Nationals Soon - Will I make it???????????

Post by **BigDawgV8** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:17 am

Hi All,

6 weeks until the National Rally and I'm on the home straight.

1) Front suspension to finish.
2) Freshly painted front wings to fit and wire up.
3) Steering wheel to sort out.
4) Final checks
5) Insurance to sort
6) MOT

7) 5 years of erm...stuff to wash/polish off the bodywork

Wish me luck!

I might just make it after all!

See you there!

Martin

Post by **Onne** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:26 am

Best of luck

I'm sure you'lle make it!

(and you can always polish it AT the national to save time

)

Post by **ASL642** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:07 am

We re-wooded the trav in six weeks! - just get a v.good supply of tea/coffee and the jobs will soon be done and you'll be sitting at National with your feet up!! See you there.

Post by **Kevin** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:49 pm

Hi Martin I am sure you will make it but I know with the non standard cars it takes even longer to complete, but good luck and see you there hopefully.

Post by **motherofgod** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:57 pm

Hey Martin, it'll be nice to put a face to BDV8!

You'll do it im sure

James

Post by **Kevin** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:42 pm

I wonder if it will be in Martins favorite colour.

Post by **8009STEVE** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:55 pm

1) Front suspension to finish.
2) Freshly painted front wings to fit and wire up.
3) Steering wheel to sort out.
4) Final checks
5) Insurance to sort
6) MOT
7) 5 years of erm...stuff to wash/polish off the bodywork

Is that all you have to do?

Try this:-

1 Finish off fitting metal panel in the middle
2 Finish off the wood on the off side
3 Fit the third axle
4 Plumb in the rear brakes on both axles
5 Manufacture the twin rear wheel arches on both sides
6 Make the rear doors fit
7 Fit and wire the rear lights
8 Fit seat belts to the front
9 Fit front seats
10 MOT?
11 Make and fit rear seats
12 Fit interior
13 Wash and polish

Thanks for telling me only six weeks.

Post by **BigDawgV8** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:39 pm

Hi,

Thanks for all the support!!!

Spent most of today sorting the suspension.
It's mostly hand-made but now it's also adjustable

.
The wings should be on by next weekend.

Kevin wrote:I wonder if it will be in Martins favorite colour.

Yep, still the same colour as when you last saw it

Cheers

Martin

Post by **Kevin** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:34 pm

Yep, still the same colour as when you last saw it

Post by **DAVIDMCCULLOUGH** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:19 pm

Six weeks!!!! The lowlights still in bits, but Im off for the next couple of days so hoping to make good progress, cant seem to find lots of bits that were taken off....

Post by **rayofleamington** » Mon May 12, 2008 2:34 pm

My heavily condensed list of jobs to get the pick up to the national:

1) Rebuild brakes and driveshafts and many other things on a 'non-Morris' to get an MOT.
2) Refit the utility room for a dishwasher.
3) Visit father in law in London a lot, as he's still very ill, in between the other 3 days a week that are already full.
4) find time to give g/f some more driving lessons

5) Repair both A-posts on the pick up
6) Replace both cab sills on the pick up
7) Repair chassis on the pick up
8 ) Re-make rear wiring loom so it's not a birds nest
9) replace shabby marina disks and pads
10) dissassemble o/s front suspension and re-bush etc... (near side is done but was nearly impossible to dissassemble)
11) Do something so that rotten pick up bed floors do not fail MOT
12) Do something so that rotten pick up rear arches do not fail MOT
13) Do something so that broken indicator stalk does not fail MOT
14) Repair both front inner wings and flitch panels
15) Replace all tyres
16) make sure any nbew painting is just primer and looks hideous
17) ignore any option of refitting the interior or washing/polishing
18 ) fail MOT to find out what other jobs need doing
19) do other jobs for MOT

Post by **8009STEVE** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:08 pm

And I thought I had it bad.

Post by **Judge** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:12 pm

Is this the pick up that's going to do this years LEO

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:40 pm

so relieved to see that other people have "to do" lists as bad as mine!!! The van is still in six thousand component parts and I have never re-bushed suspension before.... wish me luck!

wibble *still smiling*

Post by **rayofleamington** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:20 pm

Is this the pick up that's going to do this years LEO

oh yes

I'm not planning to do the LEO without getting an MOT first ;-)

Post by **BigDawgV8** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:24 pm

DAVIDMCCULLOUGH wrote:Six weeks!!!! The lowlights still in bits, but Im off for the next couple of days so hoping to make good progress, cant seem to find lots of bits that were taken off....

About 5 1/2 weeks now!!!!!!!

Post by **ASL642** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:28 pm

Shovel up all the parts, hire a trailer and come in style!

Post by **alex_holden** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:36 pm

wibble_puppy wrote:The van is still in six thousand component parts and I have never re-bushed suspension before.... wish me luck!

Good luck!

Post by **8009STEVE** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:38 pm

About 5 1/2 weeks now!!!!!!!

STOP RUBBING IT IN

Post by **wibble_puppy** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:15 pm

alex_holden wrote:Good luck!

thank you lovely alex

you've been there and done all this so you know what it's like, eh!

and good luck to everyone else rushing to get their project finished in time - looking forward to seeing you all there, plucking feverishly at the blankets over your knees in your bathchairs