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[Davies]

Not a bad idea to have the spares and I suppose there is always doing a 67 GT Steve McQueen replica who want a 390. My preference is definitely the 428 though.

I have a 289 in the Mustang. But also have a 351 Australian Cleveland block - the 300 BHP engine similar to those used at Bathurst in the XA to XB Falcons. That one needs a re build - long term plan!

[aaronjb]

I haven't achieved much in a couple of weeks now - the prop shaft arrived, but is slightly too long to fit in without moving the gearbox forward or down (there's too much chassis in the way and too little articulation in the universal joints to allow it to clear the chassis and be fed into the gearbox) and I sort of ran out of enthusiasm to bugger about doing all that just to put something in that I'll inevitably have to take out again.

I also sourced some Jaguar bolts to attach it to the diff, which turned up grade S (roughly 8. and consensus on the Cobra forum is that they should be grade T (roughly 12.9?) so I've ordered some direct from Jaguar this time to see what turns up.. (3/8UNF, roughly 1.5" long with about 5/8" plain shank makes them a little bit oddball)

I also got the header tank that I modified properly remanufactured by a local radiator specialist, which also came back this week.

But yeah, I've totally run out of enthusiasm to actually do anything to the car

[STEMO]

I haven't achieved much in a couple of weeks now - the prop shaft arrived, but is slightly too long to fit in without moving the gearbox forward or down (there's too much chassis in the way and too little articulation in the universal joints to allow it to clear the chassis and be fed into the gearbox) and I sort of ran out of enthusiasm to bugger about doing all that just to put something in that I'll inevitably have to take out again.

I also sourced some Jaguar bolts to attach it to the diff, which turned up grade S (roughly 8. and consensus on the Cobra forum is that they should be grade T (roughly 12.9?) so I've ordered some direct from Jaguar this time to see what turns up.. (3/8UNF, roughly 1.5" long with about 5/8" plain shank makes them a little bit oddball)

I also got the header tank that I modified properly remanufactured by a local radiator specialist, which also came back this week.

But yeah, I've totally run out of enthusiasm to actually do anything to the car

Have a read through your bank statements. It will make you hate it even more. 

[aaronjb]

That's half the problem, I think - money has been tight recently and I feel like I'm constantly spending money (even if it is only £30 here, £30 there.. or £300 and £100 in the case of the prop and header tank) and getting nowhere..

[STEMO]

That's half the problem, I think - money has been tight recently and I feel like I'm constantly spending money (even if it is only £30 here, £30 there.. or £300 and £100 in the case of the prop and header tank) and getting nowhere..

Well...you've come too far to stop now, point of no return and all that. At least, when you get it finished, you can enjoy it for a while. Then, perhaps, recoup some of your outlay by selling it on. Doubt you'll get it all back, though.
That's the pessimistic outlook. Tomorrow is another day and, if the sun starts shining, you may find yourself full of renewed enthusiasm.

[STEMO]

If you really can't be bothered, develop a bad back and get you missus to ring car SOS. 

[Marks DTM Calib]

That's just the way it goes sometimes, I get the same with the train.

I find I need to focus on a smaller job for a while and see a result, then away you go again.

At the moment, the 'small' job is fabricating a whole new front end  but, its moving along well and the metalwork will be finished in about three weeks 



(That is a moth or so ago, I am now working across the top of the windows)

[Nick W]

That's half the problem, I think - money has been tight recently and I feel like I'm constantly spending money (even if it is only £30 here, £30 there.. or £300 and £100 in the case of the prop and header tank) and getting nowhere..

then do some of the time consuming fit/finish jobs that will help to make it look more like a car.


If you haven't already done this, buy some beers, invite some friends around to fit the wheels, put it on the ground, push it outside and bullshit about it for a while.

[aaronjb]

If you really can't be bothered, develop a bad back and get you missus to ring car SOS. 

Excellent idea!

That's just the way it goes sometimes, I get the same with the train.

Christ, I have enough of a job finishing a car .. I'm definitely never taking on something the size of a train!

then do some of the time consuming fit/finish jobs that will help to make it look more like a car.

But yeah - like both of you (Nick & Fuse) have said, if I can concentrate on some smaller fit & finish jobs for a bit, at least I'll feel like I'm getting somewhere It might also help if the engine builder would break radio silence!

If you haven't already done this, buy some beers, invite some friends around to fit the wheels, put it on the ground, push it outside and bullshit about it for a while.

I might splash out on some tyres for the "proper" wheels (instead of three disintegrating, flat, 16" Jag wheels and one 15" steelie that actually stays inflated) and do just that 

[78bex]

That's half the problem, I think - money has been tight recently and I feel like I'm constantly spending money (even if it is only £30 here, £30 there.. or £300 and £100 in the case of the prop and header tank) and getting nowhere..

There must be someway of generating more cash 
Bloke at work rents out his driveway, but there again he does live quite close to the railway station 

[aaronjb]

That's half the problem, I think - money has been tight recently and I feel like I'm constantly spending money (even if it is only £30 here, £30 there.. or £300 and £100 in the case of the prop and header tank) and getting nowhere..

There must be someway of generating more cash 
Bloke at work rents out his driveway, but there again he does live quite close to the railway station 

I've tried the street corners, but I just don't get that many takers.. 

[Doctor Gollum]

The diabolical shit weather doesn't help, although the days are starting to get longer again

[aaronjb]

The diabolical shit weather doesn't help, although the days are starting to get longer again

True that - especially when the job involves pushing the car out of the garage to move the scissor lift, or going to the cold workshop!

[BazaJT]

Or did DG mean for standing on street corners? The only problem with going the Car S.O.S. route is it would mean having to put up with that useless waste of space Tim Shaw turning up and I'm not sure the trade off would be worth it

[Kevin Wood]

Or did DG mean for standing on street corners? The only problem with going the Car S.O.S. route is it would mean having to put up with that useless waste of space Tim Shaw turning up and I'm not sure the trade off would be worth it

That would be just the motivation I'd need to get off my @rse, out in the garage and finish the bugger off.