Skoda Rally Blog

…. So I’ve eschewed such things as a social life, and spent the entire weekend working on the car – started at 8am yesterday (til about 8, on and off), and all day today too, pretty much. However, what’s been done has been frustrating – it’s taken what seems an age to achieve not very much. All four doors are “complete” – i.e. the windows how have the window film on, they’ve had all the overspray removed, electric window mechanisms are now fitted (don’t moan, kids – with the cage in, you can’t use the front winders at all, so I thought I’d do that instead. I know this means you couldn’t open the windows with the cut-off pulled, but then you wouldn’t be able to open them anyway….), and so on. Plus I’ve fitted the fuel pipe as much as possible (I didn’t have the right size cutter for the front bulkhead), and de-taped the wiring loom for the main feed to be connected to the cut-off switch), plus getting the cable for the cut-off (welding cable, 35mm stuff) and cutting it to suit (although crimping the terminals on will be an achievement in itself). The rear lights and loom are re-fitted, and the loom has been cleaned up and put back where it should be. I did want to get the wiring mods completely done and the fuel tank back in, but I’ve got Tuesday off, so maybe then….

Anyway, here’s what it looks like today….