Hello from Frankfurt Germany

[Hammering man]

Hello, I'm Marcel and I live in Frankfurt.

I on these site for 2 years now and followed all these unbelievable projects. Some of them can beat the big three and some more "High level (price) restoring shops" too.

I started in late seventies with a Austin Mini, bought new and last for 7 weeks before I modified the car (light crash). Years and years and few minis and other cars later I sold everything I had and changed the job, worked in the UK and later in Brighton MI. I dreamed about a Seven build '59, not as everyone does a Cooper S. I found one in South Carolina US but as a package, 2 cars for restoration and a whole bunch of spare parts. One is build Dec. 12 1959 YES!! and registered 1961 in Minnesota USA! And the other one are NO WAY a 1964 Cooper S 1275!! Both cars are in a "Not for the fainted heard- condition" but I got them. Jobwise back to Germany, and I started again with parts and a Mini and a Mini and so on. By the way I collected a 1962 Van in Birmingham UK and a '67 Innocenti body and some more Sedans in Germany. Luckely my Garage is big enough to store them and now I started to clean up the mess ä' sort all parts. Its like christmas, every box I open is a new challenge where to put the parts and do I find them whem I need them. Now I try to get a modified '92 Cooper to start with mechanical issues (the damned thing don't start) and a '89 Mini 1000 I got as a gift from a friend (I have nice friends) stored outside for min. 8 years but in a restorable condition. Dismantled first and started welding.

Thats for now


Marcel

[Steve Hamilton]

Hi Marcel
Welcome to Allmetalshaping, your membership has been approved.
It appears that you have enough projects to last at least a year!

Steve

[Jaroslav]

Marcel, welcome, you're in the right place. Do you have a lock on the door like Mr. Bean?

[metaldahlberg88]

Welcome to the site

[cliffrod]

Welcome to the forum, Marcel.

[Mike Whelan]

Hi Marcel,

I would love to see a photo of the Mini van!

I owned one in the early seventies when I was a student in England. The rot problems were unbelievable. I eventually replaced it with a Mini Clubman estate.

I'm now living near Trier and am restoring an old Rolls-Royce


Mike

[Hammering man]

Hello Steve, I think I need more than a year but its better to have a projects


Hello Jaroslav, no there are no lock on the door, the door id so rusted there will be no metal left to put a lock an.


Hello metaldahlberg88 and cliffrod



Hello Mike Whelan, sorry no pics now, the van stucks under a pile of whatever.



Hello skintkarter, thanks god I do not have these kind of stories, but we did some less dangerous things, but we still alive.


Marcel

[abarthdave]

The German post pffive VW Type 147 (informally Fridolin) were also pretty rusty ,
When they came out of Bundespost service they were everywhere , and cheap transport for students , then I think they just got scrapped from the rust ,

Now I would love to find a rusty one !