{"id":7204,"date":"2020-11-22T18:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=7204"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:07:04","slug":"purplemeanie-on-the-express-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/22\/purplemeanie-on-the-express-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Purplemeanie on The Express Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A quick post to say I got a mention in an article posted to the Express Website:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/cars\/1362578\/classic-kit-car-restoration-vehicle-build-garage\">https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/cars\/1362578\/classic-kit-car-restoration-vehicle-build-garage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The journalist, Luke Chillingsworth, had spotted my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/21\/build-a-caterham-420r-in-30-minutes-youtube-video\/\">build video on YouTube<\/a> and contacted me for a few comments. The conversation resulted in the article.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a couple of shots from the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" data-attachment-id=\"7206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/22\/purplemeanie-on-the-express-website\/kit-car-safety-check-2768891\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-safety-check-2768891.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"590,443\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kit-car-safety-check-2768891\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-safety-check-2768891.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-safety-check-2768891.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-safety-check-2768891.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7206\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"7207\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/11\/22\/purplemeanie-on-the-express-website\/kit-car-construction-classic-modified\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-construction-classic-modified.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"590,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kit-car-construction-classic-modified\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-construction-classic-modified.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-construction-classic-modified.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kit-car-construction-classic-modified.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7207\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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