A month ago I hoped I would be shaking down this car tomorrow.I suppose I am eating humble pie, which I am proud to admit tastes delicious.The skills I have learned, confidence gained and personal growth I’ve experienced in the passed couple weeks is invaluable!After the highs of cutting, welding and grinding last week to … Read more
SPOILER ALERT!!!Egos and body work may have been injured in the work leading up to this post.By far the sketchiest thing I’ve done with a car. Mount it on a rotisserie! 105’s are known for their fragile bumper mounts and I don’t have time to manufacture elaborate brackets. Also, the removal of fenders has lessened … Read more
Update on the widebody build for Simola Hillclimb 2024. The idea behind rescuing a derelict racecar for the HillClimb, was to have no emotional attachment in the very likelihood of a racing incident.Well that didn’t last a minute!As posted previously, I specialise in massively underestimating the time to complete a task. In my defense, I … Read more
Weekend of cutting, grinding, welding, body filler and sanding, sanding, sanding, welder repairs and confusion.After carefully securing new panel onto old body, to single mindedly focus on all attention on welding… and the car immediately starts melting at the first sign of heat! Lead filler from previous repairs… and so the scope creep continues! Sort … Read more
What a week, baptism of fire would be an understatement. Starting with fabricating, ending with body filler, and some body parts may have lost their identifying features.Huge shoutout to Dawie from @raptor_coating_sa for guiding me through the process of using their products. Without which I would still be watching YouTube tutorials!!!But once again I have … Read more
Simola2024 preparation Day11 March 2024, probably time to start my preparations for Simola2024, after all only 60 days to go!Let me make it abundantly clear, I have no idea what I am doing. If I did, I would probably be completing, not starting to build the car…. Make no mistake, I have been overthinking the … Read more