a 'Boys own' story! - Page 13

LYT4X · 10-12-12, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonks4x4

Well if you ever decide to part with them keep me in mind

@ Brian - I just realised from what you've written that it appears you think these are 9J's it's wearing

These are just standard 8J's painted white.

Anyway, I've just insured the car for road use with a specialist rally car insurers (David Auden & Associates) and I should be putting a tax disc on it tomorrow in person...... Santa can give me a miss this year if he's bothered.

LYT4X · 13-12-12, 01:03 PM

I was up there for the past couple of days doing live mapping runs (on the main Aberdeen to Inverness road) with Terry Stamper in the nav-seat.

Here he is (in my seat) preparing for the live mapping sessions:

The car is road-legal but there is still a lot of fiddly bits to do. Kevlar wheel arch extensions, spotlamps (6), door trims, internal door cards, vinyl decals etc, and there is much to do in setting up the Proflex suspension correctly, but it should be there by the end of January I expect.

Nigel Conniford · 13-12-12, 02:21 PM

Well done John

styler · 13-12-12, 02:44 PM

jealous!!!!!

best of luck with it its lookin great..

AVE-ur20v · 13-12-12, 03:23 PM

@Brian: whenever your sports is ready, give me a call about 9" wheels...

eltee · 13-12-12, 03:35 PM

excellent stuff John, we were up that way at the end of november, and i was very tempted to call in for a nosey. cant wait to hear it in the forests.

Peter

LYT4X · 14-12-12, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVE-ur20v

@Brian: whenever your sports is ready, give me a call about 9" wheels...

I've just realised that I've been carrying a mistaken belief for thirty two years.......

These are not 9J's after all - I just imagined they were!!

They are standard 8J's and it's very obvious when compared to the lip on the 9J's in AVE's picture.

That will save me some heartache and some further wedge too!

Hamish · 14-12-12, 10:06 PM

I dont think you would fit the 9" wheels on looking at the way the 8" ones currently sit?

LYT4X · 14-12-12, 10:09 PM

By removing the 1" spacer.....

LYT4X · 27-01-13, 09:24 PM

The 'official' unveiling of the rally car took place this weekend. Despite the fact that there are a number of 'snagging jobs' still to do, I arranged for several qoc friends from my A1 area to spend the weekend at a Scottish Castle to enjoy 4-star accommodation/food along with a chance to shake-off the winter blues from the ur's. I picked-up the rally car from the workshop on Friday evening and headed for the castle.

It was nice to get half a dozen ur's out in January:

We had no problems with the highland weather which was (incredibly) the opposite of the snow cover across the rest of the UK. This being the Dornoch Firth vista yesterday:

The rally car covered two-hundred faultless miles before being returned to the workshop this afternoon. As you can see, there were a few smiles.....

Two weeks to go before a road rally which will be a bit more of a shakedown under slightly more stressful conditions.

13-12-12, 01:03 PM	#122
LYT4X Younger than JJ ! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 651	I was up there for the past couple of days doing live mapping runs (on the main Aberdeen to Inverness road) with Terry Stamper in the nav-seat. Here he is (in my seat) preparing for the live mapping sessions: The car is road-legal but there is still a lot of fiddly bits to do. Kevlar wheel arch extensions, spotlamps (6), door trims, internal door cards, vinyl decals etc, and there is much to do in setting up the Proflex suspension correctly, but it should be there by the end of January I expect. __________________ ________ John

13-12-12, 02:21 PM	#123
Nigel Conniford Chief Sausage Meister!! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,614	Well done John __________________ Horsepower is the force that determines at what speed you hit the wall, Torque is the force that determines how far you take the wall with you after you hit it.

13-12-12, 02:44 PM	#124
styler Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Donegal, Ireland Posts: 3,443	jealous!!!!! best of luck with it its lookin great.. __________________ CRASH VALLEY CUSTOMS get 'er done...

13-12-12, 03:35 PM	#126
eltee Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Falkirk Scotland Posts: 510	excellent stuff John, we were up that way at the end of november, and i was very tempted to call in for a nosey. cant wait to hear it in the forests. Peter __________________ 88 100 cs sport

14-12-12, 10:09 PM	#129
LYT4X Younger than JJ ! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 651	By removing the 1" spacer..... __________________ ________ John

13-12-12, 03:23 PM	#125
AVE-ur20v Grown up member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Belgium Posts: 325	@Brian: whenever your sports is ready, give me a call about 9" wheels...

14-12-12, 10:06 PM	#128
Hamish Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 358	I dont think you would fit the 9" wheels on looking at the way the 8" ones currently sit?

27-01-13, 09:24 PM	#130
LYT4X Younger than JJ ! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 651	The 'official' unveiling of the rally car took place this weekend. Despite the fact that there are a number of 'snagging jobs' still to do, I arranged for several qoc friends from my A1 area to spend the weekend at a Scottish Castle to enjoy 4-star accommodation/food along with a chance to shake-off the winter blues from the ur's. I picked-up the rally car from the workshop on Friday evening and headed for the castle. It was nice to get half a dozen ur's out in January: We had no problems with the highland weather which was (incredibly) the opposite of the snow cover across the rest of the UK. This being the Dornoch Firth vista yesterday: The rally car covered two-hundred faultless miles before being returned to the workshop this afternoon. As you can see, there were a few smiles..... Two weeks to go before a road rally which will be a bit more of a shakedown under slightly more stressful conditions. __________________ ________ John