Only a few more weeks left to go.

There's really not much time left to go now in my opinion.  So much has been done and finally everything seems to be swimming along nicely. 

We've got a car, it's legal, running ok finally, starts and stops as it should, we have some car sponsors (not enough), we have sponsorship (could do with a little more) and we have a Dolly Parton CD so all is good.

As it's a new calendar year I thought it would be nice to reflect on some of the work that has gone into it and say thank you to a few people for help that may or not be recognised.  Without wanting to sound like an OSCAR speech, in no particular order:

Gareth Davies:  Co-Driver and calmer downerer.  Every time I decide that we "need" something, he persuades me we dont.  Despite being a killjoy at times (the full leather white re-trim would have looked very nice), he is an essential part of this.

Maria Savage:  Wife and FloppyThrottle widow.  She has been great and undertanding through all the moody moments when I have had to deal with halfwits.  She hasn't allowed me to use her car for spare parts though :)

Maxine Cheshire:  A permanent anti-Gareth.  Cheerfull and will help wherever possible and has donated some lovely purple fleece for the rear bench chest when I finish it.

Mick Cheshire:  Has been raising offline funds through Tesco Petersfield and done a great job of it.

Louise & Michael George:  They put in the first donations into the just giving account to start the ball rolling, so thats appreciated very much.

Paul McLoughlin from PM Electrical Sytems:  Huge donation and boost to the funds with his generous £100.   This has secured him bonnet width advertising  and just shows what a nice guy he is.

Various eBay sellers (see just giving site) for offering free / discounted products.

Mark at Creative-vinyl:  Got us started with the graphics in a custom colour set, cheaper than a standard version, worked silly hours to get it done for us.

Escort Cabriolet Club:  Every question I asked them, no matter how trivial was answered swiftly by someone that knew what they were talking about.  If you have an Escort Cabbie, join them.

Adrian & Julie Seymour:  They sold us the car and to be honest, I think we would have struggled to find anything as much fun as this for the budget we were given.  Adrian also works for:

Havant Signs and Plastics:  They've already created the white text graphics free of charge (thanks again Adrian) and are handling the rest of the vinyl work for us as well.  Good job guys.

My next door neighbours: for not objecting to me blocking their rear garden access with my car whilst the Scumrunner sits on my drive.

Everyone that has donated:  For donating.

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Savage & Gruff