I haven't updated this for a while so I thought i'd best write something!! We're back from the states with even more goodies! A couple of cool things we got was a System 1 re-useable oil filter and a Clyde Berg breather box with -8AN fittings

And another really cool pair of items we bought was these..

It is one side of a Heim Joint conversion. Basically they remove the need for torsion bars and you use a coilover shock for your ride height and then use the single (or double) adjuster for controlling compression and rebound. The heim joint (or rose joint I think they are also called) is then a pivot point for when the A Arms and spring plates move up and down. This hasn't been done before on a racecar as far as I'm aware but i'm told works similar to a ladder bar set-up. The actual shock lb needs to be around 450-550lbs for anyone interested.

Chris is now also nearing completion on the car and we're going down again on Sunday to see the progress! Since the last update the gear shifter has been relocated backwards 5", the window net mounts fabricated and fitted and the bonnet fully dzus fastened on. He also did alot of other trick things I wanted but I'll show you pictures of them ;) All thats left now for Chris to do is mount the rear wings on Dzus fasteners (when they arrive, hence why they haven't been fitted yet) and fabricate supports for the rear valence off the exhaust header and mount the decklid on dzus fastners. Its going to be all action stations if we're to make the deadline of The Volksworld Show 2009!

Update from Chris

We are over in California again for a couple of weeks but the work continues on the car! The seats are now built and are looking amazing! Every time we see more pics of Chris' work we are blown away!
Amazing!!!

While we have been out in the states we drove to Las Vegas for the Bugorama at the world famous dragstrip aptly named 'The Strip' at Las Vegas. We drove down with our very good friends Susy and Mike Herbert and Steve Dalton. Steve was kind enough to let Adele drive his car in the Sportsman class which was super cool! The post below is a really cool picture of Susy driving her Ghia and Adele in Steve's bug.