UK Lakester build G/GL

[kiwi belly tank]

Good onya Mate, one of the better climate areas of NZ! I had many good times at the Mount back in my early hot rodding days.
For many bad reasons don't ship your lakester on the race tires.
  Sid.

[Stainless1]

John, are they really gonna let you in that country.... I thought they were closed 
Good luck with the move... 

[4-barrel Mike]

New Zealand to begin opening up to vaccinated foreign nationals from 30 April 2022 New Zealand will begin allowing fully vaccinated foreign nationals to travel to New Zealand from 30 April 2022 onwards, with the reopening staged over time and possibly by visa category.

https://enz.govt.nz/news-and-research/ed-news/new-zealand-to-begin-opening-up-to-vaccinated-foreign-nationals-from-30-april-2022/#:~:text=New%20Zealand%20to%20begin%20opening%20up%20to%20vaccinated,staged%20over%20time%20and%20possibly%20by%20visa%20category.

[Lemming Motors]

Hey Sid; it will be on the race tyres and I will replace them before we ship it back to the US - the Lakester will have been three quarters of the way around the world before it even gets driven - crazy. We have a couple of acres at Omokoroa but mostly slopes and steep banks in native bush. There is a building site and a workshop site (at the bottom of the drive - the first and most important thing you see on arrival)

Stainless - they haven't actually let us in yet, we have dusted off the Kiwi passports and hoping to sneak in when they open up.

Mike - the bold text wasn't lost on me 

[kiwi belly tank]

That's a cool place out there Mate! We party'd up on the Omok beach a swillion years ago with the Wakatane Rod & Custom Club, I bet it's built up now.
  Sid. 

[Lemming Motors]

Hello out there in LSR land.

I cannot believe a year has passed since I last connected with y'all - we got to NZ in May and have been flat out ever since. The summer has been, well, absent really; the most rainfall since records began (did the dinosaurs keep records?).

Everything arrived safely - we have a rental property with a workshop and a garage but have been distracted with house design, council submissions, engineering (of foundations) and to overlap  a few hours with EST I start work at 5am. We just finished the house foundations yesterday (concrete pour etc) so it finally feels like we can stop pouring money into a hole in the ground.

I have a Morris Minor pickup as my parts getter here (just small parts obviously).

My engine man had heart surgery which had me very worried but is back in the saddle and I am getting inspired and have started messing with fibreglass. However, after 12 months it feels like I am working on a project someone else abandoned and I am trying to figure it out - what idiot thought that was a good idea, oh, yes, there he is ..... on the other side of that mirror.

I will try and catch up with news as I am way behind - did I see a certain kiwi built liner had emerged in the middle of no-where USA (mentioned on SS's 3.0 liner build pages)?

John

[Stainless1]

John, he's actually toward the edge of no where... the middle is where John, GGL205, and I live 
 

[Lemming Motors]

Weather is cheering up, the house is dried in but still hoovering money but most of the decisions are made so it is time for a distraction.

I got bored with fibreglass - forward of the firewall is pretty much resolved.

I am looking at plumbing and wiring and exhaust routing to make sure that stuff fits and doesn't trip over itself too much. Apparently duct tape is not ideal for exhaust systems but I don't TIG so it seemed like a good compromise. I am slowly finding the right contacts locally for parts, engineers, and the like for when things need a professional / adult supervision.

I wonder if I can change this build thread as it is now a Kiwi Lakester build.

[Stainless1]

John, good to see you are still at it... the other John (GGL205) got tired of waiting on you to produce a car and sold his to another guy that may become our competitor...
I have been patiently waiting for you to get your stuff together and come race... 

[Lemming Motors]

Coming and racing - that's the plan. Getting my stuff together - I do not think that is in the forecast.

[Rex Schimmer]

JOHN,
Great to see you are back on the lakester, my bet is that you probably have lots of ideas that came to you while making the move, working on the house etc and now is the time to see if any of them will work. Looking forward to seeing you at the salt, SOON!!!

Rex

[Lemming Motors]

More questions than ideas Rex. Like "what idiot thought that was a good idea" and then answering the question; "oh, that would be me". Its like picking up a project from someone else and trying to decipher it. Maybe it will result in improvements but likely just results in extra work. I am enjoying it though.

I start work at 5am these days to o'lap with EST (min 4 hours) - the upside is I have a few hours every afternoon to run errands and work on the beasty when the shops are open - last week was a daily trip to the specialist exhaust place; mock up a bit from the headers, get it tacked, mock-up a bit from the tail pipe end, get that tacked, until it met in the middle. Exhausting work.