Hot weekend

Well, the good weather is seven days early but fingers crossed it'll still be warm next week. This weekend it's up to 28 degrees on Monday. This will be the time when I figure out whether an all-aluminium interior was the best way to go. It did occur to me that the edge trim in the car is 3D printed, and while I left them on because they looked good, I also have doubts on whether they can survive high temperatures. Even the glue fixing them on could go a bit 'gooey'. If it does I'll just remove them, they were going to be removed anyway so it's not an issue. 

In any case, I'll get the car out and see whether it becomes unbearable in the heat. When my next post is 'third degree burns on my hips and elbows' then you'll know things got too hot!

I did discover why my diff was pretty dry though. Basically as soon as the propshaft was removed the oil would have come out, so it would have been dry since it went on the car. Such a daft thing to do and hopefully I've not done any terminal damage to the gearbox. If I have then it's <£100 for a new one, but it's not a few minutes job. 

Lets see what's on the 'to do' list;

• Heel/foot plates. Both passenger and driver need somewhere to rest their feet, it's surprisingly hard work to keep straight legs. It's mainly going to be just a bar across at an appropriate point, a bit closer on the passenger side with the driver side being just before the clutch pedal. 
• Reshape seats. Along the same lines as the above, I want to tilt the seats back or create a bolster under the thighs. I still have some pleather so I think some decently supporting foam would do. I did think about an old angled pillow that we have lying around but it's not actually that supportive. I've learned that seating actually needs to be a lot harder than you might expect to be comfortable. I can see why some seats are basically solid, or at most with a small layer of foam. 

(Later that weekend)

Well, heat is heat, and driving in a car with no roof or cooling is like having a hot hairdryer in your face. It's mostly a nice experience, but I didn't last many miles. On the subject of miles, I've started a fuel spreadsheet. Yeah I know, probably the epitome of dullness. But without a fuel gauge I need to have an idea how far I can get.

A 5.7 gallon tank gives me around 200 miles range. Just as a comparison, Malvern is around 50 miles away so I can get there and back without filling up.