The ever-lovely Claire has given me time this weekend to spend getting all greasy and smelly again. And so I hammered and cut and removed more bits from the old car in preparation for the new one going on the road. The front end (wings, a-panels, inner wings, front skirt, bonnet) have now all been completely removed. Some with the aid of a spanner or two, others with the aid of our trusty angle-grinder. And what a great tool that is. The neighbours decided that the whole street needed to hear some crap 'R n B' this afternoon, so I rolled out the angle-grinder. It had the dual effect of avoiding me having to listen to music that is, quite frankly, pants as well as drowning it out for them. Fabulous. Back with the car, I also separated the engine/gearbox and front subframe that were removed from the main body of the car some weeks back. Not a lightweight bit of kit, but then it was already on the floor, so didn't have far to fall if I dropped it...
I think progress will pause now for several weeks, not forgetting the 20th London-Brighton run on May 15^th.