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mike brown
Posted on: October 6th, 2014, 10:11:32 Quote Report to Moderator
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So it goes a little like this:
Me: wow there's a jem on eBay needs a lot of work though.
Wife: ok let me see..... What's that on the roof? Well aleast you can fix that. How much is it?
Me: it's 99p start or buy it now but I can't afford it.
Wife: buy it!
Me: I can't.
Wife: you regretted selling your jem. Buy it or I will hit the button for you!

So hopefully I'll be picking up a jem in the not to distant future. I'll post some pics when I get it home.
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Tom Springer
Posted on: October 6th, 2014, 14:37:55 Quote Report to Moderator
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Good for you!
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Neil KilBane
Posted on: October 6th, 2014, 18:29:30 Quote Report to Moderator
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What's up with the roof ?

 
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mike brown
Posted on: October 6th, 2014, 18:38:48 Quote Report to Moderator
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Have a look in the gallery it's listed in there. It has some boxes on the roof two I assume to get crash helmets on (it was a race car) the third looks to be some sort of vent over the back window.
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Goff_Allen
Posted on: October 6th, 2014, 19:42:15 Quote Report to Moderator
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Mike that's going to keep ya busy for a couple of months, Will it be a road car ??????????? , On the gallery its got a reg number or a racer ??????

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mike brown
Posted on: October 6th, 2014, 21:30:09 Quote Report to Moderator
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Due to other commitments (i'm building a foers ibex at the moment) there is no danger of me getting any where near it for a while. It will be a road car I'll leave the racing to my brother and the wife is now claiming the Marcos as her's so yes I'm going to be busy for many years.
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jimnaylor
Posted on: October 7th, 2014, 19:10:29 Quote Report to Moderator
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Is this the same one I uploaded to youtube at competing at Wilberston many years ago?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuXS8-lUgK4

There is a comment posted by the owner at the time if you are interested in contacting him.
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mike brown
Posted on: October 7th, 2014, 21:43:53 Quote Report to Moderator
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Yes that's the car. I'm collecting it on Friday all being well then got to make room in the garage that could be the fun part.
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Alex_Rowbottom
Posted on: October 10th, 2014, 12:37:23 Quote Report to Moderator
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Any more news
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mike brown
Posted on: October 10th, 2014, 22:19:52 Quote Report to Moderator
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Just got back to my brothers with the jem still sat on the trailer outside. Will be taking it home tomorrow so I'll get some pictures over the weekend.
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Brian
Posted on: October 11th, 2014, 00:15:10 Quote Report to Moderator
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Quoted from mike brown, posted October 7th, 2014, 21:43:53 at here
got to make room in the garage that could be the fun part.



Ah, the bane of car people everywhere -- space in the garage. My dream house will have a 20 car garage. But until I win the lottery, I'm stuck with space for 1 if I'm diligent about keeping clutter clear .



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mike brown
Posted on: October 11th, 2014, 06:13:31 Quote Report to Moderator
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It's looking like it's going to have to live on top of one of my work benches for now especially as the Marcos is already under said work bench. All this in a 6m x 5m prefab garage oh and I'm building a long wheelbase foers ibex in there to I really must get that finished.
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Goff_Allen
Posted on: October 11th, 2014, 09:34:30 Quote Report to Moderator
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Mike curiosity got the better of me , I had to google Foers Ibex , now I know what it is ,according to Wikipedia you could use it like a cable car if you had the central winch , never seen one though.
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mike brown
Posted on: October 11th, 2014, 11:14:48 Quote Report to Moderator
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For the benefit of the curious this is my foers ibex.



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mike brown
Posted on: October 12th, 2014, 08:37:05 Quote Report to Moderator
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mike brown
Posted on: October 26th, 2014, 18:40:19 Quote Report to Moderator
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Due to other projects at the moment this is where she'll stay for the time being.
Mike
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Goff_Allen
Posted on: October 27th, 2014, 08:06:47 Quote Report to Moderator
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I love that, Now that's how all garages should be , welding tongs hung on the end of the bench and a little helper as well, Great , But don't let them cars collect to much dust.

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Ian_Davies
Posted on: January 16th, 2017, 21:51:36 Quote Report to Moderator
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Hello Mike
Have just read your thread. I remember seeing this car rallying at  pembrey in about 1987ish
I had my first jem then but it wasn't on the road, anyway , if my memory serves me right the man who  built it was  called Chris griffiths ? He lived fairly local to pembrey. Think he still rallies possibly suburu type car .
I remember he had built a square tube inner structure almost everywhere inside the cab. This was used to mount seats etc. Must have weighed a ton!
I still have some images taken at the time . I will upload them for you .
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Ian Davies
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mike brown
Posted on: January 16th, 2017, 21:58:41 Quote Report to Moderator
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That would be great thank you.
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mike brown
Posted on: January 30th, 2017, 21:56:12 Quote Report to Moderator
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Photos of my car in the 80s thanks to Ian.




<a href="http://s147.photobucket.com/user/miketomcat/media/20170128_153956.jpg.html" target="_blank"> photo 20170128_153956.jpg</a>
Mike

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