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Old 02-05-2014, 03:29 AM
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Its great to read about everyones background and how they came to own their dream cars.

My dad is a boilermaker and built a DRB when I was 15. I collected all the memorabilia at the time and waited for weeks each month until the first weekend of each month when the QLD car club would meet at Sanctuary Cove when dad and I would drive out together. He couldn't afford to keep the car and sold it within a year much to my disappointment.

After becoming a doctor and moving back to the Gold Coast last year with my wife and kids I thought building my PACE427 with dad would be a great way to learn some workshop skills from him and spend more time together. Its been great so far spending half a day a fortnight working on it but he gives me a fair bit of **** about my soft hands or when I don't know the name of a part or certain tool.

I know guys at work with Aston Martins and Lambos but I wouldn't trade my cobra when finished for any of them.
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