An Update

 Well... where do I start...

Clearly updates have been thin on the ground since the end of December 2018...

A lot has happened in that intervening period some of which was outside of my control.

2019 was a year where ill health took a front seat as I endured three hospital visits for a variety of issues which included a heart scare, severe food poisoning and a routine operation! 2019 can certainly claim to never have been a dull year!.

As you can imagine kitcar build took a back seat for while whilst I recovered from those various visits. Suffice to say I was fighting fit as I entered 2020 by which time a new perspective on life lead to the decision to downsize to a smaller property and we moved to the delightful village of Daresbury (claim to fame... Lewis Carroll

Birthplace)

So the move necessitated the need to relocate the kitcar to a temporary lock up and as you can see form the attached footage - it took its first steps out of the garage to pastures new for a few months whilst we geared up the new property to receive the car back, it came back home in September and we are ready for the final push to get it IVA'd and ready to hit the road during 2021.

throughout that period bits have been done to the car, some diarised some not, I will endeavor to update the blog with as much detail as I can muster from archived photos and so forth, however a renewed focus arises as we push to get the final snagging list completed.

Rear fog light re-route wiring

 This one was irritating me...

I am not sure if the wiring route I took was wrong, the wiring had got snagged behind the rear panel or something completely unrelated however the rear fog lamp wiring does not reach the spade connectors in the fog lamp.

Only option was to carefully drill a new hole in the rear panel (being fully conscious there is a fuel tank at behind it) and poke the wire through the new hole. The new position for the hole actually produced more slack in the wiring so re-routing the wire did not ultimately prove to be too difficult and thus dismissed the initial idea the wiring had got snagged when the rear panel went on as it was free and easy to relocate to the new hole...

The fog lamp (as is the reversing lamp) are modified versions having been adjusted at the rear for the angle of the rear panel so they sit vertical to the panel when fitted. You can do this yourself but GBS stock the modified ones done expertly and finish with some trim - job sorted!