I’m kind of looking for things that I can do today.  I can’t do the front without the fixings pack for the gearbox & engine.  I can’t do the rear without the differential.  I can’t do the middle without the knee trim panels.  Very frustrating.

Perhaps I could do the seats?  No – this will obstruct the interior trim & the riveting that needs to be done there.  OK, let’s do what I can in the engine bay to prep it for the engine.  Engine mounts are easy, these just bolt to the chassis with an earth lead on the nearside.  I do hope I took enough paint off to make a good connection.  The horns can also go in – these have a bolt head in the middle that needs to be loosened so that you can adjust the horns so that the con...

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I wake up after what was possibly the best night’s sleep for a very long time. Perhaps this “being tired” thing is good for you?

First, stop off to buy some washers… and finish the brake lines. This reveals an obvious problem; Caterham fit the brake tubes within the chassis, as I mentioned, and they have terminated one perfectly, right opposite the hole that the flexible hose will poke through. The other one is, errr, a short distance away. Much judicious (and cautious!) bending later, it is in the right place and still only has gentle bends in it.

My daughter asks if she can help at this stage – we find the brake pads and try to fit them before deciding they must be for the rear brakes. The other set fit like a glove. The ...

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