55. We hunted high and low but we found it.......

But first! some good news!.. our race car transporter which is a converted ex council mobile library has passed it's MOT, it needed a few bits doing to it and the final bill was over a grand but I now have brakes for the first time since owning it which make driving it so much easier...

...and secondly my tickets arrived for Dragstalgia 2015 I had entered even though at the time I wasn't sure if we would have a race car ready or not.......

Right...now the hunt for the engine, we knew roughly when the ship carrying our precious new engine was leaving the States and when it was arriving here in the UK, but we needed more precise dates and timings as I had other meetings to enter...or not as the case may be  depending on when the engine arrives. So yesterday I started phoning around and I eventually got hold  of the right number for the shipping company here in the UK who informed me that e-mails had been sent to inform us of the arrival etc etc. The ship had docked in Southampton not London and had arrived earlier than expected, the engine had been in Southampton since the 12 March but....somewhere long the line a letter had been dropped from Steve's e-mail address so he never received any of the notifications..never mind all sorted now.

After filling in tons of paperwork then scanning said paperwork and sending it all off to the appropriate place the engine should be on it's way to us in the next day or so, I now want to have a wee whinge..and Jerry if you are reading this it has nothing to do with SAG performance it is just my whinge at "Rip Off Britain" and to let any others who go down this route to watch out for some "Hidden " costs..once you have paid for shipping you would think that's it wouldn't you...but no..see below.

As you can see I have had to pay another £450  just to get it out of storage/the warehouse. This does not include duties and taxes..please bear this in mind when costing up as it can make a big dent in your budget.

So while all this was going on Steve has been busy in darkest deepest Wiltshire finishing off some other tasks....

The brass gear drive has been fitted tot he dizzy the inlet manifold is the cleaning bath, the tank has been welded up and the brakes are being upgraded, then there is some wiring to do. There was a point some time ago when I really didn't think I would see our car back in one piece ever again ....

But now everything is coming together and I am getting really excited about hearing the engine start up for the first time....

Steve has already got the new nozzles in place ready for this momentous occasion I will be putting video clips of this and the subsequent runs onto YouTube on our channel ...

www.youtube.com/channel/UCWy-vhhDdvoQcuMasDRWU2Q

Or just search for Slimline Racing on You Tube  and look for the dragster.

UPDATE 27/03/2015: 04:45

Paid the VAT (taxes) and Duties yesterday afternoon, got mail to say Engine being delivered on Monday 30th...but with some damage to the crate/packaging, seems as though nothing ever goes smooth for me!!!