Year: 2020

  • YouTube Novice Trackday

    YouTube Novice Trackday

    Post Views: 1,415 Today I finally got to posting my 2018 and 2019 track day experiences as a YouTube video. I’d recorded quite a lot of video at the Rockingham 2018 L7C Novices Trackday, but hadn’t got around to turning it into something fit to be published. After the unexpected success of the build video…

  • Purplemeanie on The Express Website

    Purplemeanie on The Express Website

    Post Views: 991 A quick post to say I got a mention in an article posted to the Express Website: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1362578/classic-kit-car-restoration-vehicle-build-garage The journalist, Luke Chillingsworth, had spotted my build video on YouTube and contacted me for a few comments. The conversation resulted in the article. Here’s a couple of shots from the article.

  • Purplemeanie Site Theme Update

    Purplemeanie Site Theme Update

    Post Views: 569 After 3 years of using one of WordPress’ older themes, I thought I’d give a newer theme a whirl. From today I’ve switch to the Twenty Twenty theme which is much more mobile friendly and has an integrated search function.  Search Probably the biggest win from this update is the inclusion of…

  • Build A Caterham 420R in 30 Minutes – YouTube Video

    Build A Caterham 420R in 30 Minutes – YouTube Video

    Post Views: 2,240 On July 11th 2020, I uploaded a bit of a longer video to YouTube documenting the build of my 420R from nearly 3 years previously. I’d always planned to do this video, but for the usual many reasons it only got a few hours here and a few hours there since finishing the…

  • Some People Must Be Watching – Site Stats 60k Views

    Some People Must Be Watching – Site Stats 60k Views

    Post Views: 564 As we approach 3 years since out kit arrived I thought it would be interesting to share some stats on this website. I created the site for two reasons. Firstly, it was to give something back. I’d looked at many build blogs and learnt so much from them. And I wanted to…