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Hello everyone, I’m Andrew and I’m a driveway DIYer. I can’t use my garage for car fettling as the only car that I can fit inside is a small Coupe (made by Little Tikes). Speaking of garages, let me introduce my garage back catalogue…

At the tender age of 17, my first car was a 1991 H-registered Rover Mini Mayfair. The Mayfair spec over its 998cc engine included a fancy handbrake lever grip, go-faster stripes and a tacho – wow! With my dad’s help – who has taught me a few things over the years – I fixed the rust,

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