shhhhh :D thats what i,m telling the wife ;) that my boring sierra engine will be so slow to drive :D ;)

andy

Wahey looking good;)

thanks Mark,
here,s another just for you :p :D it shows the bonnet off better.

You bin Tango'd........

had a re think for the running gear of my Roadster :D

Cool Andy :cool:

That'll save a fortune on IVA fees :D

Mind the first step though........it's a ..........Doosy :eek: :D

:D & i,ll be able to see over the top of most vehicles on the road .

the reason my chassis is on top of my van is with the great help from forum member "Mark", we stripped the engine/box/diff/all wishbones/suspension etc to just leave the bare chassis so that i could move my car to the Saturn sports cars premises,
thanks to the help from Mark it was stripped & on the roof within an hour & a half & on its first journey to the unit, got it unloaded & within an hour it was all back together again, engine/box in & back on wheels.

a big thanks to Mark for all your help, shout if i can repay the favour ;)

so now the car is at the unit i,m hoping to have it finished within my original schedule by January & hope to have it IVA,d end of Jan. :eek: :cool:

cheers
andy

what have i started. all i did was post a picture of a kit car on the roof of my car and its turned into a competition to see who can take to the highest level.

i think your winning so far andy. although the vehicle is way to suitable for the job. but then again i do have to commend you for getting it up so high. it was a bad enough job getting one on the roof of the car let alone on a van

:D my van might only be an old LDV postie van but it certainly has its uses

it was quite easy to get the chassis onto the roof, just stood it on end at the back rail & lifted/slid it over the roof of the van, all the engine etc in the back of the van with engine hoist made the van even slower than usual :o
got some strange looks especially when i had to stop off at a B&Q store, you could see people looking thinking "what the hell is that?":D

couldn,t have done it without Mark,s help tho:cool:

cheers
andy

A little update.......

As most of you are aware, the last 2 months have been a hectic time ( my involvement with Saturn Sports Cars ), in getting the unit ready prior to opening for business at the beginning of November.

Spud69 suggested that as i haven,t had much time on my own car recently to set myself a target .....

So the target is............. to do the following to the car, brake lines fully installed, fuel line & tank installed, wiring fully fitted, engine fully fitted :eek:

and to have the engine running by Christmas :eek:

fingers crossed it,ll happen........GULP:D :D

cheers
andy

Ive got some magic fairy dust if you want a sprinkle :D

I think your gonna need it :D ;)

Just kidding :D

Im sure you will manage that if you put the effort in, you know where i am if you need a hand

cheers Mark, you might regret saying that ;) :D

i,ll supply the biccies :p

cheers
andy

With that amount of work i think your going to need a small workforce. Should i bring my overalls on wed? :p :D

Hi Simon,
no need for your overalls, i,m getting everything together first then will "hit it", i,m sure it will be a tough target but hopefully achieveable :o :rolleyes: :D

hope the weather is kind on wednesday for your visit;)

cheers
andy

Let me know when you have all the bits and we can have a build fest !

now that sounds like a plan ;)

i wonder how much 4 or 5 of us could get done in a weekend ????:cool: :D

cheers
andy

Errr loads !:D
Put it up on two oil drums or something like them and its a doddle to work on.

nah.... i,m short enough to work on it at floor level :o

tho i could knock up some form of support to get it at waist height just for you Paul :D :p

cheers
andy

1mtr high is just enough,just! (39 ins in English money):p

good point....... as between my waist height & Spuds there must be a 12" difference :D i,ll dig a trench on 1 side so we,re all at the same height:p :D

andy

Sounds good to me,biguns one side and You ! ;)

That's what they did for Tom Cruise & Nicol Kidman in "Days of thunder" :D

Kind regards

John

As the thread about who,s taking their Roadster to Stoneleigh has been created...........

do you think we ( had lots of offers of help from forum members ) can get my car, pictured on the right to look like the one on the left & IVA,d in time for Stoneleigh ? :eek:



i have all the bodywork ready :D

cheers
andy

When is stoneligh....

TT

The first weekend of May (bank holiday weekend ) :eek: about 15 weeks :eek:

cheers
andy

Good luck..

I have a deadline in Early august to Finaly get My 24V Sapphire finished and ready for Ford Fair.

The cold weather is not doing us any favours is it!!

TT

Off to Kenya then so may not make it either.

Wheres the snow !!!

Tell me about it.....
Hoping to do some work on the car today.
Minus lots again and s**t loads of snow .
Another day in front of the fire.:rolleyes:

David

Yep, I cant work on one car as another is stuck in the garage needing a little work but it's too cold..

Hopefully we will have a realy warm spring, summer and autum.

I have 3 cars to get finished before summer. and then I can start the Roadster...

TT

the above photo was taken a few weeks ago, & the car hasn,t had anything done to it since,
the snow is so bad here today i can,t get to the Saturn unit :mad:

got lots to do too, :rolleyes:

might have to resort to using the dogs to get me there:cool:

cheers
andy

As you may have read in the thread about the Teesside track day i have been set the challenge of having my own car complete & driveable for April 9th,

so as i like a challenge i,m gonna "go for it" :eek:

here,s a couple of pics taken today of my car........lots to do, YES

lets see if i make the track day in time :)





the engine is ready to install & i have all the bodywork, have a new wiring loom all labeled up ready to fit too, got all lights, harnesses etc.

So....... do you think i,ll make the track day event??????

yea youl make it...i think :D

I don't think you'll make it Andy, so i think you should just donate all of your parts to me and call it quits :D :p.

With a few dedicated weekends I think you'll be able to get it cracked.

well i,m certainly going to have a go at getting my car to the track day,

cheers for your offer of help Tatey , i,ll security mark all my parts eh???:o :D

might be using a couple of beer crates as seats tho :eek: :D

cheers
andy

just borrow spuds passenger one. :D

now thats a good idea :D

andy

Dose the car have to be road legal for the track sessions?

TT

no it doesn,t need to have been tested or road registered, so the plan is.....get the car done, give it a good shake down session on track then do IVA , hopefully before Stoneleigh show in early May.

cheers
andy

Stop posting on here and get it done !!!!!:p

You will sort it.....