Auswallaby Build Thread

[TheDoc]

In the meantime Auswallaby… why not swing by and give me a hand. I could have used you on the weekend when I fitted my battery. Inverted in the passenger footwell and weighs a ton… I think I had a bowel prolapse.

Id like to hear the good and the bad of the build as it progresses. I know Wazza, there has been a tendency to want to keep criticism off the public forum but I don't have a problem with people discussing their problems on the forum at all, as long as the information isn't defamatory or the criticism isn't too personal.

The PACE car is not ALL good and certainly not ALL bad. Just like any business. Its an impressive piece of kit and I've enjoyed building it thoroughly, but if there isn't constructive criticism, there won't be improvement, in the car or the business.

I'll start first -

1. Positive - Off the stands and on wheels the car has an amazing and aggressive stance. Neighbours stop to talk every time they walk past the open garage.. makes getting anything done difficult.

2. Negative - The battery bracket design/position is problematic. The nuts that sit next to the passenger sidewall sit a couple of cms from the wall meaning you can't tighten them with a spanner or any other device other than your hand. In the process of bending a spanner 90 degrees in a vice my dad broke the spanner sending it flying across the garage and narrowly missing my new windscreen. Advice - heat metal before bending.