I was a late starter to spannering. I got a job with a second-hand car sales place when I was 21, my job didn't involve any of that at first but then I learnt how to pull bumpers, trim etc off cars ready for resprays. Soon I moved onto spraying itself but the one thing I really should have learnt was welding. Before long I was helping the mechanics as well and one day fitted a water pump on the works Escort Van. My boss was impressed but I used to do all that for £20 a week