Things have been slow

Of late, things have slowed down a bit, not by choice but by circumstance. 

Ive come to a realisation on how much I dislike fabricating on customer's cars, and after 20 something years im burnt out. And it slows the enthusiasm for my own build too. I am going to look for another line of work soon, in a totally different industry, but still be self employed.

Then there is the health part thats kept me indoors for a few weeks with a bleeding foot.

Damn sock rolled down in my shoe, and as a result I have a huge blister on the back of my heel thats taking its time to heal, making it very difficult to do what I do. Its hard to fabricate in Crocks and socks, because you cant put shoes on. Of course thats irrelevant to customers, who want stuff done yesterday, and another reason im baling out.

Never manufacture .... its the bottom of the barrel. Sure retail has its downsides too, but I have to manufacture, and I have to retail it out (AKA deal with customers).

Enough with the misery. Parcels have been arriving of late, and this morning the crown jewel of the boot compartment, the ATL 10gallon (40L) fuel cell arrived. At 40L with a 4.8L engine making good numbers, on E85, it will seem too small. But id rather re-fuel often, then carry amounts of fuel sloshing back and forth as reserve.

Really nice bit of gear, will get onto a Cr-Mo 4130 brace for it and get it mounted.

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Illness

This week has been a total waste, as I had hoped to get a considerable amount of progress on the rear end, what didnt end up happening as ive had a head splitting headcold, and just ill in general.

Yesterday I did manage to crawl under the car and drop the standard tank out, in a attempt to setup a fuel cell.

I had considered not going a cell, but in all honesty its the safety factor that pushed me over that line. That and also greater ability to control fuel delivery and its weight transfer sloshing back and forth with a smaller tank.

As i dropped the OEM tank, im without a doubt its the right thing to do. I hope the car never back-slides into a concrete wall, but if it does ill be a lot more content knowing I did all i could to contain a fire.

 Ok granted, not much of a update, but with some health this week will start on some more work.