Neil's Aventador build (Page 72/74)
RCR OCT 03, 07:48 AM
It looks better in the garage with you working on it, but it's good to hear you're well and still around. Looking forward to the project resuming.

Take care.

Bob
Neils88 OCT 03, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by RCR:

It looks better in the garage with you working on it, but it's good to hear you're well and still around. Looking forward to the project resuming.

Take care.

Bob



Thanks Bob. The new house (situated on 3 acres of oceanfront ) will also have a 4 car garage with a car hoist. I'll actually be able to work easily on the car... finally! It'll be nice to be able to open the garage door and work without neighbors complaining. We actually received a bylaw complaint today about the car trailer...
355Fiero OCT 03, 01:02 PM
Neil;

Good to hear you are moving home. I was at Bloozberry's place last winter and saw the setup. A great gentleman to know and very open to ideas and help. I think you will both get along great. I also lived in Orleans back in my Air Force days mid 90's and had the same type of neighbours.... I get what you are talking about. I have to say my neighbours here are pretty good really given all the noise I have made in the last 10 years. And a final best for you is now your neighbours are 3 acres away.....

Take care and good luck on the house
Don
RCR JUN 26, 09:53 AM
Neil? Still poking around? How's that house?

Bob
Neils88 JUN 26, 12:13 PM

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Originally posted by RCR:

Neil? Still poking around? How's that house?

Bob



We moved into the new house two weeks ago. The new garage is great! Except right now we are buried in boxes....





My new garage cabinetry should be here in a few weeks. Once that arrives I'll hopefully be able to get the place organized and get back to work.

Here's the view when I'm not in the garage...


RCR JUN 28, 06:54 AM
Good to see you, Neil. The space looks great and the view is spectacular (kind of jealous).



Bob
2.5 JUN 28, 11:57 AM
Looks like a great place to live! Cool to see the project car is still kickin.
Neils88 OCT 21, 06:55 PM
Ok....I promised Bloozberry I would post...

I still haven't truly restarted the project, but this is only because other retirement projects have been taking up all my time. And my daughter decided to renovate her house.... translation...."Dad, come over and renovate my house."

I'm also in the process of installing a Maxjax "portable" 2 post lift. Of course after drilling the first hole in the floor, the magic blue smoke escaped from my old hammer drill. So I've bought a new rotary hammer... but I struggled for a while to find the correct drill bit. Hopefully I'll be able to finish the installation this weekend.



In the meantime, here are my new Wilwood Superlite calipers in the Lemans yellow. I still need to order the rotors, hats and parking brake calipers. I'll be machining my own brackets.




Neils88 NOV 01, 02:54 PM
Finally got the lift installation finished. I still have a tiny hydraulic leak to fix, but other than that, it's good to go.



Now I can finally get back to work!


Neils88 NOV 15, 02:52 PM
Since it's been more than a year since I actually did anything constructive on the car, it's going to be a little slow going as I move forward. I am starting by bringing the passenger side up to the same point of completion as the drivers side. Specifically the lock/ handle mechanism, the door opening and the side paneling.

Today I managed to get the lock connected. It ended up being a little fiddly. Since the lock is connected by a rigid bar I needed it hooked up first to ensure the handle/ lock unit gets mounted in the correct location. This is the emergency use handle/ lock, which is located behind the door under the small removable panel. I plan on installing the brackets for the main air intake panel (red panel in pictures) next.