Patchy has been in my life for over 10 years. Originally she was the Main transport for the Anchor on chain & myself. But its changed roll various times in the family
A few years later when the first precious package arrived....The Co-Pilot the role was re-defined as the secondary mode of transport. But still my daily driver for some years to come
When the Co-pilot arrived it was decided I could keep the car because i loved driving it so much & it would serve as a outlet for me. Sure enough a baby seat was immediately fitted.
Thats the Co Pilot about 3-6mths old
2001. Car behind was the main Mode of transport. Pic is in Manly.
This time was graet as while the Co-pilot was a baby he spent a lot of time with daddy hooning . The Co-Pilot was a serious chick magnet.
even late night drives at 3am in the morning happened on the frequent occasion as the co-pilot just couldn't sleep. All i did is Dial up the pressure in the shocks & he would be asleep withing 10 min
that happened quite a few times.The car was also entere in the NSW state Supersprint championship in the year 2000
Then in 2002 another precious package arrived The princess. This made the existence of patchy a little more difficult . especially with the financial constraints. So patchy was de registered & put into storage.
12mths late she came out of storage. She was still a Daily driver but the joy rides with the kids had been reduced significantly. mainly because of time & equal share with kids.
So it was time to change the engine & clutch
Then some serious tyre were added
together with the clutch which was nice & hard.... Blew the diff.
The diff was upgraded to a 1.8 Torsen Type II. It completely converted the car into a serious road warrior. It combined all the suspension mods to work together & completely blew me away by surprise. It was completely unintentional .It was a different car. all of a sudden it could keep up with some serious cars in the MX5 Club Of NSW.
fairly recent Club drive.....Bathurst 2006 i think
so then the Track was rediscovered
here is a video from 2005 most of you have seen it.
wakefield park 2005 chasing red baron
and a pic from that day
Since then patchy has been a weekend warrior for me. The kids only occasionally come for a ride. The wife never. I think once in the last 12mths.
about 15mths ago & had a slight error in judgment......My ego was bigger than my brakes. So i kissed a Armco....and came off 2nd best.
Here is the write up of that episode.
patchys repairs
This is how Patchy got its current name
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