The middle of the year was a blur.. Pretty much the whole middle of 2016 was a blur; the rush to finish the rolling chassis at least to a point it would roll on it’s own wheels, get the body at least sitting on it and, oh, yes, pack the house and move from Bracknell to Northampton. So, no pressure. But, with… Read More
Ah, the perils of old bolts and odd corrosion.. With the assistance of my better half’s father over the weekend, some more progress has been made on stripping the hubs down to a point they can go off to Wards for refurbishing. We pulled the bearing races off the front stub axles and the backing plates off the hubs – I think we’ll be… Read More
Garage clearing.. Not exactly specifically a Cobra-related update this time but since the garage is looking so tidy now, I feel the need to share some pictures.. I went out to the garage on Sunday morning with the aim of working on the M3 rather than the Cobra, but became quickly rather frustrated by the sheer amount… Read More
I really thought I’d be on the road by now.. Ok, the title is a lie – I didn’t for a minute think I’d be done within a year, but I’m quite ashamed at the lack of progress I’ve made over the last 11 months or so. I certainly thought I’d be further along than I am.. I have no excuses, aside from a new… Read More
It was getting a bit crowded in there.. As the garage was now entirely filled with Cobra bits – meaning I couldn’t park the M3 in there or get to the pit to give both cars a much-needed service – and since my Dad had a week off work, he offered to come up for a couple of days and build me a… Read More
And the chassis is joined by a body .. Although not literally ‘joined’ because I’m nowhere near far enough along to actually mount the body on the chassis yet – in fact I still haven’t refurbished most of the running gear (I really need to get on that!) – but I decided I really wanted all of the Dax-specific stuff sitting there in the… Read More
The chassis has arrived! I can’t believe I didn’t post about this when it happened – I must have forgotten with all the excitement; and the fact that I was getting shipped off to Seattle for a week all of a couple of days later. Since delivery I’ve basically made zero progress unfortunately, thanks to a hectic schedule of… Read More
Dax’s Easter 2012 open day Despite the weather forecast being less than stellar for today I took a punt and headed up to the Dax open day to see some cars and see if my chassis is ready.. Well the weather played a blinder – beautiful sunshine and clear blue skies, although it could have been a tad warmer; it… Read More
Another trip to Dax.. So as the date for delivery of my chassis approaches (some time around the end of this month) it seemed like it would be wise to trailer the 390 up to Dax so they could use the engine as a jig for the engine mounts.. for some reason a requirement that surprises everyone – even… Read More
All quiet on the western front.. I thought it was about time I wrote something by way of an update – only there really isn’t anything to update you all about yet. The chassis is still scheduled for the week of the 13th of March, and I still need to get an engine trailered up to Dax to be used as… Read More