80. Getting excited now....!

Over the last couple of days my number one son and crew chief has had to put the jigsaw puzzle that is my race car "Tight Fit" back together again, while contending with a crappy cold and hay fever and working 9-5:30 every day and what a job he has done. First off the injector hat and rocker box was sent to John O'Sullivan.....

We had to have some work done to make the throttle cable fit the new injector system which meant having a bracket made up and we needed an oil filler welding onto the rocker box  for obvious reasons.

The usual great job by Mr. O'Sullivan when Steve got the bits back he did have a go at polishing the new throttle bracket, not a bad job at all.....

Then it was a case of putting all the bits back together, plumbing in all the new fuel lines which was a bit of a nightmare and then re-fitting the tank after it had the new fittings welded to it.

So this evening after a lot more hard work and with a little help from number two son Phil, Steve fitted the last few bits and pieces like the throttle cable, parachute release cable and all the body panels.

As you can see Phil seemed to be enjoying himself in the drivers seat and I hope you can notice the three inches taller roll cage that makes Phil look like a little person...! On a more serious note I have to admit that I love the look and stance of the car now that bug catcher really looks the biz.

It is still however not the easiest of cars to get out of, here ably demonstrated by Phil, I am hoping that I will now have enough room once the padding has been fitted to get in the car and have a wee bit of headroom and maybe even get something softer to sit on as opposed tot he sheet of ali I have at the moment.

We do still have some work to do on her, there is a leaking half shaft seal which we will sort at the track we still need to fit the new harness when it arrives along with the new chute and gearbox shields and the roll cage padding, and I will have to use some elbow grease on her and clean and polish her up a bit, none of which will stop us starting her up for the first time this Sunday  and ....fingers crossed we might even get her down the track once we sorted the running out, then it's all hands on deck to finish all the little bits and bobs up ready for the Springspeed nationals where I hope to get my licence signed off...proper race driver then.

So picking the truck up later this week to take the car back to her secure parking facility then back to pick her up on Sunday to take her to the Pod ready to test...oooh time to get excited...!