Those damn finishing touches
 

I tell you what.............

Those damn finishing touches seem to take longer than it did getting the chassis to the rolling stage

Tho I must say the "to do list" is getting very very short now thankfully :)

I,m now at the stage where I,m going around my car "Looking" for things that need doing, & when I find something it seems to take ages to complete the task :rolleyes:

Have others found that they ended up RE doing things that originally you thought were finished with? ....arrggh ...pulls yet more hair out :D .....I,ll be bald by the time Stoneleigh weekend :p

cheers
andy

Ps.. I also "Twotted" a finger today, oww the bloomin hurt ! lol

Ain't you heard Andy, they are NEVER really finished.:eek: :D

yep your nearly a the end now. i got hacked off with mine towards the end :D

David...... Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo don,t say that :D I want to drive the Bloomin thing, not tinker with it , well, not until I "blow" the engine & need a new one ;)

Ash....... I,m pleased that I,m not the only one that goes thru this stage then ,

In the last few days I,ve fitted a new rad, repositioned my side indicators, put new rear lights on, put new gauge into the dash.....& the bug bear of a job......tidied up the wiring for what seems the umpteenth time ...aaarrrggh :eek:

And why is it when you hurt a finger ,,,its the one that gets used the most :D ......typing, phone digit, nose picking LOL ..only kidding on the last one, LOL

cheers
andy

I know the feeling. I had aluminium brackets for my brake unions, these all had to come off (IVA feedvback from others) and steel ones welded on. The same with my roll bar needing extra bolts on the rear down stays. Going around the car looking for internal / external projections that need trimming or modifying all together. Its seems like such a thankless task that takes loads of time. Whats worse is after an evening with the car, its doesn't look any different!

Look on the bright side Andy

You may be going over & re doing some jobs that you were happy with at the time .... Could be worse !!

At least you are not re building the complete chassis :o :o

Yes I imagine all of the finishing bits n bobs are very time consuming.

Great to hear that you are almost crossing the finish line :cool: :)

You,re right there Deezee, I spent a full day on it yesterday, drove it back into the garage, looked at it & thought..."what have I done today"...doesn,t look any different :eek: :D

Cheers Ronnie, you,re right mate, just the last few bits n bobs etc, just at times it gets like the feeling that nothing seems to "get finished" :confused:



Peeps......don,t under estimate how much edge trim you,ll need, me being a tight sod, ordered what I thought would be enough.....I,ve just reordered double the amount I originally purchased :eek:

I,d like to say a big thanks to Jas & David ....
Jas gave me a great contact for the rear fog light situation, after a slight problem with them sending me an Old unmarked lense, I now have the correct fog light for IVA ( new "F" mark etc ) in the NAS style.

Davids money saving tip for mounting the fog / reverse light in the vertical plane on the rear tub has worked a treat, I,ll put up a pic later of the rear of the car .

Thanks guys

cheers
andy

Handy I am at exactly the same stage as you, and falling into the same pitfalls.

I've been filling and sanding my enlarged nosecone for about 2 weeks now, doesn't seem to get any smoother, just makes the garage dustier.

Like you, my list is getting very small now.

And like you, I just found out that I'm about 14" short on edging trim, Grrrrr.

i think i used at least 10m of edge trim on mine. its funny though as it all seems to have fallen off over the last couple of thousand miles.

andy when is your IVA? got it booked yet?
do you need a help with anything?

pictures pictures pictures !

i remember this from my mini before finishing it the little things cost a bomb and mount up quickly as you think its only a couple o quid

nearly there................... glad youve found some time to work on your own :)

Hiya mate :)

I,m planning on applying for the test in the next 2 weeks or so....plan is test at end of March, if it fails, get a quick retest ( fingers crossed ) then hopefully I,ll have it road registered during April in time for driving it to Stoneleigh :cool: ( only a year late.......ask Ash LOL).

I,ve bought some brand new calipers ...yes I know.......bought something NEW :eek: & would like to fit them before the test, sooooooooo how do you fancy sitting in the car pumping the pedal for me again please ? let me know when you,re free :o

cheers for the offer of help .

cheers
andy

I,ve decided to hold off putting up any more pictures, until its finished, then I,ll post loads of photos :D

Cheers Rob, I took your advice .......now work on my car without fail ..Fri, Sat & Sunday

Spud was over my place today, he,s seen the progress :p

All will be revealed in the next few weeks :)

cheers
andy

free saturday afternoon so far - or sunday sometime maybe - got nothing planned yet - still working on my car to get that ready for stoneleigh but should be a lot less to do..

Thanks mate, sunday would be good for me :)

I,ve fitted the new calipers today, so will just be a case of bleeding the brakes again.....I must say the calipers look verrrrrrrry nice :)

cheers
andy

Fill the cylinder to the top and open the bleed nipples and let it drip out of the calipers,you may be suprised and get a good pedal. Works for me most times.

You can imagine how many brake pipes I do running an MOT station :rolleyes:

Two set's today :eek:

Cheers Paul, I,ll give that a go,

I,ve only ever done the "pedal down, release the bleed nipple, nip it up again, release pedal" method before on cars :o

Soooooooooo much easier on bikes where I can reach the lever or the brake pedal whilst bleeding the caliper :D

cheers
andy

send me a text andy if you still need a hand ill pop over sunday afternoon

A BIG thanks to forum member "Tex", who came over & helped me bleed my brakes today, got a nice pedal pressure , tho I think I,m going to install new brakes shoes in the drums before the test,

Took it for a little test run, and now have the front brakes locking up before the back, it felt GGGGGrreat to drive it again :D .

Cockpit is all finished & I think it looks really smart :p

Just the bonnet catches & some more edging trim to fit & make the tub lid & its done :cool: :cool:

Sorry if I,ve been quiet on the forum ( you all sigh .....enjoying the peace eh ), I,ve just been really busy finishing my car.

cheers
andy

No problem at all mate! Many minds fix a problem. Just gotta get the wheels pointing all the same direction now. :-)

Well done Andy
 

Nice to read that you have made some progress mate :) :)

Must be the first time for a very long while since you have had any time for your own build :eek:

Very much looking forward to seeing your build in the flesh :)

Keep up the great work.

Thanks "Tex"......oh yeah, thats another thing to add to the "to do list" :D

Cheers Ronnie, All being well I,ll have my car at Stoneleigh , ( & don,t forget what I said many moons ago about YOU going for a little drive ;) :) )

I,ll be posting up some "finished" photos on my Big Day thread soon, & would welcome everyones feedback, positive & negative , without this forum & its great members I couldn,t have done it , many thanks to you all for putting up with me :o

cheers
andy