I started at Parker & Parker Ltd in Kendal, Cumbria in 1969, repairing all air cooled VW Vehicles and also Porsche cars (mainly 356) with Colin Parker as the time went on I experienced more different models of Porsche cars, of which I have always had a passion for, since starting work. and at this time my brother had been working as an apprentice on the VW side of the garage & Colin went to do more office work, my brother and I sorted the mechanical side of things.

in 1982 I left Parkers and went to Autofarm in Amersham, "The Porsche Specialist", servicing and repair of all types of Porsches, also they do engine and gearbox repair work and modification work to all Porsche cars for road and racing , of which I was involved, including looking after Tony Bancroft's 911 3.2 turbo hill climb car and the car of the late John Piper, a 930 group b car.

In 1988 I moved to Dage Sport (now G Force) the Porsche specialists at Aylesbury where I got to work on both the 935 race cars and I was involved in building two race cars of similar specifications, along with service and repair work to all Porsche models.

In 1989 I then moved to Chariots Porsche at St Albans, working on all the then new models and attending training courses, I was moved to Chariots at Kidlington as workshop supervisor.

In 1990 I was offered a job at Francis Tuthills the VW & Porsche specialists, where I got the Porsche side of the workshop up and running for the building of the 911 historic rally cars, & on off cars like the London to Sydney car in 1994. Also the service and repair of all Porsche cars was also undertaken.

In early 1992 I joined my brother now up and running with a workshop in Wimslow, Bucks, to work on race cars, fabrication and modification work. The cars prepared in the workshop included a custom 935K3, a 2.8 RsR, a 3.6 single turbo race car, a 930 turbo modified road car.An amazing selection of cars came through the workshop door, along with a selection of Porsche cars for services and repair work.

In late 1993 Our family moved back to the Lake District and I started work at the local BMW garage and then at the Audi Garage for a short time until the end of 2004 when I left to start up Mike Bainbridge Engineering to service and repair, what I enjoy... Porsche cars.