Well so much for the best main plans etc etc. I decided not to start work on the buggy last night. I was working yesterday during the day when the Lions match was on so I recorded it. Watching the match took priority last night, I wanted to watch it before someone told me the [...]
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We both gave the car a few hours this evening and decided to concentrate on the small jobs that have been overlooked for a while. The handbrake cables where shortened and the handbrake connected, not adjusted yet but i have to adjust the rear brakes before i can finish the handbrake. I also did the [...]
Well over the last 2 days i made some good progress with the buggy including one big landmark. Last night I started cutting holes in the dash. I have 4 gauges, the speedo and the radio to cut into it. The speedo and 2 of the gauges went well. When I cut the holes on [...]
Right, its time for an update. Last weekend i didn’t get much work done on the buggy. Saturday I spent with the family plus the Lions match was on Saturday morning. Sunday Alma and Evin went off to lahinch for the day to allow me to get some work done, it lasted about an hour [...]
i got a little more work done tonight, i got the fuel filler fitted, i also repaired the enlarged hole mistake from last night. i also started with the steering column, i cut the hole in the dash for the steering column, i wasn’t as bad as i thought but its not finished, i have [...]
I got my new fuel tank in today. It wasn’t out of the box 2 minutes and I had the angle grinder to it. I moved the fuel filler from the bottom right to the top centre. So i had a hole to cut and install a new fuel filler, i also had the old [...]
I’m putting this here for me more than anyone else but someone might think of things that i’m missing on the list Body 1. Finish Rear Light Pods 2. Cut out battery box 3. Cut out fuel filler 4. Cut out speedo hole and dash gauges 5. Stereo mount location – fibreglass box dash mount? [...]
I have been doing a bit of work on the buggy over the weekend but its one of those weekend where there isn’t much progress to report. Its a beautiful sunny weekend, the perfect weekend for a beach buggy which does help inspire me to get into the garage and try get the buggy out. [...]
We had a scheduled power cut yesterday here so I could do no real work, office work anyways. I got some work done on the buggy but it was one of those days where I was working all day and i don’t see much progress. I did get the rear light pods fibreglassed. My first [...]
well after about 5 minutes of tweaking last night she fired up and she sounds good too but that could have been the fact that there is no muffler on at the moment, just the manifold. Thats another box ticked. I think i’m going to leave the bodywork for a few days, it every slow [...]
