Well as i`ve said in my earlier statement about myself having a motorcycle accident in July 2003.. I got very frustraited seeing other people riding their bikes and having loads of fun....until one day up at Stanmore i was working up on the spinal unit...went outside and started talking to a guy in a chair and he happened to mention that he owns a trike.. We started talking about his trike and he was telling how he gets on and off blah blah blah you know the normal stuff..To cut a long story short he came over to my place to show me the trike...I dont know who was more exicited me or my wife, my mate had a Rewaco Trike and i thought i wouldnt be able to get on that in a million years, but russ showed me how to get on it...from that day on i was hooked.
On the 16th August 07 i decided to buy a vw beetle, and this is what i decided to use.. it`s a 1972 1300cc beetle and only paid £500.
I started to crack on with the work...I took the basic stuff off first lights, indicators, and the wings...that was a challange in its self because as a spinal injury patient the balance of some of us is pretty poor...i must say though my balance has improved over the years..so tried and i got the wings off (yehaa) i did it without hurting myself.
My brother-in-law Chris and I set out for our next task....
We had to take the body off, normally to do this you would have to take the engine out but suprise suprise it would`nt come out because of a bolt the someone had put in. So with an extra pair of hands we managed to prise the body off the floor...I must point out though i was as about as much use as a chocolate tea pot ...it was very frustraiting for me because before my accident i had been in the garage trade for about 15 years so i used to do this kind of stuff standing on my head.
Once we got the body off i could be left on my own for a little bit to get on with things ..so the next day I took the engine out and took the little bits and bobs off..
The next day Chris came over and cut the chassis in half so i could unbolt 
the front beam and all the other bits.
Once we got the chassis all cleaned up..my father-in-law took it up to a company in Loughborough called BudgetTrikes.co.uk where they welded the main frame bracket onto the chassis for me because the whole unit has to be put on a jig to make sure the main frame is completely true and straight, and also i needed to buy the fibre
glass body kit..
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Brilliant Barry, this is great and looks really good. cant wait for the next blog. cheers G.
Grant10:27 AM CST