Still P!$$€d at the way this week unfolded, today was a loss in many ways.
But I guess in real terms it did deliver something intangible…… mind space.
Nick Wheeler popped in for a few hours chat and looking at various aspects of this little car (he accidentally called it a car) when I was messing around with a propane gas bottle and some V8 headers for something else that I went to make.
I also spent some time shooting the breeze with him.
Looking at a few of the small issues that add up to being the mess this car currently is.
The front disc brakes seem to work, needing to be serviced though.
Nick also identified the thread and size of the missing nut that is meant to hold the choke cable and knob in place.
So an old wheel nut was cut back to create a new one (to be fitted)
I also grabbed an old rag, and some petrol and wiped away all the sticky paint from two/three weeks ago.
Long overdue job.
Yesterday I had taken the day off work to also just get my head clear…..
I went shopping for work clothes, and then headed out to mate Darren’s over on the Isle of Sheppey.
A few hours with him and the guys in the engineering shop always clears my mind.
Like me, he is a bit of a collector and hoarder, but also just to move stuff on to other people…..
I scored a Lotus 7 type nose cone he insisted on me taking.
I only took it because I knew where it needed to go.
A while ago I got a non running, minus carburettor, V-Twin lawn tractor from @frankenhealey
This was the best option yet, compared to scratch building a new engine cowl.
Just a test placement.
Nothing else done.
Tomorrow will be better.