Excitement brewing

[riveting]

Hey Incorrigible, where are you in West Sussex? If it's not too far from Brighton is there any chance of fitting in an extra participant? (can't be too far 'cos I'm 17 and can't afford a car yet)

Edit: Found out this morning that my weekends booked anyway. Enjoy!

>> Edited by riveting on Friday 15th October 08:34

[stubby pete]

So, is it built yet, no phone calls, so I guess that
1-it arrived and you've been busy.
2-it didn't arrive and you've been drunk.
3-it arrived, you built it and crashed it (like mechsympathy's)

Whatever, I hope that you enjoy and I expect to see it soon, either in Sussex or Devon.

[Incorrigible]

Happier than a pig in shit this mecano stuff is great

Build is currently held up because of a bloody circlip otherwise I'd have had the engine and box in yesterday afternoon

I'll try and get some piccies up soon

[mechsympathy]

How is M'sieurs cage/sideprotection/ I assume it's on and the rear suspension is finished...

[Incorrigible]

Nope, decided to ignore the side protection for the time being

Rear suspension is finished though and the engine and gearbox all ready to go in once I've got the speedo take-off clipped in

Clip shoud arrive tomorrow, so I think I'll go down the pub and watch the footy tonight

[Incorrigible]

Some piccies of the build so far.....





To this



all very exciting

[rubystone]

Cool - you've even got Mick Hucknall helping in the build

[Incorrigible]

rubystone said:

Cool - you've even got Mick Hucknall helping in the build

he won't appreciate that. Just an extra pair of hands when I bunged the engine in. He's not much good anything apart from lifting and tea making.

I saw other people had lined the engine bay with cardboard to protect the chassis, I couldn't be arsed.

[rubystone]

[quote=Incorrigible]
[
he won't appreciate that. Just an extra pair of hands when I bunged the engine in. He's not much good anything apart from lifting and tea making.

/quote]

Oh, I think you're being a little hard on him - he made a decent fist of "money's too tight to mention" and girls say he's a demon in bed.

[granville]

Ben, old chap, don't wish to alarm you but there appear to be a couple of oinks rummaging around in your garage...

The nerve!

[mechsympathy]

derestrictor said:

Ben, old chap, don't wish to alarm you but there appear to be a couple of oinks rummaging around in your garage... The nerve!

It's amazing how accurate first impressions can be

[Incorrigible]

mechsympathy said:

derestrictor said: Ben, old chap, don't wish to alarm you but there appear to be a couple of oinks rummaging around in your garage... The nerve! It's amazing how accurate first impressions can be

The place is full of them

[tonyhetherington]

What spec did you go for?

Very jealous - bet you're having great fun!

[Incorrigible]

tonyhetherington said:

What spec did you go for?

This is a bit embarassing but in all honesty I don't know

It's an accademy car, so the engine is sealed for the whole season anyway. The engine is rover, it's a 1.6 IIRC. The gearbox looks like it's the same one used in Sierras (five speed according to the knob).

The wheels are grey and the tyres seem to made of some sort of indonesian hardwood (again, standard for the race series)

The rear suspension is a DeDion without Watts linkages (I only know this becasue I bolted them on at the weekend)

It's not painted, and won't be, the plastic bits are yellow, but I may change that

Coming to a track near you soon

[mechsympathy]

Incorrigible said:

The place is full of them

Git At least I can read. (Or rather I have the attention span to get beyond the first paragraph)

[tonyhetherington]

Oh well done! Are you entering the academy next year, then?

[Incorrigible]

tonyhetherington said:

Oh well done! Are you entering the academy next year, then?

No 57 (my logon name on blatchat)

Decided I ought to after punting Mechsympathy's into a hedge

Did I mention how sorry I am

[stubby pete]

mechsympathy said:

Incorrigible said: The place is full of them Git At least I can read. (Or rather I have the attention span to get beyond the first paragraph)

When you say read, I assume that there are pictures helping the build?!
It's nice to see that if all else fails, somebody can look at the destructions.
Do you know if this model comes with reinforced stub axles, not that he'll ever let me drive it anyway?!?!?

[NikB]

Is it driving yet?

[mechsympathy]

stubby pete said:

When you say read, I assume that there are pictures helping the build?! It's nice to see that if all else fails, somebody can look at the destructions.

I turned up on Friday night to find Ben grumbling about the couple of bits that don't fit. Fortunately there's a nice book that tells you (even if some of the diagrams are a bit sketchy) how to put it together. Bish bosh no need to shove a rocket up the factory's arse

But this was 2 weeks ago, so I expect it's SVAed by now. Eh Ben?