GETTING THE MOTOR RUNNING
We’d been together for about eight years and Wayne jokingly said to me… we can either get married or I’ll buy you a Mini.” Caroline laughs “I said, ‘I’m not going to get married once I reach 50…’ so he opted for the easy option...”
Caroline Davies grew up around cars, as her dad was a bit of a car fanatic. He’d get Caroline to mask up for him and after a couple of coats it was down to Caroline and her brothers to get the wet and dry paper on it! Caroline always loved the idea of owning a Mini, but it was only when she met Wayne that she finally got one of her own.
“It was more than I was originally planning to do.” Wayne recounts. “I was planning to get one that was roadworthy and give it a bit of a spray job, but it ended up being a complete nut and bolt resto. It needed new floors throughout, a lot of panelwork, new doorskins and
