What do you do for a living?

[Jeff]

Intensive Care doctor - I have several of these sort of things to look after

That's a huge responsibility. You have my deepest respect and admiration.

I think there has been a drift in the club over the last decade towards more professional engineering backgrounds rather than the amateur tinkerer that used to be the case. Perhaps this is the case over the "kit car" scene generally?

No idea Chris - I certainly don't have an engineering background but a healthy dollop of common sense, being adept with my hands and an willingness to learn has got me from a nobody volunteer to part of a team helping rebuild and maintain these old timers (a good number are now over 100 years old). I've taken a similar approach to building the car; listening to advice offered, reading up on the basic fundamentals and making my own decisions (some good, some less so) and have nearly got there. If anything I suspect that there are less engineering based people around now as the industries which required them are (or have) dwindled. This doesn't really imply that most people taking up building a kit car haven't got those skills already available to them.

[Griff]

Retired senior police officer, I used to do things like this



and now emergency planner, I plan for things like this

originally served my time with United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (Sellafield), ended up in the drawing office, before embarking on my police career

[turbonutter]

As many of you Know I am Chief Engineer Sailing on Chemical Tankers

This is my Current Ship In the Panama Canal....

[Bernard]

Principal Mechanical Engineer... we make industrial Dampers which control gas flow through duct systems..... sometimes with So2/So3 or at temperatures up to 1100degC from big stuff to small stuff.....

[Guy Mayers]

Has Neil subcontracted his new throttle bodies to you Phil?

[Bernard]

has neil subcontracted his new throttle bodies to you phil?

they don't flow enough air for neil !!... Lol

[catswhiskers]

Well I'm a retired Toolmaker and Plastics manufacturer so I'm fortunate enough be able to do precisely what I choose to do, and when I choose to do it.

Mick

[Griff]

"has Neil subcontracted his new throttle bodies to you Phil?"

apparently they will be alright once Neil has gas flowed the spindles

[LM mic]

May be some of you know ; Retired now ( Since 5 years) I have been for 40 years mainly Fabrication manager ( and sometime 4 years pilot) of Le mans car prototypes

My last fabrication was this one ;