So the missing parts arrived from Caterham today, which meant I could crack on and install the missing Coil, as well as the throttle cable. The throttle cable was an easy fit at one end, Read more
Another good session today – it started off not so well – I released that I was missing the throttle cable, so I dropped Derek an e-mail about that, as well as asking him if Read more
It has been a while since I have done a build session, which is down to a few factors: The weather has been amazing, and it is hard to be motivated to spend a day Read more
It was a very satisfying build day today – the engine went in. The first thing to do was to remove the bell housing, and then bolt it to the gearbox. The gearbox and bell-housing Read more
A really good session today – felt like I made some real progress. I started off by wiring and fitting the headlights and indicators following the excellent guide on Daniel French’s site. I got to Read more
A frustrating day today – the plan was to get the headlights on, and then crack on with the anti roll bar (and hopefully the horn and radiator), but none of that happened. Issue 1 Read more
I had a whole day on the car today, so managed to make some really good progress. The first job was the wishbones – the upper ones were a real pain, mainly because they didn’t Read more
All of the blogs I have read suggested doing this first. The IVA manual is really vague, but there is an excellent guide on the purplemeanie blog – including which way around to put it Read more
So it has finally arrived!! It has been 9 months of waiting, but the car arrived today at 11:30. I helped unload the car, and first impressions are as follows: – I love the Red. Read more
I managed to get the garage mostly prepped today. We moved into our new house several months ago, and we had basically dumped everything from our garage, garden shed and loft into the garage. A Read more