ALTER EGO BUILD-OFF AT THE 2025 KILLARNEY MOTOR SHOWThe Killarney Motor Show 2025 and AlterEgo Casual Wear are proud to introduce the Annual AlterEgo Build-Off, a celebration of South African craftsmanship in both cars and motorcycles.Petrolheads express themselves in their rides; it takes vision, ingenuity, patience and above all, passion tostand out in a crowd. … Read more
On a roll with engine removal practice, i suddenly found myself removing the engine & gearbox from the stepnose. As per the OneTrackMind manifesto, the racecar gets best of whats available, which means gearbox, diff and brake Calipers from #rescuemod have to make their way into the widebody. Needless to say, we will use this … Read more
23 Weeks to @simola_hillclimb 2025; the procrastination is paying dividends. With less than 232days til RaceDay, one should arguably become nervous. But not this guy. “Racing is life, everything else is waiting” says Steve Mcqueen.Well, I’m here to tell you: “racing is life, everything else is PREPARATION”. As mentioned last week, I’ve learnt a lot … Read more
Lesson: don’t think you will remember the last thing you were working on, therefore, always complete the job before any intended break. Haven’t touched the Bedford since before I started working on the race car, over two months ago. In the interests of safety and reliability, I decided to opt out of the ageing old … Read more
When one slowly and carefully turn the crank of your freshly built 1750 bottom end. And the grinding is undeniable. Check everything while contemplating the effort and cost of stripping the motor while questioning why you chose this motor and not one of the others…. Only to realise the ring gear is rubbing against the … Read more