Thursday, the work done on the Seven was purely in the areas of personal learning and conceptualization. I started reading up on the work needed to shorten the stock Miata wiring harness, both on the locostusa.com forums (see the stickied thread in the "Interior, lighting, and electrical" subforum), and in Keith Tanner's book How to Build a Cheap Sports Car. I'm not sure how much, if any, of the body harness(es) I get with my purchsed project, but I know that the previous owner had several Miata donors so I suspect that he salvaged them and will include them in the shipment.
Which brings us to today --I found out this morning that the previous owner had to have an emergency appendectomy!!! To further complicate matters, it happened while out of town on business. He was still in the process of preparing the shipping crates for my new project, but I told him not to worry about that. I will get it eventually, he just needs to take care of himself right now.
In the meantime, I've continued working on projects that can be completed (or at least started) without the car itself. As mentioned in the previous entry, I have some carbon fiber laying around, and a desire to use it for fun and profit (well, perhaps not profit, but at least to minimize expenditure on off-the-shelf car parts). While out and about this morning, I stopped at a crafts store and purchased some floral foam for pattern making. This stuff is great -- you can carve and sculpt it like plaster. More easily than plaster, actually. I also picked up a sheet of cut-to-fit adhesive mirror material from the auto parts store. I think that you know where this is going (because it's obvious) -- custom carbon fiber mirrors. I'm partway through making the first housing, and it looks good so far. Pictures to follow when I'm feeling up to moving around.
Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to mention that I got a vasectomy this afternoon. My balls hurt. That is all.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment