what a day , 750 mile round trip to get my viper !!!!!!!

[viper1day]

Hi All
Well what a day !!!!
Drove my car with trailor from tip of Cornwall to chatham docks Kent ,to collect my new viper .. EXCITEMENT levels through the ceiling

Get to the whare house , stood in front the roller doors waiting for them to open , then finally after all this time my first sight of my baby
after drooling for ages , and suddenly becoming a 5 year old boy in a sweet shop , i got down to the job in hand of moving my car

All my excitement very quickly dissapeared as i suddenly realised ,after lots of measuring before i left home , IT WOULDN'T FIT ON TRAILOR ....

Unfortunately it took me to re-arrange the cills to realise this !!!!

Eventually after a good few hours , and some modifications to the trailor we managed to get it on , and off i went to drop it off at Baz's ( just up the road , not !!)

BUT the saga didn't end there !!!! the car came off quite sweetly at Baz's place , but during that process , managed to rip all the wires from the trailor plug !!! Now facing the prospect of 6 hour drive back to cornwall in the dark with no trailor lights .
At least it was a good test of Baz's electrical prowess !!!!! eventually got it sorted , with a little help , Thanks Pete !!!!!!!! and got under way .

After a painfull drive on the M25 ( hour and a half traffic jam ) which might be normall for you guys , but us country folk ( who think 2 cars and a tractor is rush hour ) it was no fun . But at least i got home in one piece even though it was 2.20 am !!

BUT THE MORAL OT THE STORY IS ........... I DONT CARE , AND I WOULD DO IT ALL AGIN , BECAUSE I'M NOW A VIPER OWNER

[fatboy18]

Well done Les, but whats the story then with the side sills? Have you just lightly scratched the paint or are they dented? Did you damage both or just one side? Baz knows a guy who is good for paintwork in his area.

So hows the rest of the car? The interior looked fab in the listing photos is it as good as you expected?

So when's the MOT / SVA etc booked for? When do you think you will be ready for your first outing?

[Leatherman]

fatboy18 said:

Well done Les, but whats the story then with the side sills? Have you just lightly scratched the paint or are they dented? Did you damage both or just one side? Baz knows a guy who is good for paintwork in his area.

So hows the rest of the car? The interior looked fab in the listing photos is it as good as you expected?

So when's the MOT / SVA etc booked for? When do you think you will be ready for your first outing?

DUXFORD 21st August !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fishboy]

hi les
great news ! tis great when you first set eyes on your baby. especially after
such a long wait !i remember it oh so well !!
will drop of a little something with baz for you tomorrow !

[Viper Nigel]

Great news Les.

You need to change your username to viper2day :-)

[Dr-Bob]

Hi Les
It was just one of those days...... Glad you got home safe ,Few miles that day..


Viper is all safe and locked away.. Bits hanging off and missing already LOL!!!!

Have a few pics let me know if you want them mailed or posted here???? Or both...

[viper1day]

Thanks Baz
email them to me would be fine , !!! at : [e-mail]

Bits missing from the car already ????????? NOT THE SEATS I HOPE !!!

should hopefully have some news on iva , mon or tues , will let you know soon as

Thanks

Les

[viper2day]

yeah your right , nigel

there we go ............... done !!!!!

Viper2day it is !!!!!!!!!!

[Dr-Bob]

No your OK Les you can keep them stock black seats........

viper1day said:

Bits missing from the car already ????????? NOT THE SEATS I HOPE !!!



Thanks

Les

[Viper]

nice one Les i saw your RT last night when i was around to Bazs, looks lovely !!

those seats were quite difficult to remove though

Edited by Viper on Sunday 2nd August 21:03

[Viper Wizard]

Congrats Les!

"Now facing the prospect of 6 hour drive back to cornwall in the dark with no trailor lights .
At least it was a good test of Baz's electrical prowess !!!!!biggrin eventually got it sorted , with a little help , Thanks Pete !!!!!!!!"

Good thing Pete was there!!

[Dr-Bob]

NOW NOW Mr T.......

Pete is colour blind LOL!!!!!!!!

[Dr-Bob]

Shelby liked the interia that much she started removing it.....Sorry Les didn't see her do it LOL!!!!!!






Not sure where all this wiring came from though

[fishboy]

dont worry les , most of it will tcut out;)

[GTSDave]

Jeez that's a whole lot of yellow! Looks great though! Even got yellow smooth tubes!

[fatboy18]

GTSDave said:

Jeez that's a whole lot of yellow! Looks great though! Even got yellow smooth tubes!

Thats just not right on that fast red engine

[viper2day]

at least the seats are still in it

shelby looks real comfy in those lovely yellow seats !!!

thanks Baz , keep up the good work

ps can you tell me what size number plates i need to order
thanks

Les

[Dr-Bob]

12"x6" is the US size.. If you need blanks let me know..

[fatboy18]

Because the car is an import, you are allowed to have Motorcycle size letters and numbers, however if you want the plates to be super dooper legal they must also have the BS, British Standard (bullst) mark on the reflective background