The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

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Magic Beans
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A few stragglers from the Le Mans photo album. These were taken by Frank, who was Nick's co-pilot in the Monte.

"Tunnel!" We did make some noise in there! :D

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Love this shot! It gives you the sense of scale of the terrain you're navigating. That tiny little road carved into the side of the mountain is all that nature allows out there.

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pistol pete
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Those tunnels were awesome
craig
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pistol pete wrote:Those tunnels were awesome


I'll never forget you over the radio:

"Trevor's just collapsed the tunnel behind us" :lol:
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Will do Phil. On my hols ATM. Be back next weekend ;)
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Sad day today ;(
craig
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pistol pete wrote:Sad day today ;(


Honestly didn't think he'd go through with it. Sad times. :(
Magic Beans
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And so chapter (MR)2 ends. Yesterday Mark (the new owner) came and collected old Muley and after some time chatting drove off into the sunset, ending what's been one hell of a ride. As such I thought it only fitting to put together a post with just a few of the highlights along the way...

The beginning
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The first (of MANY) clean and polish
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The first engine mod
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The first lighting mods
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New plates and emblem
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New interior work
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The first trip to "The Pod"
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The prototyping
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First show visit. Even if just as a spectator
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The shape of things to come
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Big power time
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The first trip to see Ryan for mapping
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Bad times, 80 miles from Ryan's :(

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The end of chapter 1 :(
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A new beginning
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And so to work
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The plans
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Transplant time
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It lives!
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JAE
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A touching reward :) No, not a reward for touching! :lol:
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Very cut fingers!
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Friends
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More interior meddling
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Five minutes of fame
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The second round of mapping
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The results
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W4IypsiSug

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Finally a proper camera
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More cleaning of the bays
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More lost skin
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The cause
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Le Mans
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The Hoff :lol:
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The last day
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The Mule and I talked about the future and it's new home. This smile said it all, he was happy
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And finally.......... the end :(
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I wanted to say thanks to all the people who have helped me along the way. I started this journey with only a basic level of knowledge and if it wasn't for the help and time of so many people on here it would have been a hard hard journey. I've also made some great friends along the way, friends who I hope to have in my life for some time to come :) Also thanks to everyone who've followed along on the journey. I hope it's not been too abstract :lol:

So where do I go from here? Well, this isn't the end, far from it. It might be the end of a chapter but there's a long long story ahead. One which I'd like to keep sharing here, so long as people don't get sick of seeing non-MR2 pictures (many of them no doubt :whistle: )? :wink: I'll still be every bit as active on here as I was before. There's far too many build threads I'm glued to! :D

So I guess that's it for this chapter... I'll leave it with a photo and a wish of godspeed to Mule 2, you were quite some machine :clap:

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pistol pete
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perfect little tribute..

awaiting chapter 3
craig
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pistol pete wrote:perfect little tribute..

awaiting chapter 3


Yep, looking forward to the next mule! :D
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Awesome tribute Phil. Look forward to seeing the mules cousin ;)
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Magic Beans
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Shouldn't be too long :wink:
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A fitting tribute mate :thumleft:

I'm thinking Mule3 may be lighter on its feet :wink:
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Fantastic write-up buddy. I think we're all waiting with baited breath as to what comes next :thumleft:
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Great post, enjoyed reading that.
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Superb read. :D
Magic Beans
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Thanks all :)

It seemed only fitting and I did actually get a little bit choked up when I read over it once complete. Must be mellowing in my old age :lol:
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:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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The End ? ( I think not - somehow Phil I think ether the new owner will pop up on here and mule 2's legend will continue or you'll be back with another "no holds barred" MR2)
Certainly a fitting tribute to a great car and a decent bloke as well. Keep in touch Phil :thumleft:
Magic Beans
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Thanks Martin :)

It's the end of my MR2 journey, however the lady in my life has expressed (too many times) how much she'd like something for herself, so we'll see.

Mule 3 is very much in the pipeline, with auditions taking place at the moment. The difficult decision is what to get, as there's soooo many makes and models to choose from. The candidates are all completely different too, which is proving interesting and overwhelming at the same time.

Rest assured whatever comes next will be shared with you all :thumleft:
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Looking forward to see what Mule3 is mate! Me, I've gone for MR2 Turbo number 5. Complete with roof out capability.... :mrgreen:
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