Talking about the weather

I'm starting to get a bit frustrated from the last few days, and the weather is the main cause. There's just so much rain and apparently we've got another month of it yet. I know part of it is my decision to go for an open top car, but surely a selection of dry days in quick succession isn't too much to ask for?

I should be grateful that I have a dry garage to work in, although in some cases I still have to work with my a** hanging out of the door. Despite the garage making best use of the available space (it's wider than a standard 1 car garage) the car still takes all the space. And it's not a big car, side by side with my wife's Mazda 2 it's pretty close.

I have been able to glue up the number plate so that's ready for final finishing. That job definitely needs the garage door open so is a perfect example of a 'weather permitting' job. Same with the one remaining brake disc, I need to reverse the car out (or even turn it round entirely) to get that one done. But of course the car is in the air for the fuel line fix which is the main reason it's there.

In theory the hardest job for the fuel line fix is drilling the mounting holes. Once that's done it's a case of fitting the rivnuts, then the actual clamp can be made away from the car and just bolted in place when it's finished. I think I do just need to JFDI, probably at lunchtime today I'll get under the car and drill the holes. 

Of course that brings me on to driving the car. Apparently for summer driving the Roadster design means that a fair bit of engine heat gets into the cabin, while I've not experienced that it does give me a little hope. But I also wonder whether a bit of assistance might be good. The MX5 engine comes equipped with water inlet and outlet for cabin heating, they're actually bypassed at the moment but they could be restored. Then I could reroute them into something like this;

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007660122030.html. 

Given that I have plenty of interior space available I reckon I could find a home for this. I'm a little confused why it has three outlets but four pipes, but hey I'm not complaining. I'll maybe save that for next season though, I'll see how cold it actually gets when driving and make a call after that. 

I think first 'post IVA' mod will be a wind deflector, just driving it round the IVA car park shows how breezy it can get. I'm not even up to decent speeds and I'm struggling. Of course, I know exactly what I want;

I just need to find one! Or more specifically I want to figure out how to build one, because they're really not cheap. The glass itself is £50, I'm not going to be able to do anything about that. The rest of the frame should be buildable though. Well, I think it would be. Ideally it would be made out of aluminium, but I don't have the ability to weld aluminium. And that's ignoring all the extra hardware that would need to be made. The other option is to keep an eye out at autojumbles for options, although I've been to a couple now and not seen anything remotely comparable.