever fully defeated me if I'm slightly defeated me actually we obviously had lots of challenges and that's the only really part of the fun I love solving problems and it doesn't matter kind of how diverse or difficult those problems are it's always nice to have a good sort of tackle but I guess I think on the show we've never had anything that got away at one car in my comfy banana world we're building all these weird vehicles and never quite got around to doing was basically a driving glitter ball that would spin as you were driving and I have its own light source and sort of it just sort of spray the light way with the place it'd be wonderful but the thing is curved glass is really difficult to make when it comes to cars or making it sort of so you can see through if you look at the London Eye some of those window panes you feel like you're a little bit distorted so actually that's quite hard so that's the one that's eluded me my favorite t-shirt I do have quite a few t-shirts and in fact the last series or so I started designing my own and I've heard one of my current favorites I'm not wearing today is a very very clever joke about binary and street culture which you'll just have to look up later really interesting question I think well obviously we're going to be going towards electrified classics that's definitely a thing that's going to happen so when it comes to fiddling with your tools you're going to have to have insulated tools that's gonna be key otherwise you will die let's find passing cars is absolutely the way to go not all of them have to say OS here are some cars whether it's all about the engine if there are so many other classics or it's all about the silhouette how wonderful a des will be a classic example oh that's a beautiful beautiful car you wouldn't buy it because of the engine if you put an electric one in be much more reliable and it'll be even smoother and even quieter so it's absolutely the way for well as a couple of projects I mean at one point I had a list of projects to do with Kofi bana which were there was so endless in fact I worked out that Levi only spent six months on each project I'd be dead wave before it even got about a third of the way through I'd love to do a desert on island I had this idea to doing the driver there's an island with a beach heart sort of thing and there'll be another island behind this is sort of a trailer that'd be quite fun I think it'd be quite good to do also I wanted to do the world's fastest tea party so I actually bought our whirls royce I actually snuck it away for my wife's notice until she did actually notice it because she found the keys in the pocket anywhere whatever long story that essentially got a Rolls Royce engine it's gonna be a table seating eight people and the idea was to go as fast as we possibly could down the mile is amazing it still might happen the best first cars probably still one of the older ones I think modern cars are quite difficult to play with and also to get that satisfaction if you've got a plug a box in and just changed units it's not that interesting but I think getting kind of down with its finance is good so I still think about so I gonna have any kind but we're quite groovy and even them sort of the water-cooled ones but I think you know the air-cooled stuff is actually much more usable much more feasible and maybe things like minis and stuff maybe even a little escort but I think you've got to go for something where there's an awful lot of support and obviously not too much specialism otherwise it's going to be annoying now this question so first of all they're not rubber I'm just going to try and rummage in my pocket because I do have as always a couple of nitrile gloves I think as latex is really really bad for you the larger ones are really really good for you and they're also impervious to all kinds of horrible automotive chemicals so the reason I do that is cuz I don't want those chemicals going into me why would you it's all about health and safety and looking very low status I'm currently going to get around to working on both of my Range Rovers to make them work properly that's basically it at the moment I might also redo the Sopris it's 21st anniversary this year and I've been threatening to redo it forever and ever I'd like to make it electric and I like to drive across America and eventually going get a speed record back so I set the record 87 miles an hour and now I need to do about 120 just to just stop everybody else even bothering ever again to attend that record well if I did get tired of cars I've got a boat so I just go out on that and that's extremely relaxing and I normally have to come back and carry on feeling with the cars I'm too big to fit those things I don't I've never really ridden a motorbike for that reason cuz I just look stupid I feel like I'm a praying mantis on a moped that just didn't make any sense at all but I think really I mean there were lots and lots of cars but actually I'm not really so much into the sports car thing and of course that's the most of the cars that I don't fit in is I don't need a penis extension Franklin I think working on cars can be extremely good for your mental health it seems that me working on cars is very good for many people's witness or mental health around the world I think you can get frustrated you need to find a way of getting past there and I think T is normally the best remedy for that okay so if I was going to pitch we'll come up with a perfect pitch for a car show which of course I have already got in my head it would obviously involve me working on cars explaining stuff because that's what people really want to see there be probably know buying probably know selling probably know dead weight and you know I guess there'd be no TV either but it'd be wonderful and amazing and you can formation it here no need much bigger and better things to do hmm pretty fuel injection v8 definitely Lamborghini charger Aston Martin mx-5 engine rebuild patina yes why am i booked immediately it's fantastic it's ready for pre-order as we speak and it's got me on the cover which is obviously a good thing got my name and it's got what I do so it's all good quiet please\n"