Luke Wilkinson

Deputy Editor of @ParkersCars. Occasional lackey for @CARmagazine. Impenetrable Cumbrian accent. Classic Mini owner.

[Luke Wilkinson @LT_Wilkinson]

@richardbrunning My local garage is selling a level with a freakin' laser on it. On sale n'orl.

[Luke Wilkinson @LT_Wilkinson]

I took the Swift home a couple of weeks ago. Here's proof of me crossing the border back into the civilised world.

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@teorichards @ffaf_official @dashboardmusic Flipping 'eck. We're ancient.

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@DuomodiMilano Mi è piaciuta molto la mia visita, ma potresti assicurarti che il prezzo del mio biglietto sia destinato a dare a questo ragazzo un nuovo becco? Qualche delinquente l'ha spezzato.

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@SMMT Test Day was great as usual. Biggest surprise was bumping into @richardbrunning and Nik Blackhurst from @badobsessionmsp. Hope the pizza tip paid off, lads?

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Also, big thanks to @tesaUK_tape for sending up some loom tape. It'll get put to use tidying up Roxy's stereo wiring.

The rest of her wiring isn't worth saving, so it's getting hacked out with side cutters and going in the bin.

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Got the orbital out. Found more rot, including a very worrying hole in the driver's headlamp mount.

The front wing cleaned up quite well, though.

#RescueRoxy #ClassicMini

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Also, big thanks to @AcceptTheBand for providing the soundtrack for the evening. The new album's a bloody cracker.

[Luke Wilkinson @LT_Wilkinson]

Got a bit more stripped off Roxy tonight. Dad even found a bit of solid metal in the front wing. Roll on the weekend when we can get the orbital sanders out.

With any luck, the patient might pull through.

#ClassicMini #Restoration

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Is it normal for this brown stuff to fall off an old Mini's subframe?

Any help would be appreciated.

#ClassicMini #RustBucket

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@duluxvwilknson @BBC_TopGear @AlfaRomeoUK I mean, just look at it. #Phwoar

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@duluxvwilknson @BBC_TopGear @AlfaRomeoUK It certainly caught me off guard after you had it chipped.

[Luke Wilkinson @LT_Wilkinson]

@duluxvwilknson Them arches look smart.

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@duluxvwilknson @AberystwythCar Absolutely. A proper Mini would run rings round a modern one.

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@duluxvwilknson @AutoExpress @Cosworth @Ford Too right. It would have made the move from Cumbria to London a hell of a lot quicker.

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Ultra lightweight @Audi A2 "Retro" Track Edition spotted in Finland. You saw it here first. #FakeCarbonFibre

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Spent an afternoon ragging the new @Vauxhall #GrandlandX PHEV about a greenlane with @wdron.

Safe to say, ours was the filthiest.

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The irony of it. #Brexit

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Company car buyers rejoice! SEAT's launched a new Leon.

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Took a @Jeep Grand Cherokee for a drive up an Alp today. I suppose there are worse ways of making a living.