Wow, thank you for the warm welcome and sound advice .

I will have a dig around and here see if I can find those magazines - or something similar, at least - here in the UK.

My location is a bit of a double edged sword really - there's a guy opposite who I've known since I was a kid who's a mechanic and a bit of a car enthusiast (although he's not too big on the older cars), so I'm gonna go talk to him when I get a chance. I'm kinda in the country though, and there aren't many hotrodders around here.

That said, there's a huge race track about 5 miles away, and I'm sure they do shows there.

You mentioned amazon, tech - are there any books that you feel are a must have? I have a bit of money to spend, so if you can recommend anything, I'll be even more grateful. I hear you in respect to the computer :P.

Thank you again for everything - hope to see you around .
Ben