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Of the many options and kits available we have chosen the South African Birkin - a kit which faithfully reproduces the beauty of Colin Chapman's original car and which you build up with component parts from the factory, adding in your choice of engine and transmission.



This holds true to the tradition of garden shed mechanics without requiring quite the level of welding skill, or CAD programming, that some of the amazing, home built clubman cars require. Or at least we hope not, as neither of us have done anything like this before.....



Saturday, August 28, 2010

Wheels!

A big day today. With the help of Brenton from Meridian, who very kindly lent a hand, we lifted the car off the build table and fitted the wheels. Once we got over the excitement of pushing the chassis up and down the garage we raised it onto axle stands so we can start fitting gauges and working on the ancillaries.

 The more observant will notice the tyres are not all fitted correctly - we only spotted this when we got them back from balancing. However the garage that did it are more than happy to rectify the situation and it won't be long before the treads all face the right way.
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