The car has pretty much stalled for most of this year. Long story short, we got it fired up in mid April and I was happy as a pig in shit.
http://s63.photobucket.com/user/gbx78/media/hellanorfirstactualstart_zpsee90520d.mp4.htmlhttp://s63.photobucket.com/user/gbx78/media/hellanorfinalrun_zps46275e8e.mp4.htmlAnd then................
The next attempt to start it & we find it had seized. A few "errors" were made by the engine builder pretty much destroying it.
Fortunately he had insurance to cover stuff ups & he did the right thing in admitting what went wrong. Still it took a few months for the insurance company to assess & authorise the settlement (Understandable given the circumstances, they handled it very professionally)
Once that was sorted I re ordered the parts. Given that pretty much nothing in this car is "off the shelf" the parts took a while to arrive. I finally received them 2 weeks ago. The engine is in the process of being rebuilt & I should have it back before xmas all things going well.
To be honest though it really took the wind out of my sails, to be so close & then such a massive backward step. Part of the reason I have hardly been on here for the last 6 months. At one point I did consider pulling the pin on it & selling it, but sanity prevailed and we soldier on. I picked a good time to come back on and see the thread had been posted in recently
I will check through my pics & update where we got up to later. The exhaust is a work of art & all the plumbing is pretty sexy as well. The seats have been trimmed & a lot of other bits were done up until it went bang. Well not bang as such, more like click. At this stage I am hoping for completion before Easter next year.
