This is a read-only archive of the old Madabout Kitcars forum. New posts and replies are no longer possible, but every thread is still here to browse and read.
Oxford – Come on Rob, it has been almost 5 months since your last update.
Can you at least confirm your car has been ‘indoors’ during the recent run of biblical rain.
Jokes aside, I hope all is well.
Cheers, Paul.
Thanks for asking, Paul.
As we all know, everything takes ten times longer than planned. The car build will resume imminently. The next step is electricity in the garage which should be complete in a couple of weeks. Oh, and to paint the doors a 1950s green (if such a colour exists...and possibly referred to as "Sage" by those who see in more than eight colours). It will be quite a contrast to the leaky shed in the woods in which the build started.
I did accidentally acquire this recently. Thankfully, it has been restored and the chap was almost giving it away. So, the only time it takes up will be on the estuary on a Friday evening with a cold beer.
My new plan is to have the "moon buggy" running faultlessly by March 2020 and then a summer of body work. Sounds realistic...at the moment.
I really like the roof extension providing an extra car port / log store area.
Yes, the double garage is a Dunster kit (amazing fit considering a natural product - everything straight and true). The car port is the design of my son and I. I wanted no obvious join or change of angle, and we have achieved it.
It will be a very useful cover when welding or cutting, but I'd like to think that most of that is behind me.
The garage has one bay for the build, and one for the Fergie.
Hi Paul,
No progress on the car at the moment, although garage is looking better and better. The tractor and boat are pretty cool. I'd have the Ferrari but wouldn't swap my Fergie. Porsche made a rather nice tractor as well (and I'm not talking about the Panamera).
I shall post some pics of my weekend shortly - the 2nd Watergate Bay Hillclimb.
My partner took me for a surprise day out on Saturday. Imagine my happiness as we approached Watergate Bay and I realised that the public road had been shut for a hillclimb.
It was a brilliant event - the first and currently only hillclimb on an English public road. All thanks to the recent(ish) change in legislation.
It was a stunning backdrop for some great cars.
If anyone fancies coming down next year, let me know. There were some good club stands in the paddock.
The Europa was my favourite Matchbox car as a child.
After a hiatus of three years, the first steps on the road to resumption have been taken.
I am going to take out the engine as there are some tweaks that three years of thinking have given rise to. I am also going to move the pedal box forward 50mm. It will make a huge difference to the driving position.
