The body is here!

The crate that contained the body was picked up last Tuesday.  It is now "home" and I am looking forward to installing it and getting closer to completion of this project.

It is well made and looks really good.

Two problems though: 1) my makeshift head/tail lights and turn signals cannot be fitted with the body installed and there were no lights included with the shipment 2) the body envelops the existing bumpers. Interesting design to have the body protect the bumpers.

When the body is installed, without lights I will no longer be street legal.

Progress has been made but  I don't want to invest more of my time and money in another makeshift/homemade lighting package.  I will soon be waiting for another PFP that contains DP's lighting package.  Hopefully it will arrive soon.

Body pickup schedule

ETA for the body to arrive at a trucking depot in Bolingbrook IL is Tuesday. I will hopefully be able to pick it up then.

The body shipped today!

At long last DP shipped the bodywork for my D2 today. Don't know ETA yet but will post it when I learn it.

PFP shipment has arrived

Palatov did ship the new wheel bearings, seats and other misc. parts before the first of the year. However he forgot to provide tracking info as I had repeatedly asked.  Also there was no mention of any "for the attention of" on the shipping label. Consequently when the shipment arrived at my friend's factory, the pallet was shuffled to a spot were his car parts are normally stored and no one told me that the parts were there.  Phil's plant is an active manufacturing facility with many employees and also stores several of his collector cars. Phil is also a former Indy car team principal and all around good guy that agreed to accept the shipments as a way to reduce delivery charges because they have a loading dock and lift truck. These are amenities not available in my shop.

The bottom line is that I now have parts to work with in my shop. :)

DP's latest projection is that the body, DOT windshield etc. will ship from Portland tomorrow (Monday 1-13-14).

Still no new shipments

Despite multiple projected ship dates having come and gone, no new shipments have been sent. I am waiting for upgraded uprights, wheel bearings, seats, shoulder harness anchors and the body.

I've been puttering around with small projects like
 1) installing a pressure to dc voltage transducer in the front brake hydraulic line. This will enable data collection of brake pressure by the Motec CDL3 data logger
2) measuring front vs. rear brake pressure bias changes as the Tilton pedal bias bar is changed from full front to full rear bias.  This will make it much easier and quicker to properly adjust braking bias.
3) I ground off and smoothed the uneven welding beads on the inside of the exhaust and tail pipes plus the flanges that are welded to the mufflers. This will slightly reduce exhaust back pressure and might gain another 1/2 horsepower :). At least it was something to do.

I will also have a very minor change made to the dry sump tank. It will move the oil pressure sensor from the rear of the tank to the side, giving more clearance between the sensor and the exhaust pipe.

Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Is getting harder and harder to do.