The re- word

Tues.04.09.07. The beading has been stripped from the lower edge of the dash and bonded to the under trim. This has increased the volume of the trim excessively; later in the day 8mm was removed from the bottom face. Once shaped this proved to be an acceptable, more compatible mass. The batwings have been greatly reduced, attached to the ends of the dash and merged accordingly. During the afternoon I contacted John Gratton, the last person on the ‘painting list’, but he claimed to be ‘snowed under’ with work and couldn’t begin the job for two months. This would, inevitably, take us beyond our proposed deadline to conclude the build.

Regrettably, at Westmead, the rest of the car has remained untouched. There has not been any progress on the car for at least 10 days; sadly I fear that this will continue until Colin returns. Chris, increasingly, relies upon his input; he appears reluctant to continue independently without his support. Plainly this jeopardises the targets that I have set for September. Constant failure to meet ‘every’ objective throughout the entire project is becoming increasingly disheartening. I now do not recognize that the excessive modifications, poor quality components or inept ‘suppliers’ have been solely responsible for this present situation. We have never accomplished any of the established planned forecasts; programmes of work have been perpetually ignored, we have not been courageous enough to ‘sign anything off’ without pointless, repetitive re-design, re-build, re-cut, re-model, re-place, re-locate, re-invent. If I ever needed to be forceful now is the moment, a bold move is transparently fundamental; if I had the ‘bottle’ to confront Chris about any of these issues, if I had been more pro-active, dominant and assertive, if I had been much less apprehensive of experience and knowledge, if I had a double garage?