Help Wayne beat cancer and get his dream Mini fixed!

My name is Louise and I’ve set this GoFund me up to help my husband get his dream mini fixed, so he can enjoy his only hobby before his incurable cancer becomes too much and he can’t use it anymore. I apologise in advance as there is a lot to read but hopefully it will help to understand why we need some help.

3 Years ago in early 2021 Wayne finally was able to get his dream and brought a classic Mini. Unfortunately in Sept 2021 Wayne was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma which is a form of cancer that is treatable but incurable. For those who don’t know about this Cancer it can go in and out of remission meaning he has to be on chemo indefinitely (in some form or another) but the real kicker is even when in remission it can cause constant fatigue, mobility issues, weaken bones and a foggy brain.

So far in the 3 years since diagnosis he has had the below treatments with no breaks

• chemo injections

• full steam cell replacement (which meant 1 month in hospital in high dependency ward)

• Full dental extractions to prevent jaw crumbling

• monthly bone strengthening injections

After a brief spell in remission he was last month advised that his cancer again is no longer in remission and the high intensity chemotherapy has to restart. Therefore his ongoing treatments are now;

• Weekly chemotherapy injections x 2

This as you can imagine devastated our family and with him being the main breadwinner and now unable to work it financially crippled us.

With the help of some good friends we were still able to get the car up

and running and looking much better with a new spray in his favourite F1 teams McLaren Papaya Orange!

Unfortunately we then had an engine issue and it needed a brand new engine. Using the very last of our savings and borrowing some money we purchased an engine from someone we thought was reputable with a 1 year guarantee but they have completely ripped us off!

In May the engine arrived but once fitted had a worrying rattle and crunched when being put into 3rd gear. We sent videos to the seller straight away and have had nothing but broken promises since. I’ve listed the details or the e interactions below;

• firstly either due to my husbands foggy brain or trusting nature he was repeatedly manipulated into sending the payment by PayPal friends and family when he wanted to send it for goods and services. so we can’t claim back from PayPal for dodgy goods. (This should have been our first red flag)

• He was initially advised the companies mechanic friend would come down to take a look and if necessary swap it out with another engine

• He was then told the mechanic wasn’t available as on holiday for 6 weeks so once an engine was sourced they would courier it down and pick up the other one but we’d have to cover cost of removing and replacing with new engine ourselves

• We advised we would wait for mechanic to come back off holiday as we couldn’t cover that cost. Advised that fine and confirmed he could continue to use the car in the meantime.

• Time for mechanic came and went and had to chase for response only to be told they wouldn’t be covering that anymore. Best they could do was either give full refund or swap engine. however they now wanted us to send the old engine back first at our expense before they would do either or the above? (Another red flag as who’s to say we wouldn’t end up with no money or engine)

• owner then had cheek to state that he’d been told by 2 separate people that there was nothing wrong with engine as husband had used it to go to a show. Even though he’d said it was fine to use it previously!

• As we advise of lack of trust now the final offer was to send engine back and they would send replacement once it arrives back with them or £200 full and final settlement and we keep the dodgy engine that is leaking oil everywhere and could go at any moment!

Therefore we are kindly asking for some help to either get this engine looked at and fixed if possible or to get a new engine.

I know times are hard for everyone right now so we would be grateful for any amount big or small. As right now the mini is my husband life line and distraction from the horrors of his cancer journey and his dream for this mini before all this started was to get it looking and running great so he could leave it to our 14yr old son as his legacy and to carry on the next classic car generation.

Thanks for ready and love to you all xx