It Lives! It Breathes!

Like the dreaded Kraken, awakening from its slumber in the abyss of the ocean’s depths…

Like the ferocious Grizzly Bear, emerging from its long winter hibernation in the shadows of the forest…

Like the fearsome Creature,taking its first halting steps from the laboratory of Dr Frankenstein...

Like a mighty cannonball, he seems to fly, you hear about it everywhere he goes…
(oh no - that’s Champion, the wonder horse.)

Will somebody get this damned horse out of my blog? Where was I? Oh yes! The Beast is awake! Engine turneth! Exhaust smoketh! Oil pressure riseth! And it is good!

Well, it’s been a while since I had anything memorable to report on the vehicular front, so I thought I’d wait until a Significant Milestone arrived, before getting you all excited.

There are still a few things to finish. All the essential wiring is done, and only the various ancillaries (trip-meters, GPS, Iritrack, extinguisher system) remain to be completed. The missing trim panel between the windscreen and the bonnet has now been located, languishing (unpainted) in Nanjgel’s paint shop. New external safety cut-off and firex switches are waiting to be installed. The broken windscreen wiper linkage is being replaced. We need an oil pressure switch (where did that go?), and a header tank for the radiator, and a filter for the engine breather. We have a new, larger engine oil cooler, and the old one is now cooling the power steer fluid. DOT 5.1 fluid now feeds the brakes, and particularly the clutch - which cooked its fluid last time out. A new windscreen is on order. Every single light fitting has been replaced – headlights, tail lights and high-mount FIA rear lights.

And it looks pretty damn good. Have a look on Saluki Motorsport’s Facebook page if you don’t believe me.

Mark would like to have it finished this weekend, but I think next weekend might be its first outing. Suddenly, my very trousers are trembling with the excitement of it all.

The Beast is back. (Be afraid. Be very afraid.)