capriclive Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 sometimes you realise that working hard isnt just about making money. sure its nice to have cash but sometimes its rewarding to do something good for a worthy cause. the last couple of days have been hard work and late nights working till after 11pm for both myself and jason(bomber). but its been worth it. a friend of ours has cancer and is quite ill at the moment. wont go into that too much but hes not doing good. anyway hes got a 2.0s capri hes been playing with, but needs it bodywork finishing and he wanted it resprayed but just didnt have the energy to do anything on it himself. i kept a couple of days free this week and got together with jason to see what we could do. i picked it up wednesday morning and with the help of my daughter (who doesnt normally like getting dirty) and jason got it stripped down by the afternoon. i painted boot shut area late wednesday night then thursday was mad getting rest of it rubbed down and prepped with the help of jason. getting the stripes off was an absolute pain. got it inside and painted it last night (thursday) about 10.30pm. and got it all put back together today. just got to give it a final buff then drop it back to him tomorrow. like i said mad couple of days but the satisfaction of giving it back to him all done hoping he will get better soon to enjoy it is payment enough. we done it all agreeing we wouldnt take a penny off him. all paint, materials, labour supplied by us free of charge, done it for a mate, not a profit. painted in french racing blue. cheers jason for the hard work and late nights. this ones on us nigel. from this on wednesday to this on friday 3
Big_man Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 Nice job, Your friend is lucky to have mates like you
frankthefencer Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 Inspirational. That's what I call proper friends and its why I like the Oldskoolford scene because people help each other out. Well done.
mk2 mike Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 Car looks amazing well done. Hope your friend pulls through to enjoy it.
mk1estate Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 osf thats why we all become members, top marks to you for helping a mate out regardless of his illness its good of you to help out, shame there aint more of you around
5tox Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 Top guys, as you say sometimes the satisfaction of knowing you helped out a mate is better than any profit
JP. Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 Thats how you do it Did something similar with a Capri last year together with a mate. These giving's keep the spirit alive and makes you feel good. And yess we would do it again.
damian1969josh Posted May 18, 2013 Report Posted May 18, 2013 Hope your mate gets well. He has some good people around him like you two well done car looks great.......
Fiesta Steve Posted May 19, 2013 Report Posted May 19, 2013 What great friends you are, you should be proud of yourselves
aardvark101 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Posted May 19, 2013 What goes round comes around, well done lads!
capriclive Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Posted May 20, 2013 thanks to all for the kind words. a few more pics, all buffed and polished dropped it back to him today, he was over the moon with it but sadly not well enough to have a proper look or get out driving it yet. 1
XjamesX Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 well done guys, thats a great thing to have done, proper mates
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