We have had alot of searching to do recently with regards to funds to complete the build of the car. We are SO near yet SO far, minute after minute, hour after hour i am constantly doing sums making sure invoices are paid and that we have enough to keep on going. Luckily we do, but when i added to my excel list of items bought so far it totalled just under £19,000 and we still have more stuff to buy on top of that . I then started thinking..... What exactly we could of bought for that kind of Money ? Spencers Corrado is up for sale for only £20k which would see us running back to back 8's all day long ?!
But then i thought exactly why we ARE doing this and it suddenly all made sense again ( I Think! ) I also got reading a TotalVW article at my Mum and Dad's house of my original Striptease 65 Bug where it all started 7 years ago........ That car only cost me £1400, £200 later for a 'bigger' (Read: and extra 341cc's ) engine and a cobra monaco bucket seat and away i went HAPPY as larry..... god knows how i ended up where i am now ? Actually i do..... Its the Need for Speed that all petrol (or Meth) heads have.
We are really trying to get the car out for European Finals and i hope so much that it is done. After riding in Steve D's car in America i must admit passing through the finish line on my first run i had a bit of a sniffle as it felt SO good to be back behind the wheel. Nothing more i can really say to that.
As far as a progress update, Steve has been working hard on sorting the decklid so a 'glass mould can be taken by DRE, he has actually done a real good job of straightening it out. The body is as it was 2 months ago hopefully Martin Curbishley http://www.curbishleypaint.com/ is popping over tomorrow to assess the body for prep and paint, then the Pan is off to Wayne's next Saturday. I guess after its back is when the hard work really starts... the Mega Marathon to complete the dry build so it can go over to Chris's.
Its still almost nearly there but too far away to believe its actually going to happen. I think once its back from Chris's then i will believe that the dream is nearly there :)
PS: Some pics on the above article inn question ( Cringe! )
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