1951 Metro- The Restoration Begins


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Post Sun Dec 01, 2019 6:47 am

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In case you never had the chance to read the article that was done in Hemmings Classic Car Magazine... Here you go.
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/m ... =hccweekly
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Post Wed Dec 18, 2019 8:36 am

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So as this year starts to come to a close, I thought I'd look back a couple of big events that happened year. Today... The shop. I knew when I built this truck that storing it in Southern California was going to be expensive, boy was I wrong. I found a place that I built out to look like a 50s Service Station, because where else do you keep a vintage Snap-on truck. I had the shop for almost 4 years until this year when the owners decided to raise my rent from 11K a year to over 20K a year. That amount of money cuts into disposable income to build other projects, so I closed it down and moved the little truck back to the storage unit we built it in, so it's come full circle back home. It's sad the greed in the world. I think they thought I'd pay their with everything I built in there, but I tore it all out and moved on. I thought I'd post the video that was shot there and some photos of what it looked like at the time I removed everything. Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfQdMCWDZw

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1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:00 pm

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Beautiful shop hope it all works out for you merry Christmas
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Post Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:39 am

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Harvey wrote:Beautiful shop hope it all works out for you merry Christmas

Thanks, Saving a lot of money storing the cars in storage units, it's just not as cool. My wife has put up with me playing with cars all of these years, I bought her a horse, so now it's time for her to play with her passion.
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
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The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:29 am

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Wow it's hard to believe that it's been a year already and should I say I'm glad this year is almost over, not that I think anything will change soon. So since there has really not been anyplace to bring the little truck, I decided to work on some other projects. First I built my wife a tack shed for the horse... Or as we like to call it "The Cowgirl She Shed"

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Once that was done my wife said "You know you can start working on your 1955 Austin Healey?" She didn't have to tell me twice. So I've been working on that, almost everything is done but the bodywork.

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But then out of this whole crap year, Snap-on after years of saying they wouldn't do anything with my truck surprised me. First with a Hawaiian Shirt and then with face masks.

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This years t-shirt

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I hope all of you are well. Have a great holiday season and stay safe... Oh yeah, Stay Snappy!
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:54 pm

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Wow! Those are sure bright spots in an otherwise bad year!

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Post Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:59 am

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dean466 wrote:Wow! Those are sure bright spots in an otherwise bad year!

Dean


Snap-on's Promotional team want to do more things with the truck. Once they saw how fast the promotional package with the Hawaiian shirts sold out, they realized the marketing capabilities of the truck. I'm just hoping they follow through what they have planned.
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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Post Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:07 am

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How can I buy these items? :t3909:
I would rather have tools I do not need than to need tools I do not have
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Post Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:35 pm

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nikkinutshop wrote:How can I buy these items? :t3909:


Well they are not cheap, since they are Official Licensed Products. I only have a few Large Hawaiian shirts left ($110) The masks and shirts are being done, should be here soon. Masks are 1 for $20 or two for $30 and the shirts are $20. PM me if you are interested
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Post Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:09 am

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Fixed all the photos again, hopefully they stay this time. If you have nothing else to do today, check out this video of the little truck from the 2018 Grand National Roadster Show...Man I miss my Car Shows. Happy Thanksgiving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DC9RnQSKIQ
1955 BN2 Austin Healey 100M
1959 AN5 Austin Healey Sprite
The Original "Airport Racer"
1951 International Metro Step Van
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