Just because we are sitting out racing for the year...maybe? doesn't mean that we are not busy at Slimline Racing HQ, first off is the HQ we didn't have one our HQ was the trailer which meant when we had to do anything to the dragster we had to meet up from all points West and South then take the dragster out of the trailer to work on it usually in wet and cold conditions and occasionally ..snow! So first thing to do...man shed! or to better describe to it as....a workshop. Steve already had a big wooden shed in his garden but it was falling apart so a new one was needed what Kerry didn't know was Steve had ordered a 20 foot by 10 foot metal structure to replace the original one. A lot of clearing and digging was done and then concrete poured for the new base.
Saga of the workshops
First Workshop
The idea being that the new fence panels can be removed and the dragster wheeled in form the road behind and at 20 foot long the dragster fits in no problem but the big garage which is what it really is comes in kit form from Australia when I say Kit I mean lots and lots of bits and pieces.
So Steve got his tools out dismantles the old shed got all the bits and pieces out ready to assemble the new workshop, only it didn't quiet go to plan, after hours and hours of drilling and screwing and marking out on the floor something was wrong! the completed workshop wasn't square and the doors wouldn't fit properly so Steve tried to manipulate the panels but it just got worse and worse then Steve got mad..short fuses run in the family. anyway the workshop got beaten up and ended up at the local tip!!
Second Workshop
After he had cooled down a bit Steve ordered another one and paid for their own fitting team to come and put it up for him.
The new workshop duly arrived and a date was arranged for the fitting team to come and put it up, it was supposed to go up in a day.
The parts were all laid out ready for the assembly, the fitters got some of the panels together put a corner of the workshop up was about to put a brace up when the wind got up the structure fell over and buckled....end of workshop number 2.
Third Workshop
The fitters apologised and ordered a replacement workshop, that was the end of the year so the new one wouldn't arrive till January. Then the wait for the fitting team but it appears that when the team turned up to assemble workshop 3 there was some parts missing so once again Steve waited and then at last the fitting team re-appeared with all the parts needed and they put the new workshop up...yaaa!!
But after closer inspection Steve found that the had buckled some panels missed screws and bolts out and even worse that that they had assembled the whole thing too close to the dividing fence between Steve's place and the neighbours garden!!!
Lots of irate phone calls later and Steve was offered £200 to forget it or £100 and the fitters would come back and move it, Steve was of course not happy with this as the fitters had screwed it up twice now so another phone call or ten and Steve got the whole fitting fee refunded and he is now going o move the workshop over himself and fix the other problems but...we now have a HQ.
