It's Been a While

What with being in Houston and Chicago last week (and recovering from my retirement dinner), I didn't have much time to do anything.

One minimalist dashboard

I did get the carbon effect dash drilled (very flimsy, I think it will need replacing with the real thing) and the dash2 and switches fitted. Of course, it necessitated a trip to the hardware store to get the required bolts.


Seems to be a mismatch of different shapes and sizes - this is something for an upgrade in the future. Note to self, be careful with a Dremel on a plastic dash - one of the holes got too big too quickly. Fortunately not too big and I was able to bond the offending switch in place so it is hardly noticeable.


With son #1 here at the weekend, we did finish bleeding the brakes:

This was after we took the TR3 to cars and coffee - it always seems to generate a lot of interest when I take it there.

There were some interesting cars:

Couldn't resist this one!

When we got back we did a test fit of the exhaust - seems strange to design a bracket where the rubber bushing hangs down, rather than having the weight sitting on it and compressing it.

But with everything tightened up, it seems to be OK (I was worried about the weight of the canister pulling the rubber mount apart). However, the exhaust is pointing up in the air and there is no adjustment left on the bracket - cue a phone call to Westfield in the morning.

It really shouldn't be pointing in that direction - it will fill up with water in the unlikely event of rain.

The car does look really good with it on though - how about we leave the body off and just run it like that - it will be lighter!

Was great to have Max here, even if it was just for a day. We played tennis - I think he found it a little warm,

so he cooled off with a boat ride in the spa:

But he did manage to try a race car on for size:

Thanks for dropping in Max, and thanks for the wine at dinner!