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I can organise parking inside the gates at Manfeild if that works for you. It won't be accessible after about 6pm at night though.

Ooft, I haven't been to Daytona for a while. Keen to wear out my arms and cry about being slower than when I was in high school

Not bad.

Bit more red today. Man, the overspray goes everywhere! I was aggressively pink after this one. I'll need a bit more paint to do the roof. So far we've used about 700ml of the 1L colour.

This could turn into quite a party. What should we call it? Queens Boes Hill-ary Barries The Hills Have Boes HPACPHCOSGC

That never gets checked down here either. All the local cops seem to care about is drink driving and speeding.

Hell yeah. The crowds on the hill would absolutely froth that thing! There's rumours of a second hillclimb the following day over the Cromwell side too.....

Hell yeah, it'd be great to have you lot down here. I can host at least a few at my place and the H6 Legacy (ultimate Queenstown getaway car) will be available. @Rhyscar would enjoy it too. 165 days might even be long enough to finish his car?

Bit o' red going down. My workmate Brandon is the man on the gun. Got the lab set up first: Got the room warmed up. Then made a murder scene at the mixing station and Brandon got to work: The results are great, which is promising for the top side! This part of the bonnet is rough because I hate sanding, but the smooth parts look lovely and glossy. hopefully we'll get some top side work done in the next couple of days.

Don't make me regret this @dave

Oh man, Misa moving day is almost worth a trip by itself. That's huge news.

Dear god. The sound of that makes me want to go back to Bonneville just to hear it dopple past at 200+ mph.

I don't see why it wouldn't with the same level of mods?

@Hyperblade It's been like this for over 30 years! Phil (who originally built the car) wanted to be able to swap diff ratios quickly and wanted the axles to be independent from the axle, so he put a floating axle on it. The hubs are big aluminium items and the splined caps are really nicely machined from steel. I think the whole lot is custom made by Phil and must have taken him ages to design and create. I'll take photos of the hubs next time I have a wheel off it. I've had diff gears modified to take 28mm axles and had custom chrome moly axles made to suit. If you flick back through my project thread, you'll find a couple of posts about breaking the old 24mm axles.

Thanks guys. I'll bite the bullet with a clean and re-weld, followed by some JB weld for safe keeping because I'm sick of oiling my brake pads and getting greasy hands every time I take my wheel off. You could say that 😁