Skoda Rally Blog

…. progress is being made.

On Tuesday, something monumental happened – Paul phoned up, came over, and sprayed the car! He’d never even used a spraycan before, so it was a learning experience for him, and painting the inside of a car with a cage in isn’t easy. But he soldiered on….

… and finished the primering, and then we went off to pick up the new sumpguard – designed by me. I say “designed”, I mean drawn on a bit of paper and handed to someone to make. One week and £250 later, I have a 6mm sumpguard, with reinforcing strips and angles.

The downside of owning a new sumpguard is that you don’t want to scratch it – when we tried it under the car we were really careful with it. No need really, is there?

Paul then proceeded to put a coat of white on, although it was very hard work – definitely not a job I’d take on again, EVAR!

Today the weather has been poor – early (7am), Kev was going to come over to paint, but it was all foggy which wouldn’t have been any good at all, but around 3pm it cleared up, but Kev’s at a wedding today, so I soldiered on and put another coat of white on. And now it looks like this:

The engine bay is all painted (although there will need to be more work once the sumpguard mounts are done), and so is the rest of the cage.

Unfortunately it’s not a great paintjob, but hey ho, etc. It’ll do. The old car was a right mess inside, and next summer I can strip it out and do it really well. Or something!

In other news, the brakes are re-conned (calipers re-worked and painted), and after one more coat (and some touching up) the interior of the car can be done, with the wiring being the next job – all the bits to do it properly have arrived. Splendid.