Post #59
Well the season has now finished, and as some of you probably know i had a little "incident" on the first lap of the last race at Thruxton a couple of weeks back.
Entering the first complex a car spun, and a couple of cars behind just about managed to stop, leaving nowhere for others to go behind resulting in the inevitable smash.
My left front hit the rear right of the car in front followed by somebody coming straight through the back of me splitting my fuel tank causing it to pour fuel all over the place.
This is how it looked once i got recovered back to the paddock (note the saucepan under the back catching the remaining fuel that hadn't come out when parked out by a marshalls post on track):
So yesterday i finally got around to stripping it down, and thankfully it isn't too bad.
A nice souvernir for the garage wall:
The fuel tank was a PITA to remove as the rear basket had bent around and into it. But a little bit of levering had it out, a tad bent and cracked along the welds.
So with a technical straightening tool (read ratchet strap + trailer + mate on the brakes of the caterham) the rear basket has pulled back into shape reasonably well:
There's still a bit of straightening to do as can be seen in the pics above but shouldn't be too much hassle. Thankfully the rear axle looks to have survived undamaged. So a new tank and a bit of ali to cover the basket again and it should be pretty much ready to go.
Just the front track rod lever to replace and suspension to setup again.
All loaded back in the van until next time i can get to the workshop:
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Seat Leon Cupra FR / 306 GTI6 / Breaking 205 GTI6 / Caterham 7 / Mercedes Sprinter 311CDI LWB
Sold: Fisher Fury - Laguna DCI Estate - P1 306 XSI - E30 BMW 325i Baur Convertible - Daihatsu Fourtack - Suzuki GSXR600 - 205 Rallye
smighall
Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 17:06
Sounds good mate, be good to get a true idea of the weight of my car.
