Andy Timmons - 8 April 2000
Hello.
My name is Andy Timmons - by day, a mild mannered bank clerk. By night, a mild mannered bank clerk at home.
I've no previous experience of building a kit car, in fact it's years since I used a spanner. I did service my Mini once upon a time and I even had an Allegro which was subject to my mechanical ministrations, but other than that, I'm a complete novice in the garage.
So why have I decided to build a kit car? I guess it was my brother, Paul's fault. A few years ago he invited me to a kit car show at Newark. Both of us drooled over the kits and said 'One day! One day!' Then a few weeks ago I sat mesmerised through a series on telly where a chap called Mark Evans built a Cobra. If you ever read this, Mark, thanks (I think).
I had to have a go. Paul thinks it's a great idea and has offered his support. So has my mate Phil. Even Gordon next door has volunteered to come round and drink my coffee whilst offering verbal support (he's even less mechanically minded than I am).
So a few magazines and several hours reading up on the net later, I decided to go for it. I'll be using this web site as my build diary. If you enjoy it, or otherwise, write to me.
Oh, by the way, the car in the photos at the top of the Photos page is not mine. It's the one that Jim at Tiger Sportscars took me for a spin in today. If you recognise the registration as yours, thanks for the loan and please email me and let me know how the car's behaving.
Andy - 8 April 2000
