A quick update on the repair and rebuild of the Tight Fit slingshot........not everything always goes according to plan, they certainly don't with us anyway, When Steve bought the car back from having the chassis sorted out by Wayne Colliver her noticed a small puddle of oil under the car, seeing that there is no engine or transmission in the car the only other culprit was the rear axle. With the axle removed and scrutinised, Steve found a crack on the bottom of the axle where the protection plate bolts on. A bit strange as the axle hadn't hit anything when loaded or unloaded form the trailer. So now we have another problem.
Our axle is a Chevy 10 bolt jobbie as once used by top fuel cars in the past but its not the axle of choice these days, that's long been the 9inch Ford they are not interchangeable due to the position of the prop shafts. This is a dilemma do we look for a replacement which is going to be a long search or could the axle be repaired. "We know a man who can" enter Jim and his welding gear and...one repaired axle, thanks Jim. This held us up a bit. Next the chassis needed rubbing down again and repainting so hours of dust and red hands later with the help of friends the chassis was sprayed...but the paint reacted with something this time and came out all bubbly...not good!
Steve phoned a powder coating company in his area that had a tank big enough for the chassis, the guy was on holiday phone back later which Steve did and he got the run-around. So Plan B get someone else to paint it as Steve had giving up trying to get it to look good while trying to paint it in the back of the trailer. So this afternoon Monday 13th the chassis was taken to paint booth in Cirencester.
There is still a lot of work to be done and time is slipping away so it is beginning to look like the Nostalgia Nationals will come around too quick...maybe! So looking forward to the odd Run what you brung and Dragstalgia. Fingers crossed.
