Tuesday, 16 October 2007
JZM Gearbox rebuild pics
Monday, 15 October 2007
Headers have come in..
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Out with the dodgy alarm x3
Got the car back from JZM on Friday after a gearbox rebuild, new clutch, new fuel pump, and various other things. Dave is their gearbox expert (he's brilliant) and did a fantastic job.. He took pictures of the whole process so I'll post some pics soon. He also stripped out my three rubbish alarm systems - look at the picture!! It's about three Kilos of crap!
Monday, 24 September 2007
Back in the garage
Vid at start line
This is a vid I took from the start line. The original Mustang next to the Lambo was probably the most valuable car there... Notice on the other side the SCREEM guys being served Champagne by a midget - class!
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Long trip back through Germany
Sunday, 16 September 2007
The Final Day..
Second Day
Saturday, 15 September 2007
Steves Viper
First day is great fun, then POW!
Friday, 14 September 2007
We're at the start line..
Near the front, but squashed between a Range Rover and a big Corona truck. There's an orange lambo next to us that's attracting more wasps than our car. Wasps are so fickle. The Spearmint Rhino girls keep jumping on peoples bonnets.. If they do it to our car, they'll fall straight through the fibre glass bonnet onto our luggage, so I'm keeping guard.
Thursday, 13 September 2007
Woohoo! Last minute fix!
We got the train back to Chiswick and started prepping helens Boxster to take when we got a call from the Porsche garage - they'd got the car working again!! It was the short shift gear kit after all (nice one Mr AA guy). We dived into the rush hour M25 traffic and picked it up about 6pm. Excellent, so now we've just got to get home, put the stickers on, install the stereo, pack our clothes etc etc. Don't think we'll make it to the launch party tonight.. :(
Not the best start...
Well that didn't go quite as planned.. After visiting the garage in the morning to sort out the clonking noise coming from the engine bay, we drove to Pinner to pick up a new stereo. Everything was going well and then, pow, the gearbox is stuck in reverse. The AA guy spent ages on it and said the gearbox was knackered. We got it on the back of a truck (hours later) and got it back to the garage. I know what you're thinking: "how could anyone have this much bad luck?"... Well when it comes to cars, to us it comes naturally!
Sunday, 9 September 2007
Half stickered up
Saturday, 1 September 2007
Picked her up at last! woohoo!!
Friday, 24 August 2007
Cannonball 8000 2007 - Germans don't see the funny side!
Thursday, 23 August 2007
One week to go..
Monday, 20 August 2007
Decals are on
Sunday, 19 August 2007
Wow, only a couple of weeks to go..
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
One month to go.. Car Still in pieces!
Monday, 23 July 2007
Post pickup work required
Sunday, 22 July 2007
First coat of paint is on!
I've updated the main Porsche 911 RSR web site
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Latest trip to Wales to check on progress
Monday, 9 July 2007
It's coming together..
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Progress!
Saturday, 23 June 2007
The track day pics came through
Thursday, 31 May 2007
Oh dear.. Gearbox disaster
The track day was great fun, but we only managed to get out onto the track a couple of times before some odd rattling / clanking noises from the rear made us decide to stop. It had been making a few funny noises since we bought it, and these noises got worse as the day progressed so we retired after lunch. I didn't even drive it hard, so it must have had something wrong with it originally that the driving antagonised. We drove around in the afternoon OK other than some dodgy noises coming from the rear, but when we started it the next morning the rear wheels had completely seized up unless you dipped the clutch. We phoned the AA and got them to transport us back to London the next day :(
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Cannonball 8000 Track day on Friday!
Sold the Targa - boo hoo!
Sunday, 13 May 2007
Friday, 11 May 2007
Well the good news is that Mark thinks the wheels are very good quality - if a little on the expensive side. The bad news is that we can't find the locking wheel nut to take the old wheels off - aaagh!! Looks like I won't be taking the old wheels back with me after all. I'm going to have to go back and search the house for it. Here she sits.. Desperate for attention!