The countdown is on: SVA date booked

[GTWayne]

Booked my SVA date today, 28.9.06 @ 10.30 a.m. I am going to Nottingham so hopefully it will be a done deal. Will be leaving from nr. Coventry and pending a shakedown on the 27 th, may drive the 300 mile round trip so getting excited even with a month to go yet. Clive drove the car backwards and forwards a few feet on Sunday, the first time it has moved under its own steam (I will be using Optimax once run in) and early indications are good. The GD triple plate clutch is very light on the pedal with about 40 mm travel but sounds like a Ducati whist depressed (no bad thing, I don't mind mechanical noises if they are supposed to be there).

[lvjost]

Congratulations Wayne. I´ll keep my fingers crossed for you on the 28th....

[GTWayne]

Thanks very much but better get it passed before the congratulations can be bandied about: 29 days to go

[GTWayne]

28 days to go.

[lvjost]

...and still I´´m crossing my fingers

[GTWayne]

Great, down to 27 now!

[p15ton]

...I think I know where this post is going....I'll have a look again in four weeks to verify.....

[GTWayne]

I am impressed Peter, I was under the impression that you didn't need to get out of bed until at least 8.30!

[gtrclive]

Well after reading this S*** I'm going to bed.....

Bet you love Advent calenders ah Wayne....

[dr peter]

Clive what are you going to do with yourself when the GTW has gone.

[m3desmo]

dr peter said:

Clive what are you going to do with yourself when the GTW has gone.

Didn't Wayne say that he was keeping Clive on full-time to offer support for the GTW??

Edited by m3desmo on Friday 1st September 10:29

[GTWayne]

gtrclive said:

Well after reading this S*** I'm going to bed.....

Bet you love Advent calenders ah Wayne....

What do you mean going to bed? There is a GTW to get built by the 28th in case you had forgotten! But seriously, funny you should mention advent calenders, I still get one every year but this year I am going to omit in favour of the weight loss programme in readiness for the :b:440Yrd:b: race next year, can't wait for that either



I am slowly getting the hang of this formatting thing.

Edited by GTWayne on Friday 1st September 12:13

Edited by GTWayne on Friday 1st September 12:14

Eerrr.............or not.

Edited by GTWayne on Friday 1st September 12:15

[p15ton]

...another 1/2 day gone by.....
isn't life great....?

[GTWayne]

26 to go now, seems to be taking an eternity.

[luckyp]

Yawn..........

[GTWayne]

I know what you mean.

[luckyp]

Been there, done that. Anyway, after the SVA, just how tempted will you be to drive it around for a while until the final 'W' mods are made?

[GTWayne]

I really do have mixed feelings about that. I would like to have something monumental mark the GTW's first foray out into the big wide world (like when you did the CB, that is not really my sort of thing but the sentiment was uber-cool) but don't really know what to do. Also, if , as I hope, the car is 'ready' to be used at the beginning of next year (January 1st), do I use it then or wait until March to register it as a '07 new car? I am not really bothered if it is '56 or '07 really because, as mentioned yesterday, I have a none age related theme plate anyhow (it's still age related technically, but you know what I mean!) Because the GTW has snowballed into such a huge and dominant part of my life, the final realisation will take some adjustment for sure. All of this is a bit melodramatic I know, and maybe I will feel differently nearer the time but I just don't know?

[p15ton]

How about a wheel falling off? You wan't forget that in a hurry...?

[GTWayne]

That is one reason for choosing centre bolt rims.........only one nut to check on each wheel! Just remember, down there for dancing?

Oh yeh, nearly forgot, thanks for partaking in this puerile nonsense, it is all in the cause of creating a sense of occasion

Edited by GTWayne on Saturday 2nd September 10:35

Bloody smileys, I WILL GET THEM EVENTUALLY!

Edited by GTWayne on Saturday 2nd September 10:37