Background


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.....



Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Windscreen mounts


We recently popped the scuttle on to drill the windscreen mount holes. For some reason this was a job we'd really been putting off. Something to do with a complete lack of hand eye co-ordination and the fact that now that parts are painted we live in fear of scratches and dings (despite the fact that when we first drive it its bound to get stone chips everywhere!)

However, by using very small pilot drills bits for accuracy and a pair of calipers to check the distance between the holes on the mounting bracket, it all went without much loss of life. Drilling into your pride and joy still feels very wrong though - similar to the dashboard experience - and we were glad when it was all over.
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