Hi Names Marty, I'm originally from Birmingham England But have been living in Rockford Il for the past 14 years. I've always been a gearhead playing with English fords as soon as I got my licence. I'm now at a point in my life where we can afford to do more with our time and money and my dream has always been cars and hot rod so I want to to work on a project and drive the hell out of it. I've been a machinist for the past 12 years and now I work in the Body shop at the local Chrysler plant building the Dodge Caliber Jeep Compass and Patriot. I've been hanging around this message board for a while now just waiting for the right car to come along. Great talking with you guys great site. Cheers