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    "Guy Martin: Industrial Wonders"

    After his TV series "The Boat That Guy Built" Guy Martin said he'd never do another. It starts tonight.

    Guy Martin is a truck mechanic, he also races in the British/Irish motor cycle road races: Isle of Man TT, Dundrod etc. He is a real character, to the point John McGuinnes has described him as "eccentric". Always up for a laugh Martin also gets some stick in Britain for being a traitor to his class.

    Martin lives with his girlfriend's parents on their farm, but in the barn there is a Limited Edition Aston Martin V12 Vantage that he bought new.
    http://www.evo.co.uk/features/featur...2_vantage.html

    He was one of the featured riders in the TT documentary "Closer To The Edge" which followed his most recent efforts to score his first TT win. Sadly his 2012 attempts ended in a fireball.

    Martin, a legendary tea drinker, did a TV programme on restoring an old narrow boat, "The Boat That Guy Built". He has now done another programme looking at unsung heroes of British engineering during which he looks at the history of various engineering projects around Britain.

    There is loads of information about Guy Martin on the 'Net but his website is here:
    http://www.guymartinracing.co.uk

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    I enjoyed his narrow boat rebuild program, interesting and a laugh. I'm all set to record this new one.
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    Great stuff, thanks!

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    V12 Vantage and no house, awesome.

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    Great read, thanks.
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    Will be watching it. He's a laugh, he has mighty chops too
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    You had me at Guy Martin.
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    Proper brilliant-like.

    Thanks for posting this Pritch.

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    Presumably it comes with subtitles?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Presumably it comes with subtitles?
    And here is what the captioner captioned for the subtitles...


    "IhadaBMWE46CSLwhenIwas21,’
    ‘Itwasagreatcar.IthoughtthePorscheGT3RSwouldbebett er,butitwastoohardcore.Icouldn’tevenfitmyhelmetint heback,becauseoftherollcageandfireextinguisher.Itm ighthavebeenfasteronalapofDonington,butontheroadsa roundhereitwasn’t.Anditscreamedatyou – theredwheels,thered stripes…SoIgotrid.’
    No body move... I dropped my brain

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stirts View Post
    And here is what the captioner captioned for the subtitles...


    "IhadaBMWE46CSLwhenIwas21,’
    ‘Itwasagreatcar.IthoughtthePorscheGT3RSwouldbebett er,butitwastoohardcore.Icouldn’tevenfitmyhelmetint heback,becauseoftherollcageandfireextinguisher.Itm ighthavebeenfasteronalapofDonington,butontheroadsa roundhereitwasn’t.Anditscreamedatyou – theredwheels,thered stripes…SoIgotrid.’
    That's a bit long for a Guy quote.
    Perhaps "Blaardy greeat! Bollocks and chips eef yer luckey!"
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    its called how britan worked and im dlwnloading it now

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stirts View Post

    "IhadaBMWE46CSLwhenIwas21,’ …SoIgotrid.’
    I read that quicker & with more understanding then most posts on KB... that's a worry

    Quote Originally Posted by Stirts View Post
    You had me at Guy Martin.
    Have a big poster of Guy on my accessories desk
    ... & a couple of Nicky Hayden... share the

    Never got the boat building series here Anyone got a copy???

    CC

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    Quote Originally Posted by cc rider View Post
    I read that quicker & with more understanding then most posts on KB... that's a worry

    Have a big poster of Guy on my accessories desk
    ... & a couple of Nicky Hayden... share the

    Never got the boat building series here Anyone got a copy???

    CC
    you can download it ,
    called the boat that guy built.
    youll ned to learn how to use torrents

    plastic fabricator/welder here if you need a hand ! will work for beer/bourbon/booze

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