James & I worked every night last week on finishing up little things on the car. Sunday we took it down to San Diego so mark could help.

Things worked on or finished:
 

• Dash board (all done except for the wiring)
• Electrical system (all done except for the dash)
• Fire wall (all done except for the cable runs)
• Seat belts (ALL DONE!)
• Driver’s fire system (ALL DONE!)
• Engine fire system (only a little tubing left to add)
• Roll bar padding (ALL DONE!)
• Clutch pedal stop

Lots of other things like replacing a bunch of assembly nuts and bolts with the final sets (grade 5 with lock nuts)

Saturday we took the car in for a pre-inspection. The inspector liked everything he saw and had no issues with any of the work completed.

This week we should get the rear body panel from the fiberglass shop. With luck James & I will be able to attach it this coming weekend. Our biggest hurdle now is getting a new fire-suit, our old one is now out of date. I ordered a new suit and helmet this morning and with luck it will arrive in time. If not, we’ll try to borrow one.

The first race is Sunday May 6^th (water permitting, after all we do race on a lake). If you are interested in attending the meet, I’ll post directions next week.

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