Our intention is to imigrate into Canada via the FSW route, whereby Ailsa would be the principle applicant, and the one who would be making all the money, hopefully, lol.
I thought I'd post up a bit about me and my hobbies/jobs, which sometimes make money.
Most of which are easily transferable to Canada, such as:
CarArtz.com (Closed at present) - Automotive artwork, T-shirts, mugs, mouse mats etc
www.carartz.com

I've been doing it for nearly ten years, but recenlty closed the site due to lack of interest and sales. That would be MY lack of interest, which obviously affected sales. I might get back into it again after a break.


Car resto/engine swap etc
Swapping a 1.6 for a 4.0 V8 :

I would love to build kit cars in a nice big warm garage. Yes, I could do that in Scotland, but realistically there's just not the market, or weather for them over here. By kit cars, I mean things like Cobra V8's etc.
Would also love to get into the Muscle car scene. Need a triple garage for them though, lol.
Welding/Fabrication - Car bodywork, brackets etc
Making new engine mounting points for the V8 project:

Had to make the mount fit around the steering rack:

I would like to have a dedicated workshop, with bigger tools, like lathes, drills, sandblaster etc. Would love to be able to make my own billet alloy brackets and containers.

Driving instructor - I used to do this before we had kids, no reason why I couldn't do it in Canada after some training. I should have more patience and experience now too.

Ideally, we would want to buy a house with a detached large garage/workshop, which would allow me to "do my thing", whatever that may turn out to be.
I found a few that fit the bill on the MLS site, and even mention they have permission to run a business.  It's just too expensive to run dedicated business premises these days, might be better in Canada, but in Glasgow it's near impossible for a new company to succeed.
If nothing else, I will be able to earn my keep just by maintaining the house. Been noting down all the prices people are paying for things like plumbing work, building etc. Looks like the service industry are paid well and kept busy.
The sun is almost out today. Better go out and wash the Boss's car. She's back home tomorrow from another week in England. Nothing against England, but she'd rather be working near home :-(
D.