Re: Volvo 940 GLE Caravan Project - Underway!
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:41 am
And in the first post of page 5, here it is, the magic moment, first tow:
Great feeling, grins all around, even the grumpy neighbour was smiling :-D
Same pics with captions:
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 1037961217
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 8770610176
Plates marked out roughly enough:
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 8457978880
Celebratory red wine: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 8812873728
Didn't get everything I wanted done, but did scrub down the driveway and fuel up the Starlet. Also realised that the caravan is no longer the priority, however I'd still like to have it legal and safe by the end of the week, if possible. New priority is garage and Hotel/Starlet swap by Thursday night, if possible. Still need this to end up on the street somewhere pretty soon, though.
This morning one quote came back, 50 bucks. Tonight 2 more, one cheaper, one more expensive. One to go, but unlikely to be them, as I'll probably order from the guy who replied first and is closer to me by the end of tonight.
Tomorrow, likely will do the reinforcement plates, but unlikely to do much more. Next work will probably be the jockey wheel install, unless I feel like some therapeutic dismantling of the dash or bracket removal etc.
Great mile stone, but a long way to go until it's how I want it.
Great feeling, grins all around, even the grumpy neighbour was smiling :-D
Same pics with captions:
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 1037961217
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 8770610176
Plates marked out roughly enough:
https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 8457978880
Celebratory red wine: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 8812873728
Didn't get everything I wanted done, but did scrub down the driveway and fuel up the Starlet. Also realised that the caravan is no longer the priority, however I'd still like to have it legal and safe by the end of the week, if possible. New priority is garage and Hotel/Starlet swap by Thursday night, if possible. Still need this to end up on the street somewhere pretty soon, though.
This morning one quote came back, 50 bucks. Tonight 2 more, one cheaper, one more expensive. One to go, but unlikely to be them, as I'll probably order from the guy who replied first and is closer to me by the end of tonight.
Tomorrow, likely will do the reinforcement plates, but unlikely to do much more. Next work will probably be the jockey wheel install, unless I feel like some therapeutic dismantling of the dash or bracket removal etc.
Great mile stone, but a long way to go until it's how I want it.