The Gearhead has continued to work on the engine and during that process discovered that both motor mounts and the transmission cross-member are shot. And it sure doesn’t make much sense to drop a new motor into the car without any working mounting points. Basically the only thing holding the engine in the car at that point is gravity which doesn’t make for ideal travelling conditions.
On top of that, some of the parts we had ordered from Germany still aren’t here yet. I hate how you can’t count on things you can’t control. Grr.
So the project has not only stalled, it’s come to a screeching halt. The original challenge was to get the car done in 30 days. Granted, it was a tall order I admit. But if we had been able to pull the engine sooner and the parts came through the mail on time, we probably would have made it happen.
At this point, we’re not going to be able to bring the car to the show. There’s just no way to get it done. We ran out of time. I’m extremely frustrated by this, but there’s nothing much I can do about it I guess.
The new plan is to wait for the parts to get here and then put the car together. At least we’ll be able to drive it around for a while and work out any kinks before the next show. There are two coming up – one in California in August and one in Illinois in September. Maybe we’ll be able to drive it to one or both of those.
I’ll continue to post our progress as well as other car-related bits as they come up.
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