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RK - 17/6/07 at 12:29 PM

Now, my job is to find out whether all the stuff on the inventory sheet/invoice is actually there. Except I can't figure out what half of it is!

Have applied one coat of TremClad (antirust paint) to keep the red stuff from forming. The real fun should begin soon. The good news is that you can use a dolly to get the other half to move around her end, while you lift the front, so it's quite mobile even now!

[Edited on 17/6/07 by RK]

RK - 18/6/07 at 01:44 AM

Update: spent part of today spraying more primer on the frame. I have used 5 $6.00 cans of primer. I do not recommend this method and will finish brushing and rolling on the rest.

RK - 22/6/07 at 10:18 PM

I must admit to feeling a little left out. If I were English do you think delivery and build start would cause a bit of interest? Well, I guess the colonies have done without you for this long...

Fozzie - 22/6/07 at 11:09 PM

Sorry RK ......

I am very happy that you have got your chassis

Who did you buy it from? and did you have to wait very long?

Are you making your own body work?

Any pictures yet?

Now, the fun begins!

ATB Fozzie

Although not an excuse, you may have had more views/replies if you had put your post in the Chassis section (Frame, on your side of the pond)....which also reminds me......I owe my cousin in Ottawa a few emails.... ...ooops!

Simon - 24/6/07 at 04:51 PM

RK,

As Fozzie says

Though I couldn't have commented earlier as I just got back from a week in very very wet France

Though I still managed to get sunburn

Pics please, especially the bits you need help identifying!

ATB

Simon

RK - 24/6/07 at 08:48 PM

Hi,

As stated in the Chassis section, I have a few important questions (that I will harrass everyone with on a regular basis!!) I will now go try to take some pics, since I am waiting for paint to dry.

The good news is that my golf swing is improving immensely whilst I wait. I could've spent what this will cost on a good club membership, now that I think about it.

Fozzie - 24/6/07 at 09:02 PM

Noooooo!

Golf club membership verses Locost Building?!?

No comparison ....... car building much more fun, more challenging and far more satisfying

Fozzie

Looking forward to seeing the pics!

RK - 25/6/07 at 12:26 AM

Actually, I'm into this ONE week, plus months of buying parts etc., and no, I can't say I agree. Golf is a great game that needs constant attention, but it has its rewards.

Simon - 25/6/07 at 07:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by RK
Actually, I'm into this ONE week, plus months of buying parts etc., and no, I can't say I agree. Golf is a great game that needs constant attention, but it has its rewards.


Yeah, my father's been playing for 40+ years and still ain't that good

I did use the cost of golf: club membership, set of clubs, attire and upkeep/replacement as required (or starting to support a top football team: season ticket, travel to/from, burgers and new kit every three months or start drinking heavily), as one of my arguments for building Deimos.

Deimos far cheaper than any of above

ATB

Simon

RK - 25/6/07 at 08:49 PM

I actually put two and two together and solved my immediate problems: how to mount the diff and the handbrake. I also painted my foot silver, but I digress. It's a lot more fun when it all goes together and a lot cheaper than chasing girls (one is enough), drinking and generally polluting oneself.