AC Mk11 Classic - available March 2014

[TLegate]

Quite right Sir - a Cobra should have a piece of tree in it somewhere.

[Spantik]

Rob, I'm just blown, it's love, passion, and much more than that.
   BTW, I will borrow your smart idea for the front license plate, the split clamps seem to be a perfect solution... Also for the ACOC emblem

[TLegate]

I would be requiring some strong medication by now....
   
   But it'll all be worth it - won't it!!

[Mark IV]

quote:Originally posted by TLegate
   

   I would be requiring some strong medication by now....
   
   
   

   
   The kind that comes in 750 ML bottles?

[Chafford]

Rob
   
   I'm afraid I don't know the chassis number for the aluminium 2012 car - sorry to hear AC Heritage won't help.
   
   
   Mark

[jbottini]

As to the title of this thread and as one who once participated....hope springs eternal.......

[TLegate]

Couldn't have put it better myself...

[Chafford]

quote:Originally posted by Rob.Hendriks
   
With the port capped off and the engine running quite a bit better, car was loaded on the trailer yet again and off on the 200km trip to the certifier at 0500hrs, on an clear, icy, -4C morn.
   
   
   
   Nine hours and 180 odd pages of dotting the i's and crossing t's later, thinking everything was finally done and dusted, I was informed that there was one other issue... all safety critical bolts e.g. caliper mounts, engine mounts, drive shaft connections, etc., must have spring washers fitted !!
   
   As we are more than aware, this goes against all engineering principles and best practices for bolts in a high vibration environment, especially as these bolts are all loctited/torqued into drilled and tapped holes. However reason does not prevail and it was off home to install spring washers.
   
   Now one would be forgiven for thinking that reason would prevail and once fitted, a photo could be taken and sent to the certifier. No, that would be too easy, it was back on the trailer for another 400km round trip, just to have half a dozen photos taken.
   
   Anyway, certifier is happy, paperwork is completed and hopefully it will pass scrutiny of the auditors and others, so 2700 can finally get to the next step - compliance inspection and WoF (MoT)
   
   NB. All safety critical bolts with spring washers fitted, will be replaced with aircraft grade drilled head bolts and loctited/lockwired. I will not drive a car around with spring washers fitted under these bolts and would not recommend that anyone does this
   
   

   
   Unbelievable! [:0]

[jbottini]

There is a Diety!

[Flyinghorse]

Rob that looks like a leak from the union (Its sligthly corroded on the steel  with the fluid evaporating off leaving the residue?
   
   Graham

[BE774]

Wow, congratulations Rob! What a saga!
   
   How about buying the 1913 AC Fivet currently for sale in NZ, as an antidote to all this modern stuff?

[jbottini]

Congratulations!

[TLegate]

The story seems to have dragged on longer than all the blasted Harry Potter books. Only difference is: you could never have made this up!! (Unless you were on heavy-duty narcotics)

[dkp_cobra]

A great story. Congratulations and have fun with your car.

[bobbylangley]

Rob, your car must be the MOST sorted AC on the planet...! If you had not been an engineer goodness knows how you would have got on. Well done.