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I have an official F1 Diary, based on an early 2000s FT Diary that never went out. Bernie used to buy loads and get them all personalised for the movers and shakers in F1, I worked at Letts at the time and he just didn't pay in 2003 or 2004, and they pretty much all got pulped. I probably have one of half a dozen that lived.
It lives in tissue and box and has some cool pics and blurbs. TBH, I had forgotten it existed until now. I did use to have pics of Jimmy McRae rallying a tr7/8 near where I grew up, as taken by a car mad teacher who knew I was a fan.

I've got a carbon break disc from Fernando Alonso's Renault F1 car, possibly the R23 or R24.

Kinda silly project. I had some old Defender parts and always thought it would be cool to hang them on the wall but never had the means to until recently.
I had to print a backing frame to hold it all together, and then I thought I might as well add lights to it and it all snowballed into a rather large project

On top of this I then fitted the actual car parts

The bumper which is also off my car and rather heavy was also mounted with brackets that I printed.

I still have the seats to make up, but I can’t think of any nice designs. All the ones I like are formed from thick curved steel tube and I have no way of doing that.

Excellent work Mito…

Although those lights look too bright to be off a defender

Probably need to understand the positioning in the room (as it looks a bit “shoved in the corner”? but nice idea.

Dodgy earth or water in the relay for the indicators stuck on?

It is shoved in the corner of the garage above the entrance to the toilet
There’s a set of stairs opposite it which means you can’t fit a car in that gap, hence the whole v8 coffee table and car seats plan.

More Defendwr stuff is always a positive thing

Now swap that bumper for a winch bumper, winch rope hanging down as a pull chord

Oh and some orange paint to add rust.

And and and ......

Dave!

V8Granite wrote: Mon Nov 24, 2025 11:02 am Now swap that bumper for a winch bumper, winch rope hanging down as a pull chord

YES !!! Excellent Idea...

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Which has made me think....make a smaller one for inside the room, et voila - toilet roll holder.
Outside the door, the indicator lights could be red or green for occupied/unoccupied.
Something something something snorkel.

Good work, Mito

nuttinnew wrote: Mon Nov 24, 2025 11:03 pm Outside the door, the indicator lights could be red or green for occupied/unoccupied.

Another zinger!!! we should be charging for this design work!!

Obvious snorkel use is a hand drier probably but a bit much for Mito’s garage.

Shower head maybe???

Over estimating my abilities a teeny bit chaps