Fri.14.03.08. Chris has re-worked the mesh edges on the two
bonnet halves facilitating the fixing of the clasps.
Happy Yuletide to all my readers
Mon.17.03.08. Another St Patrick’s day has come around again predictably the car is still not finished. Quelle surprise, I have collected the gearbox tunnel, middle section and door panels from Michael who, since January 4th. has not touched them: no doubt he has been visiting his two headed, six toed relatives on Jupiter, or cocooned in an alien regeneration pod. Chris insists, correctly, that a complete dry run of the interior of the car should be undertaken. It is sensible to have all the panels in situ so that the carpet patterns can be cut accurately against their edges. The missing handbrake section has been roughly fabricated to complete all the tunnel sections. The timber for the boot top decoration has been cut but requires a second fitting to establish exactly how much needs to be shaved from the back plate to ensure that it fits snugly against the rear boot cross member. Chris has re-routed (there’s that fuckin’ ‘re’ word again) the wiring loom around the exhaust brackets and securely located the bearing for the steering column: these tasks in themselves have absorbed most of the day. Although very close to finishing the build, forgotten, emergent or as yet undiscovered, obstacles regularly materialize, to disrupt what should be a relatively smooth ‘run in’.
I have abandoned all hope of any logical calm working
procedure. Although it is enjoyable, if not a little self indulgent, to labour
only on the areas that are currently interesting, at the expense of the ‘dull’
but ‘necessary’, is a huge mistake. Given that ‘A’ follows ‘B’ then ‘C’
infinitely greater problems will occur if ‘C’ is attempted before ‘A’ unless
‘F’ being a ‘work in progress’ comes before ‘H’ then ‘J’ must be considered.
Failing that, it is vital that ‘P’ must supersede ‘M’ followed by ‘E’ then ‘B’
which theoretically should be the only positive route to the ultimate ‘I’.
Unfortunately, there is no ‘I’ in teamwork. Oh, fuck itMon.17.03.08. Another St Patrick’s day has come around again predictably the car is still not finished. Quelle surprise, I have collected the gearbox tunnel, middle section and door panels from Michael who, since January 4th. has not touched them: no doubt he has been visiting his two headed, six toed relatives on Jupiter, or cocooned in an alien regeneration pod. Chris insists, correctly, that a complete dry run of the interior of the car should be undertaken. It is sensible to have all the panels in situ so that the carpet patterns can be cut accurately against their edges. The missing handbrake section has been roughly fabricated to complete all the tunnel sections. The timber for the boot top decoration has been cut but requires a second fitting to establish exactly how much needs to be shaved from the back plate to ensure that it fits snugly against the rear boot cross member. Chris has re-routed (there’s that fuckin’ ‘re’ word again) the wiring loom around the exhaust brackets and securely located the bearing for the steering column: these tasks in themselves have absorbed most of the day. Although very close to finishing the build, forgotten, emergent or as yet undiscovered, obstacles regularly materialize, to disrupt what should be a relatively smooth ‘run in’.
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