Chronicles of Alan : My Friend Brian O.

in #cars7 years ago (edited)

As I recall I first mentioned Brian in one of my Army days Posts.

I was stationed in Bloemfontein , and on a day pass met him there , I was 18 and Brian was a year younger than me.

He had a Kreidler Florett 50cc and lifted me around town on it, Still quicker than most other 50cc Bikes with only the Rider on it!

About a year after I came out of the Military, I met Brian again, he did an Apprenticeship and became a Motorcycle Mechanic.

When I started building the V8 engined Volkswagen , Brian was a frequent Visitor , very interested in what I was doing.

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One day Brian turns up in a Sunbeam Tiger V8 an exciting car , probably a forerunner to the idea of the AC Cobra?

A somewhat modified Tiger

Brian became a real Guru on modifying and building Fast and unusual Cars and Bikes.

If you have been following My Adventures with modifying and building Vehicles ?, next to what Brian became I was an Amateur!

He did this FullTime and also introduced me to the magic of Gale Banks Motors.

I will be posting more on Brian in FuturePosts and reminding you where I have mentioned him before!

All Videos courtesy of YouTube

You will not believe some of the Cars and Bikes that went through his very capable hands!

Enjoy my Automotive Friends!

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Thats a great post.

the video’s are superb. Soaked into it and feel like a big powerful V8.
Cars are so impressive and beautiful, geel the rush!

Glad you appreciate it!

I really enjoy your posts! You should write more about your past

Will do, Thank You!

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awosome post my friend

that's really amazing thanks for sharing the videos :)

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Thank you @awgbibb for sharing this psot

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Amazing post thank you so much for sharing

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Wonderful post and video @awgbibb

Good job, friend, they are very good at rebuilding vehicles. the results are great! Congratulations. They make good equipment

Thank You!

Great story. Friends are the best gift of our life, without them our life will be monotonous and we will not be able to express so many feelings in the world.

wonderful video sharing,i enjoy this video,very good work,thanks @awgbibb

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Another wonderful post with superb video by @awgbibb
Wel done and perfect work my dear friend...
Cheers~~~

Thank You so much!

Thank you for writing your past stories and sharing them with us

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So amazing! good work,thanks @awgbibb

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You and your friends brain, wonderful video with bike and officially your favorite automotive.... Like it

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wow....that's a great car video,wonderful funny post,very good job,thanks for excellent video sharing

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Just be my friend
Quote of the Post From my heart ;)
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”

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that video on the Sunbeam Tiger was a sleeper compared to your usual fast & furious vids. At any moment I expected him to lay rubber and see flaming tread marks all the way up the road. Maybe his wife thought that when she married him and decided to encourage him to buy the car to put a tiger in his tank, lol. She's a patient woman...

He built a car that was good for over 300KPH, watch this space?

I will, for sure ...wonder if he ever drove it at that speed, but if didn't care to, he could have let you take the wheel, lol

excellent post with useful information but last video of engine is so useful for ,my friend because he works on car shop thanks

Glad I could assist!

'When I started building the V8 engined Volkswagen , Brian was a frequent Visitor , very interested in what I was doing.'

He got a nice guider, so he made it happen. Nice article about your friend Brian.

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This kind of post just reminds me more, how more i love cars.

I have noticed!

Great video is this you who drive bike, Great you are on military nice to see your video. I just see first video the other is watching.

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@awgbibb,
According to you he becomes a genius! But you are the person who is behind it right? Great post with wonderful videos friend!

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Thank You, My Friend!

waoooooooo the car in the 2nd video is outstanding keep it up

Great post @awgbibb. Thanks for sharing.

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wow thx, I have missed these chronicles.. have a great weekend

"Man is glorified not with gold, not with silver, man is glorified with his talent and skill."
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Your friend Brian has golden hands, very nice when a man finds his job and does it perfectly. Thank you for the post.

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Oh yeah, I again enjoy the theme of cars and this car of the sixties Sunbeam Tiger V8 is a real classic! At one time, this English car was a masterpiece of the car industry and now it remains in good shape. Thank you @awgbibb

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Wow! Wonderful video. I really enjoy your video. Thanks for sharing.

Special scene video dazzling 👍

Wish to hear more about your friend & his modifications. Nice post~

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Extraordinary good article about your friend & nice videos from Youtube. Incredible story about the life experiences.

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Oh really great car video,wonderful funny post, very interesting.... thanks for excellent video sharing

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nice article about your friend brian. excellent post with videos. @awgbibb

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Wow very amazing life story of you @awgbibb
Thanka for sharing you experiences with us you had very cool life back then I see 😂, well I'm still young have the dream to join the military specifically military jet pilot.

There you shared some videos with amazing engine knowledge for the cars. Well to be honest I always get damn excited when talking about aircraft engines also jet engines hell yeah 😂 well I guess comparing to your knowledge I'm still a noob, you probably have a lot of experience in that, the idea of modifying cars and go for drifting really excites me so much.

Well I had a friend who was actually a mechanical engineer he gave me some knowledge of how automobile engines work and they could be modified we had some discussion together and he was asking me to be his team partner to open a company 😅 I said I will think about it since really have other things I wanna accomplish first.

Thanks dude for sharing all your experience with Brian, will be looking forward to your future posts on this topic. 😊

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Oh really great car video,wonderful funny post, very interesting.... thanks @awgbibb

Very good post & video.Friends are most important part of our life.We can share our all sad,happy,felkings with them Without friend we are nothing.

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Wow....... Great post and video

wow its seeems like super sporting. .. great one 👍👍

you are also fond of bike!

Wow! Wonderful video. I really enjoy your video

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