Wow, I've owned my second user, piece of crap, Locust (spit.....twice ) hoping to be a dragon/Haynes roadster(ish), kit(ish)car for a full year now! I know this is true 'cos DVLA (bless 'em) have written to me to say the SORN is due for renewal, gosh how time flies!

Having spent a thoroughly enjoyable weekend at Stoneleigh I've found some renewed enthusiasm for my Dragon:D . Got a bit of cash put by for some purchases (more news to follow soon hopefully) and I've got a rough plan for the next 8 days or so. Tomorrow AM is work, pm is trying to sort out the overheating fester, I suspect it has the wrong water pump causing a backflow:( !. Sunday AM is gardening followed by watching the GP with a beer or three:D in the pm. This is all followed by six full days of graft and then I plan to have the following Sunday working on the Dragon, watch this space folks:cool: .

D.

Missed this one Davey :o

Congratulations on the first anniversary of your build :)

Time does indeed fly .... It'll not be too long before I enter the 4th year of my build :o

If memory serves me right, I started about the beginnig of June 1997 .... Where the heck has that time gone :confused:

those bones look so much better than the originals in your early pics
looking good Ray:)

Cheers guys, ordered some ali tube, plate and flat bar yesterday to fabricate my inlet fanimold with, hopefully it will be here tomorrow. Got plenty of work on at the moment so I'm hoping to have Sunday morning working on it before getting back home by 12-1pm ish for the Monaco GP. If it all goes well I'll let you know and post some pictures (might even get round to updating my blogg-ish site) if it all turns out bad I'll just bury the evidence and save up for some more raw material:D .

D.

Inlet fanimold arrived today..................in kit form:D . Planning to start cutting bits up on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, nned to get some more oxy for the welding kit.

D.

Nice one Davey :)

You'll have to get some pictures up, once some progress has been made :cool:

Nice to know you are managing to find a few hours to work on the build :) :)

Soon as I have some progress to show I'll post a photo or two:D .

D.

Quick update:
I've been down the workshop for a few hours this AM and have now cut and machined the short pipes to take the itbs and I've made a mounting plate out of 6mm ali plate to carry them. I've also cut the six pipes to take the air flow from the bottom of this plate to the inlets on the head. I've yet to make the plates that will actually be mated to the head, they will be made from 50mmX19mm ali flat bar so that after all the welding is done they can be milled flat to mate with the heads. Here's a couple of phone pics, first one shows the itbs on the mounting plate and the second is the drivers view of the power unit. The itbs will stand about 7" above the bonnet line once they have 50mm trumpets attached:rolleyes: .

Now its time for the Monaco GP and a couple of tinnies!

Nice work there Davy, nice to see another one making some progress :cool:

Personaly I have not done a lot since my return from Stoneleigh :rolleyes:

You are going to need a nice power bulge for those & perhaps a booster cussion for your seat :D

Likewise, sitting here drinking a brew & waiting for the Monaco GP to start :)

Nice work Davey :cool:

"Booster cushion" :eek: i,d need a ladder :D

nice progress mate :cool:

cheers
andy