And a bit more...
Staying inside the car and looking forward, the driver area is starting to take shape, with the pedal box and power steering in place:
As well as the all-important roof vent:
Battery located just behind where the passenger seat would be:
Jacking points in place:
With the front bumper pinned in place and the car lowered on the ramp again, you can really get a feel for how the car is going to look:
Cosmetically the car doesn’t look
that different from my last visit, but in terms of structure and configuration there is a world of change. The next major hurdle is the wiring loom. The original plan was to call someone in to sort this but, as things have turned out, the chap who was originally selected to do the wiring has ended up working for Kevin on a long term basis: so the electrical expert is now a permanent addition to the team! I ended up having a very lengthy conversation with this chap as his previous experience has been running and rebuilding Group A, WRC and Group N rally cars. His knowledge of Scoobs seemed vast and he’s already had considerable input into a lot of design aspects of this car.
So with all the progress what’s the bad news then? Well, as I mentioned at the start of the thread, the British Rallycross Championship kicks off in less than a fortnight now but, short of a miracle, the car isn’t going to be sitting on the grid for the first round.
The goal was to have the car ready well in advance but the demands of work have deemed otherwise. Obviously Kevin would have preferred to have worked on his own car, but it’s a very brave (or very foolish!) man who turns down work, especially in the current economic climate.
The European Rallycross Championship hits Lydden in a month’s time though and, at present, that is the new target for the competitive debut of the car. It’s certainly an ambitious goal, as bringing the car out for its first outing against the best of the National drivers will be quite a test: doing the same against an International field is raising the bar even higher.
Even aiming for the European event, there is still a
lot to do in a month: fingers crossed the car will be sorted in time!
