Fri 17 Nov 2006
Hello all,
Mel dug out some videos of Simon working on Big Car. The first video shows Simon starting Big Car and getting excited.
Click on (more…) to see three more videos from that day.
Here’s a video of Simon actually driving Big Car!
I had to edit the last two videos for time because it took Simon, Mel, Al and Jono twenty minutes to push Big Car back into her garage – Simon wasn’t brave enough to drive her in!
Mel also gave me a couple of old photos of Simon and Tidy working on the head of Big Car’s old engine. I’ll put these up on Flickr once I had chance to scan them in.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:56 am
That’s really great to see- well done Bob!
And it’s all an act- Even though Big Car is a heavy beast we’re all actually really strong and could’ve pushed her in much quicker but we thought we should put on a bit of a show… (Shyeah right!)
November 18th, 2006 at 11:35 am
you can see from that how big car only just fits in to the garage, height, length and width!! in fact, didn’t we have to leave the door open one time as we couldn’t push it all the way back in (as we had the engine only half in place) and its nose was sticking out the front!?!
November 19th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
I remember Simon taking measurements of the garage when he first got it to make sure Big Car would fit – as he did this, he realised that more and more bits of Big Car would have to come off. We had a fun day removing the roof, the walls, all three doors and folding the bonnet down!
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:49 pm
These photos really sum the whole Big car project up – Simon with his full gear on, oil stained overalls and an intent expression looking the part, loving every minute of it…. and Tidy looking confused in the background!