5 Months to D-Day
So things have quieted down a little – but there’s only 5 months (to the day) left before the big departure!
In the meantime, I’ve given the new wheels (kindly donated by W124 Works) a good scrub, fitted some roof bars, changed the spark plugs, got the various filters I plan on changing and generally fiddled.
I eventually bought a roof rack on eBay – but it’s designed for a Vauxhall tinythingabob, so it clearly didn’t fit the roof bars on the merc. So, out of frustration, over the weekend I dug the grinding disk, welding machine and OA torch out of the garage. I then butchered an old Ikea bookshelf, which was made of 30mm steel tubes and with some fussing (i.e. random banging on things with a hammer) fashioned a roof rack.
It almost holds my weight too!
I tested it up to 60mph, and it seemed to hold… next test is will it fall off at 90mph with a human specimen hanging on for his life on top! If that test is passed, I’ll need to strap a sofa to it for the “pilots seat”! If it doesn’t… hmm, I guess I’ll just superglue the sofa to the roof or something… (duct tape?)
I’ve decided to bring the waffle boards from the Shogun, which although heavy are fantastic bits of kit. Now I need to figure out where to mount them to streamline the car (cough cough).
Last bits of stickers are coming from Gavin @ Gavin’s Graphix soon, these will replace the official stickers and be the finishing touches to the vinyls!
Is anyone willing to donate a Pay&Play track day? Would love to test the car on the track (just kidding… if you do want to donate though, please do so! The money will go towards pens, books or some gear in some mud-walled school in Africa!).
One last point, I’ve finally uploaded some proper pictures to the site – both of the team and of the car. Please do have a look (click on “The Team” and “The Car” on the right hand side menu).
Anyhow, this is a short and sweet update… so Michele out!
Michele
P.S. does anyone know anything about tupes?
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