Soldering on the radiator was finally completed by Ben Sud and myself this afternoon. Jeremy completed the pipework connecting the engine to the wonderful looking radiator tanks.
It was then time for a proper test drive! An experience that was so bad that it was really rather good! The noise from the 8 stub exhausts is something to behold - no doubt our neighbours were delighted. Cows and sheep scattered across fields and a large dust cloud developed as we got up to speed on the single track country roads surrounding the workshops. Vicko the upholsterer extraordinaire had the misfortune of meeting us coming the other way on a small hump-backed bridge - one must remember that the Mors looks quite brutal at the moment without any bodywork!
All went well with good oil pressure (60psi) and 3rd gear reached (for those interested in the technical details).
On our way back we discovered that a largish cow had escaped in fright and was being rounded up by some mildly irate farmers. Otherwise all went very successfully and we returned to the delighted mechaniciens for a complete debrief.
It's now half past drinks o'clock and the world famous artists and signwriters Alan and Kate Harrison have arrived to drink the Patrons cellar and put their trademark on the Mors.
Got to go and see a man about a Horse, a White Horse!
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Well done to all
Poor Vicko did she need a few G and T's to recover( pun intended) from the shock of seeing the beast on the road
Nothing like seeing (hearing?) the beast run and drive for the first time...congratulations to all involved and I hope the paperwork makes it back in time. My experiece with my local DVLC (twice) when registering 'wierd' things (as far a civil servants go anyway)was remarkable positive, leaving with a tax disc and paperwork to get the number plates on both occasions. Only down side was the wait to GET to the counter.
excellent, I had just arrived in bristol and so was luckily able to jump under a table when you started it up. Early reports are claiming that at the epicentre, around Bigenor farm yard, it reached 4.7 on the richter scale! One unfortunate cow was catapulted into the air and landed in a tree where it was puzzled to find a fruitcake attached hanging from a parachute.
Maybe a test drive to bristol is in order? that's actually only 1.5% of the total mileage you'll be doing abroad... and i'll buy you a pint... with my own wallet!
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