my new work space!

[Sleeper_Avant]

Well, since im splitting up with my other half, moving into a cheap £400 a month house share i thaught i would get a "lockup" to tinker and make a few quids :mischeif:

rang a few people and because i wasnt VAT registered and the usual ballhocks, storing cars etc nobody wanted to know

then i rang the guy who owns this site in Chelmsford

£400 a month all in (+elec)

turns out it is the old Marconi (he invented the Radio) site that built radar systems and tested missiles!!
the site is now 90% ran by British Aerospace and security is super strict, i had to be vetted before given a security pass!


check this out, 1.5/2ft thick walls, sunk into the floor and FULL of cobwebs! lol

i have 3, yes 3 over head, electric 5 ton gantry cranes!

some poo pics of the place from my crackberry...............

you can get 3 cars in end to end at a push, or 2 cars and my work transit


this is where they used to do the "shock testing" of missiles..........


view from behind of last picture, notice the device on the right and the 2 inch thick sound proof doors and with one way locks?!


i am TERRIFIED of this room, it is huge and runs right behind both upper rooms, im never going in there, terrified of electricity


i was going to use this as an "office" with computer-ma-bob, for surfing porn and sexy Audi pics, with a fridge, microwave and large drawing board for a "to do" list, tis good yah!........?


you can see the shock measuring device (2 tonnes!!!!!) primitave but belived to be accurate to within microns of shock effect, and its MINE MUHAHAHAHA, maby measure the Anti Lag from my A4 with it


All in all im happy as larry, i can propperly crack on with the A4 now

i love propper world war 2 Engineering and fell in love with this place the second i saw it

just need to evict the millions of spiders

Waddya think then?

p.s anyone wants to store 1x car then i have room and we can chat, send me a PM

Sean

[newsh]

Wow, my mate Steve used to work there, back in the day.. I was at Plessey in Ilford, similar thing.

[s2_wot]

That's a great facility to get. Incidentally I bought my s2 in Chelmsford.

[Sleeper_Avant]

tell him this unit is the one directly under the HUGE early warning radar/radio tower or "shed 28" as it is known, the one sunk into the floor

i love the history of this place matey,

theres still old radars and boomerang shaped things just lying in fields close by, makes me smile every time i go there

What place in Ilford were you working then? The one next to Hainult train station?

i had a garage close by, specialised in big power skylines and other shonkey stuff

[Sleeper_Avant]

lost of fast Audis in chelmsford, they hide in the woodwork, seriousley!

Newsh, its so eerie (spelling?)

theres massive buildings/offices, outsheds with weird fittings, huge pylong and transformer buildings buzzing away and bike sheds as far as the eye can see, all buried in the woods, im seriousley in love, AND, EVERYTHING electrical inside still works, roof mounted vent fans all worked today when i turned them on, wall heaters, the overhead cranes, and theres switches for "shock rings" i didnt drop the switch as i didnt fancy dying lol

id be interested in talking to your mate as the guy who got me the building said a lad called Steve knew the site inside out and knew what all the transformer boxes and miles of telecom cables controlled than run through this building

Sean

[newsh]

I was at the one just behind the Green Gate pub? (which is now a Mc Ducks I think :sick: ) lol

Edit, Steve Mansfield his name was, he was the bass player in our band and we built most of the gear between us, mixer (8 channels!) guitar amps speakers etc, we both had a ready supply of parts Although there was a lot of stuff still used valves in those days!

[TimE-J]

That looks like a great unit, wish mine was something like that, with the s2 in there I can only get another 1 and a half cars in haha! Good luck getting stuck in with the a4 in there!

[Sleeper_Avant]

i will take some pics of the wiring junction control boxes porn for you tomorow, it really is a work of art, still has 2 large swing out arms with loads of buttons that loop downstairs from the sound proof room

if i take too many pics outside i fear the BAE security team might have me executed lol

will see what i can do though

[Sleeper_Avant]

Tim, there may be an S2 born in there also maby, RS2/S2/Avant hybrid

[TimE-J]

Keep us updated with any new projects!

[Sleeper_Avant]

oh i will, no wories

A4

Prototype Rouse Sport Sapphire

Avant daily drive tow barge............... <<<<<<< watch this one lol

[Sleeper_Avant]

Newsh,

that is on the corner of Horns road and the A12 (greengate pub)

i used to run the garage up horns road, Coventry service station

i worked there then ended up owning it

used to be very famous, Barry Lee owned it, famous race driver

Sean.

[martinws]

Cool looking place. I love old military type places. There is a huge old 4000acre Royal Ordnance Factory a few miles from my house and iv been in for a wee look around. Hundreds of pics online of it. Seems a waste that so many places like this are still restricted(contaminated) that they are left to rot.

[Sleeper_Avant]

im lucky, VERY lucky that peple can rent me a building(with so many rules and regulation!!)

with so much history and local presence, i think my genuine enthusiasm paved the way to get this workspace

when i went to view the buildings i ended up in conversation with the guy sorting the lettings and in my place was a works Skoda Rapide rally car!! (hence the oil and water droppings on the floor LOL!!)

[Error404]

Looks a great little shop with some interesting history. At least you ain't got to worry about pikey thieving scum breaking in