Good morning after a very short night.
I cooked Nick, John the lodger and myself a lovely chicken curry last night, and in my own case, drank way more than I should have.
Well, a second rum is a rare thing. But usually results in a restless night. But it tasted so good.
Yesterday was one of those MANY JOBS MAKE A DAY kinda days. Another of those fine tuning, redesigning as you go along jobs.
I had a full sheet of 6mm ply from when I built the teardrop trailer 12 years ago.
And was loathe to cut it up…… Nick insisted that it was what I had saved it for… to be used.
Transferring the layout from the original cheap n nasty ply to the final version took a lot longer than planned.
But we know these jobs take just as long as they should.
It went in and out no less than 10 times to make the basic shape fit, and also for the steering column shroud to fit around and leave room for the vinyl and foam covering.
In Out In Out In Out……..
In Out In…….
Drivers side is slightly lower to cover fuse boxes, pedal boxes and various bits of low hardware.
Next up.
Fitting the instrument cluster.
That took forever.
Eventually happy, very happy.
Switch gear and side panels next.
At some point John the lodger came back home and as always, came to look, advise, help, poke fun.
And took some pics neither @nickwheeler nor I knew he was taking.
No, I have no clue either, but obviously busy with something that consumes time and necessitated being on my knees.
Still not done.
Fettling a piece of wood for 2 hours etc.
Started like this.
Sorted some stuff, tidied up stuff and got tools and materials out.
Nick was early, no ringing bells afaik.
By 11.00 I had to run to the village to pick up another brake master cylinder ordered on Friday. £70.00 or about $100.00 at a guess.
Also pharmacy to get some Actifed for Sally who has been sick most of the week and something for me.
Bolted on.
Shiny.
We had hoped the Ford reservoir would fit…..
Looked like a good fit, even initially back to front, but alas…….. the legs are too big to fit in the new holes, which means it needs a different, new reservoir.
Next up, we started to lay the wiring looms for the umpteenth time.
Fuse box and clutch hose mocked up and made up.
Looking encouraging.
Progress.
Looking tidy.
Nick had brought treats for around lunch time.
Short bread cookies.
Time to stand back, discuss, grin, gloat, coffee, plan, enjoy the progress.
Loads of stuff happening in the background, not captured.
More in a bit.
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