So...... Derek Phoned

After a heavy night at an awards ceremony I had a call from Derek with a date for delivery of my seven.  Not long to go now and it will be delivered a day before the eldest lads birthday which makes him think it's his birthday present.

Another nice green and yellow caterham

Rust Proofing

So the preference by other builders is to use Dinitrol 3125 and spray the engine compartment, grot slots, behind the fuel tank and inside the de-dion.  Then spray under the floor with Dinitrol 4941.  Finally make two infil pieces to stop rubbish from entering the grot traps.

Other useful tips seem to be to spray inside the chasis if you happen to drill out a rivet.  Also some people have talked about sealing between the body panels and the chasis tubing with sealant.

Another common tip seems to be to paint the underside of the wheel arches to prevent star marks in the paint from stones.

Finally polish everything before you add any bits to the cars.

After all that, start building.

Not long now.....

Had a chat with Caterham today and we are getting closer. The bits or at least most of them (if you read other blogs) will be here soon.  I have found some more excellent blogs with great tips on what to watch out for, heat shields, dinitrol, BMW diff issues, armourfend, trickle charging etc.  I have added them to the links at the start of this blog.  Found some more pics of my colour scheme, #noregrets.