My Cars

First car. A 1981 Mini HL. Learnt a lot about repairing cars with this and had lots of fun. Sadly wore it out and having bought it for £3000 in 1985 traded it in for £500 in 1997.

1971 MGB GT - Bought from my Father in 1994 for £4000. A great car to drive and complemented the Mini very well, winning on the longer drives as it is much more comfortable. Taken to NZ as had a new engine, now in RAYSGT. Being used for spares as too rusty for New Zealand certification.

The Brough - a 1934 Brough Superior OHV 680 - sat languishing in my Fathers garage for many years until he threatened to sell it in 1994 so I bought it unrestored for £7500, paying in installments. My Father restored the motorcycle and sidecar chassis in 2002 and I found and restored the sidecar body. Could not part with this however so it came with me to New Zealand and registered as BRUF.

"Peanut" replaced my HL in 1997 for £7500 from a Rover Dealer with only 15 miles on the clock, 5 of those being my test drive. Multipoint injection with front mounted raidiator and added stainless wheel arch covers, walnut door cappings, centre console and door pull, alloy handles etc it was a delight. Sadly sold for £2400 on EBay in 2007 when I moved to New Zealand.

After years of argument I was finally forced to take a company car. I had an agreement with my boss for a while that I could use my Mini, hiring a car if I needed to carry passengers in comfort. Gave my Mini Cooper to my parents to use and leased this MGZR120+ in 2001 which was a delight until it was stolen in 2004.

With the lease agreement finishing I had now to buy my own company car, and no I couldn't buy a Mini. Bought this second hand MGZR120+ for £8500 in 2004 which was also great fun until it was also stolen in 2006.

Having given my Mini Cooper to my parents to use I soon missed having a Mini. Picked up this 1967 MKIII Wolseley Hornet for £450 in 2002 and restored it as seen above. It was originally registered as MEL993F but sold the registration for £700 on EBay and the car itself for £900 in 2006 before leaving for New Zealand.

Now in New Zealand I needed somewhere to live and drive so bought this 1999 Toyota HiAce Campervan as an ex rental from Pacific Horizon for $24000 in 2006. It was my home for 6 months until I bought a house and was great fun to drive as well as to live in. Sadly sold it for $15000 on Trade Me in 2010 to another hire company as I was only using it for a couple of weeks a year.

I used to drive to work in a company UTE, picking up colleagues on the way, so with the campervan I didn't need a car. However the company discontinued this practice so needed a car. Picked up this 1971 MGBGT for $7000 and a new registration. Have been swapping bits from my old MG so apart from the body it is mostly my old faithful AOF348K!

Well having sold the campervan I had lots of room in the garage and spotted this 1975 Mini 850 on Trade Me and it was local so for $4000 it was mine. Affectionately called "Tweety" for obvious reasons.