Thanks Craig.  but you have done more than your fair share of helping on this project.  BIG THANK YOU for that.  it’s a shippers job and some confirmation vicroads paperwork  now. Looks like it’s been upgraded to 1st class with its own container 

Front bulkhead moved back so work can commence on the front chassis

Thought about this when I was building the Mk1 Spitfire race car. But there are a lot more likely incident scenarios racing and even more so just driving to competition that I didn't bother in the end. But it's the old chestnut of personal risk concerns. We all tend to be more worried about the consequence of things we've seen vs probablity of them actually happening in isolation.

Not much landline infrastructure to compete with and a fairly relaxed approach to planning on mast positioning probably helps. Solar powered phone chargers are popular too as still many folks with no mains power.

I wonder how much that has to do with the transformative effect mobile banking had on many African economies. I remember reading an article a couple of years back around just what an impact being able to move money around without having to travel (often a really long way) somewhere to do it was. If something's valuable, people invest in it I suppose (mostly, anyway...)

Rear suspension and chassis done, now removing everything from the bulkhead so I can tip it rearwards to sort out the front cross members and continue boxing the side rails. Double width garage which is nice but being built in 1975 it's only 4M deep! Can only just work on it with the garage door closed. 1m extension will be built......once I find a builder. And don't get me started on the structural engineering calcs! The chaps first idea was to use more steel than in the Forth Bridge! I red penned his plans and sent him back to try again. He stated all the steel work to be hot dip galvanised..... Where ya gonna find someone with a tank big enough to do a 5.5m girder.....and if ya did ...imagine how much that would cost.

I've found all ClassicCarLEDs products to be 'brilliant'. I fitted H4 LEDs to my VW 1970 transporter, the difference is night & day.The type you show are the latest edition with a fan at the rear, just as good as the earlier non fa type, if not better. I fitted their led flasher relay to my Vitesse, absolutely brilliant and not expensive. You can always talk to Duncan at ClassicCarLEDs, very helpful. Hope this helps.    

I have a set, bloody brilliant, not as good as post lifts of course, but I use mine a lot. Makes changing oil, brakes etc soooo easy. Mine has 18" lift. Comes with 4 rubber blocks that you slide fore/aft to match the jacking points. I also use so bits of 2" thick wood to take up 'slack' between the lift and jacking points.....gains an extra couple inches of lift. Trouble is...they don't fit the Herald, they are about 6" too long, which was slightly annoying as that was the main reason for buying them! Although, once I've finished welding them up, the side rails should be strong enough to use.  

Just looked at the Alfabb thread, if you go 3/4 of the way down, you’ll see a photo of what the driveshaft did to the tunnel. 

I should add, sometime in the late 2000s, an Alfa GTV racer had one of these let go down the straight at Road Atlanta. The driveshaft ripped through the cockpit and chewed up his let. He almost bled out and required a ton surgery.    So in addition to proper joints, I recommend a real, reinforced driveshaft loop. Whether it’s the thin sheet metal or cardboard, it doesn’t stand a chance.