Briggie's recovery PtII

[briggie]

Originally Posted by Bat21

Gents we have a plan of action

The engine that makeitfit (Pete) spotted here is only 30 miles from me.

I will give them a ring tomorrow and, if it is still available, I will take a trip over there and pay the £290 and pick it up.

Rick is traveling up from the South coast to Nelson on Monday. After an over night stay he will pick Briggie's truck up on a car trailer on Tuesday morning and then, on his way back South, divert via my place in Shrewsbury to collect the motor.

Once back home Rick will carry out the 'transplant'.

Once again I would like to express a huge thank you to those of you who have made the engine purchase possible. Also a huge thank you to Rick who, with the offer of his time, has made this option possible.

It really does go to show that the 'good guys' far out number the bad

if you werent male i could kiss you paul ( and no i wont be persuaded lol ) ,

seriously ive been a absolute pain being stuck at home , not only to sheila but also to you guys too ... to be frank ive been bored crapless , ive even been cooking /baking/washing up .....and broke quite a few things too , ive even started to enjoy the disco for the freedom it sometimes gives me ( is there any hope ? ) .....i have spoke to rick and expressed my gratitude , and im sure you guys know how much i love ya all

[zippy656]

cooking and baking.

so cakes all round is it with the coffee and teas?

i know what its like beeing stuck indoors.. 6 months and 9 months after my ops.. god thats was SO DULL!!! and no pc then either!!

[clivvy]

Originally Posted by briggie

if you werent male i could kiss you paul ( and no i wont be persuaded lol ) ,

seriously ive been a absolute pain being stuck at home , not only to sheila but also to you guys too ... to be frank ive been bored crapless , ive even been cooking /baking/washing up .....and broke quite a few things too , ive even started to enjoy the disco for the freedom it sometimes gives me ( is there any hope ? ) .....i have spoke to rick and expressed my gratitude , and im sure you guys know how much i love ya all

I really dont think you should be enjoying disco's at your age Pete, leave it for the young 'uns...

[briggie]

id like to meet rick when he picks the car up , to express my gratitude in person if i can

[zippy656]

im sure if clivvys abou thell be willing to take you over there.

youll see in on the return at least.

one question..

um how do yo uget your chair up into the back?

[briggie]

Originally Posted by zippy656

im sure if clivvys abou thell be willing to take you over there.

youll see in on the return at least.

one question..

um how do yo uget your chair up into the back?

in the disco ? ..... sheila helps me

[briggie]

just a thought .... does the garage know rick is picking it up ? cos they might not let him have it

[zippy656]

in either??

must be very hard to do...

pics laters when you get the time mate..

i dont expect you to pop out and do pics now!

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by briggie

just a thought .... does the garage know rick is picking it up ? cos they might not let him have it

im sure bat will have told them, if you cant get hold of bat, you can ring in the morning...

[briggie]

Originally Posted by zippy656

in either??

must be very hard to do...

pics laters when you get the time mate..

i dont expect you to pop out and do pics now!

the disco is quite difficult to get my chair in and out , because its quite high at the back ,even though the chair dismantles , it still has heavy bits , mainly the batteries even though they carrying straps ,it is quite a operation to dismantle and re assemble ..... but worth it , the mistral is a lot lower and therefore easier to get the chair in and out

[Nisstay]

Originally Posted by Bat21

As most of you are aware from *this thread* we managed to get Briggie (Pete) back on the road following his unfortunate deal regarding his newly acquired tuck.

Unfortunately the period of relief was short lived for Pete when the second problem occurred namely a failed engine.

After much debate and decision making we have had a very generous offer from solarman216 (Rick) *here*. This offer has certainly saved a huge amount of funds needed to get Pete mobile again.... Rick you are a gent

I will call the garage where Pete's truck currently is tomorrow and let them know our plan and that Rick will be collecting Pete's truck very soon.

So, here is where you guys can help once again. We currently have £264.39 in the fund which will obviously be used to obtain a replacement engine. This is probably not far off what the engine will cost but, if anyone would like to add to this then please send your PayPal donation to payments@nissan4x4ownersclub.com I believe if it is marked gift then no commission will be taken. Please clearly mark your donation as briggie fund.

Once we have Pete mobile again and as long as nothing else untoward occurs, I feel it would be only fair to donate any excess funds raised to a charity of Rick's choice.

A huge thank you to all who have got Pete this far... let's see this through to the end






To clarify how to forward any funds no matter how small:-
If you have a PayPal account, you need to got to www.paypal.co.uk and then once you have logged in there should be a button to ‘send funds’.

If you send your donation to payments@nissan4x4ownersclub.com it will come through to us here. Please make sure you send it as ‘Gift’ this will stop PayPal taking their percentage *, also try to make sure it says briggie fund on the donation

Hope this makes it more clearer.

* Once again, I would not normally advocate doing this but, because of what we are doing here I am sure PayPal will not mind

I may have missed something here .... but before any excess in the fund is offered to Rick to donate to his favourite charity ..... would it not be best to firstly defray any costs incurred by Rick , just my thoughts on the matter

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by Nisstay

I may have missed something here .... but before any excess in the fund is offered to Rick to donate to his favourite charity ..... would it not be best to firstly defray any costs incurred by Rick , just my thoughts on the matter

No you havent missed a thing, its amongst the best suggestions yet

[extreme-4x4]

Originally Posted by Nisstay

I may have missed something here .... but before any excess in the fund is offered to Rick to donate to his favourite charity ..... would it not be best to firstly defray any costs incurred by Rick , just my thoughts on the matter

finally someone is using their brains,


but...
i still fully expect rick to go collect briggie's to find its not a dead engine... but that's just my opinion

[briggie]

Originally Posted by Nisstay

I may have missed something here .... but before any excess in the fund is offered to Rick to donate to his favourite charity ..... would it not be best to firstly defray any costs incurred by Rick , just my thoughts on the matter

superb idea , because rick is coming from essex to nelson , then to brighouse , then to pauls house then back to essex .... one hell of a long trip , and thats not taking into account his own time in doing this generous act ..... brilliant idea

[ClanWolf]

Originally Posted by extreme-4x4

...i still fully expect rick to go collect briggie's to find its not a dead engine... but that's just my opinion

I'm with that.

Either way, briggie back on the road is the result.