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
And just like that, @simola_hillclimb 2023 is all over and we start preparing for another year.I have to admit, the evidence is strong that being prepared is better than arriving a day late.Despite our best efforts being thwarted by self destructing tyres and broken pistons, we managed to pull off the perfect weekend with a … Read more
37 days to Simola Hillclimb2023. Snuck in a little shakedown of the #rescuemod.My first real drive in anger, to say overthinking levels were high would be an understatement.Reminded of my lap of the Nurburgring, driving a vehicle spiritedly on the road is nothing like exploring its limits on the relative safety of a racetrack, suddenly … Read more
Heat is on and it’s not even fully summer yet!@simola_hillclimb 2023, Ticket Sales Opened yesterday, 4-7 May 2023. 253 days….After yet another 1.04 best run, decisions were made. More Race, less Daily. No more driving to the event, we need to tow a #RaceCar.Having sold my much loved #volksiebus with the business, it was time … Read more
4th #JaguarSGC done and dusted. Still reeling from last years frantic experience, once again left everything to the last minute. Only managed to swap out cylinder head on Monday, rewired (more or less) the dashboard, fitted seats, rechromed lights & surrounds, before realizing the license had expired… Lovely roadtrip to knysna via R62, abruptly halted … Read more