Springfield Flyer.

[kiwi belly tank]

If you go back to them with your current list of sponsors & the progress on the liner, you might find a whole different reception. Worth a shot Mate, nothing to lose!
  Sid.

[wobblywalrus]

Mike, that 100,000 must be in rand.  How much is it in USD? 

[tauruck]

Currently around R14/USD plus shipping.

[Stan Back]

So when you convert Dollars to Rands, there're so many of them it requires you pay shipping?

[SPARKY]

SB --- you better watch it you are borderline--TSR 

[tauruck]

Stan, the local importers don't play games. They'll hit you R30/$ for parts.
Don't start giving people ideas.

Built my first set of dock leveling equipment and the earnings will go towards buying tires.
Powder coat took time but the parts are leaving in the AM.

[wobblywalrus]

The items I buy from the UK and AUS have customs duty as well as shipping and the exchange rate conversion.

Sid has the right idea.  Sponsors might be the key.  Some tire brand who is trying to get recognition in SA might consider that helping your program is good publicity. 

[tauruck]

We already have all the tire companies here competing for #1 spot but not MT.
One guy sells their drag tires on a small scale but I doubt they want to invest in a history making effort.

The guys here are risk averse to be blunt. Not all but when it counts most run for the hills and never look back.

I'll have my MT tires in time for Christmas I guarantee that!!!!.
Paid with my own blood, sweat and tears. That's how SH$$T works in Africa.

[SPARKY]

AS well as the rest of the world for most of us!!

[tauruck]

Been a bit quiet on the liner build but making progress on earning tire money.

My mate Ashley funnily enough spent his youth in Roswell, NM. He's an artistic genius
with airbrush, paint brush and spray gun but was an estimator in various body shops
for 25 years and finally decided it was time to strike out on his own.
He has a passion for older VWs and Porsche classics.
New resto shop but spray booth prices are 200 grand so we came up with our own home built version.

He supplied rough dimensions and I built the bolt together kit.
Some guys are going to clad and insulate the structure.
I still have 3 doors to build but it looks pretty good so far.

[tauruck]

Hopefully I'll get enough from these projects to afford those Mickeys.

[tauruck]

Been a little quiet as far as the build goes.

Still waiting to be paid for work I did.

I decided to build the new Plenum base.
The original was 2" shorter and had a recess for a stock location distributor.

It wouldn't do on the new EFI crank trigger setup so today I laid up 14 layers
of Carbon and Glass for the new chamber that has to withstand at least 3Bar.

We'll start building the top half plug next week. Right now the lower half is under vacuum
and after it's been post cured we'll pull the part off the mold and see what we have.

[tauruck]

The original short piece next to the new part.

The inside of the new chamber will be smooth as glass, the way it should.

We have a little trick process to bond the yet un built top to the base.

[tauruck]

I got paid so tomorrow is shopping day.

Ill get some much needed components to keep the build going.

[SPARKY]

AH    what a great sense of timing tomorrow here is Thanksgiving a great day for giving thanks and Friday is the greatest day of shopping!!!!!!!!! Mikey get ready, get set,  go shopping!!!!!!!!