152. Still trying...!

As usual with us nothing goes to plan and the last few weeks have been no exception. OK so Steve took the chassis to a professional painter as he could not get the paint to set right. After a couple of days the painter seems to have the same problem. The culprit..contaminated paint. So the chassis was collected and bought back home now in an even worse state, So a lot of money just went down the drain , as we supplied the paint there was nothing the painter could do without being paid more money of course, nobody works for nothing. Back to work for Steve and his mates and once again the chassis was rubbed down in the back of the trailer, The trailer was then cleaned and re-painted with fresh paint, Steve was still  not  happy with the finish as even though he cleaned the trailer out within an inch of its life a lot of dust had still settled on the paint. After a lot of discussion the decision was made to just put the car back together and go racing.

Front wheels an suspension went on first along with the steering so far so good..hmm! Then the rear axel was collected cleaned up checked and even the end plate was polished.

The axel was then mounted back on the car along with the wheels so now at least it was a roller, next job was to mate the engine and gearbox along with the new flex plate and new motor plates ready for installation. This when Steve found the gearbox mount need to be coiled as the threads were had it.

Next the whole drive train was re-installed in the chassis and......this is where it all went a little pear shaped again. For some inexplicable reason nothing lined up again, this was just a bit more than frustrating after so much work had been done, mainly in the pouring rain.

This all happened on this Thursday 4th and Steve was more than little agitated in fact he was furious, he was going to have another look at the car on the weekend and if not resolved he was finished with it all. I waited all day today Saturday 6th for a call from Steve to let me know which way everything was going and low and behold a minor miracle occurred with the help of Steve's friends Jim and Nigel and......everything is now lined perfect. Also Before the engine fitting disaster Steve had refurbished the braking system.

So now the rush is on to try and get everything back together again and running, just like the Nostalgia Nationals it my be a bit too late for entry to Dragstalgia.

It maybe a tall order but Steve and the gang are on it but no matter what happens the car will hit the track sometime this year,  badder and faster hopefully, See you all at the track very soon.