Kit 3, the first few thousand miles
It’s September 2021 and as with all kit cars there have been some teething issues and I am still tuning, tweaking and improving. January 2021 […]
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Kit 3, Registration
I left the IVA centre in Norwich, drove home, dropped off the trailer and then set about the license plate application. The application for the […]
Kit 3, IVA retest
To be honest after the failure I was excited to fix the few issues and get back asap, I was worried it may be 2021 […]
Kit 3, First IVA attempt
With the rolling road complete I applied for the IVA. I wanted the rolling road to confirm things were working and the engine didn’t blow […]
Kit 3, Emerald Rolling Road
November 17th, 2020 I loaded the kit onto the trailer and took it down to Emerald for a rolling road session. This is very nerve […]
Phase 4 of the Third build
We reach October 2020 and have the end in sight. A short list of actions remain; Finish Handbrake Wiring Tidy up Exhaust from Demand Engineering […]
Phase 3 of the Third build
With car now rolling on its own I tackled the next batch of jobs; Handbrake Brake Lines Temporary exhaust Body Cut outs Cooling First the […]
Phase 2 of the Third build
Engine in, so time to add some wheels, electrics, brakes etc and get this thing looking more like a car. First was the wishbones, including […]
Phase 1 of the Third build
Having collected the kit and stripped the donors I need to check what had been built and what hadn’t, what needed rebuilding and what was […]
Thought it was time for an update…
A lot has happened since my last update, a house move, sold the car and started building another one! Yep, buttercup was sold, a very […]