HORSEPOWER & HEELS

The mission? To FINISH MY RACECAR. (finally!) This project has encountered every delay and countless setbacks, and at times, it has felt like it was trying to do impossible.... so, I have decided that I am not leaving Florida until this car is on display in the Brisk Booth at the PRI show in December. Brisk has been very patient with me as I have continued to work at getting this car back out, and I really want to make this thing shine for them.

I wish I could illustrate how much of an undertaking this project is, so I'll try my best to keep a running update while I am down here.

The biggest undertaking is going to be getting the body work done on the car and getting it ready for paint. So I've spent all today stripping the car down to nothing and removing the sheetmetal work so that it can get sent out to powdercoating. Meanwhile, Josue has gone out to get some fiberglass resin and the rest of the paint prep supplies so we can get the interior painted and prep the body for the exterior paint.

The fiberglass body is thin in some areas, so we reinforced those areas and mated the body to the chassis mounts. The doors will need some fitting work as well as the front end. After disassembling everything from the car, including pulling the mock up block, I moved the car outside and took a bucket of degreaser to all the bars and engine carriage. Once it was dry, I went to work cutting out old tabs that were no longer in use and grinding down spots where things had been moved, cut out or replaced so it was all smooth.

Its been awhile since I've worked out in the shop all day long in thrash mode like this, and I'm one tired chica. By the time I finally leave the shop it was 3am, and I didn't get to bed until 4:30am. And on to the next day... bright and early!