Re fitted what there is of the interior (still can't get the mud off it) that didn't get taken to the skip earlier on in the year.
Knee pad fitted and larger centre cubby hole created
Also added a bit of colour to the dull interior
Friday, 27 June 2008
Re fitted what there is of the interior...
The rest of TEAM-PIPE will be glad to know I've dragged the car out from behind the fence of the back garden and started work on it again.
Re fitted what there is of the interior (still can't get the mud off it) that didn't get taken to the skip earlier on in the year.
Knee pad fitted and larger centre cubby hole created
Also added a bit of colour to the dull interior
Re fitted what there is of the interior (still can't get the mud off it) that didn't get taken to the skip earlier on in the year.
Knee pad fitted and larger centre cubby hole created
Also added a bit of colour to the dull interior
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Panic!
Beginning to have a mild panic develop now over all this. Lack of time and funds to sort the car out is the main issue. At the MOT a few months back it failed on a few brake issues which should be easily solved with some new pads all round and maybe a bleed of the system and some fresh fluid.
The other failure was on the O/S track rod arm, too much play. Never had that one before on a car so a little bit foxed by it. The MOT chap told me to take the gaiter off and check to see if there was a washer on the inner side, peen it over and that should fix it.
I'm thinking the fact there was very little PAS fluid in there didn't help either.
I'm slowly putting bits of the interior back in after stripping it all out. It won't be a complete interior but comfortable enough. I also have to wire in a head unit and some speakers of some sort. Oh and get the car out of the back garden (by removing the 6ft fence that is in the way) before I can work on the MOT stuff.
We have also decided not to bring the car back, it's either going to a "recycling" place in Helsinki or a chap from the Finnish Saab Club forums will hopefully be taking the car off us so it will live on in one piece.
We've also decided to drive up to Copenhagen, so we're doing the Dover to Dunkirk ferry to keep costs down.
The other failure was on the O/S track rod arm, too much play. Never had that one before on a car so a little bit foxed by it. The MOT chap told me to take the gaiter off and check to see if there was a washer on the inner side, peen it over and that should fix it.
I'm thinking the fact there was very little PAS fluid in there didn't help either.
I'm slowly putting bits of the interior back in after stripping it all out. It won't be a complete interior but comfortable enough. I also have to wire in a head unit and some speakers of some sort. Oh and get the car out of the back garden (by removing the 6ft fence that is in the way) before I can work on the MOT stuff.
We have also decided not to bring the car back, it's either going to a "recycling" place in Helsinki or a chap from the Finnish Saab Club forums will hopefully be taking the car off us so it will live on in one piece.
We've also decided to drive up to Copenhagen, so we're doing the Dover to Dunkirk ferry to keep costs down.
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Vacancy - Driver/Adventurer Required
Due to a team members work commitments we now have a space available within TEAM-PIPE.
Driver and all round good sport required to complete a team of four to compete in StreetSafari's Valhalla Run event this August.
You will need to have a good sense of humour and be a team player.
Valid passport and Driver licence essential.
Able to get time off from work between 17th (sign in night) - 22nd August. Add a few days either side of those dates for travelling time to and from the event start/finish. The Run is scheduled for August 18 to August 22, 2008.
Entrance fee has already been paid. You will just need to chip in with rest of the adventures costs.
See http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30596
Driver and all round good sport required to complete a team of four to compete in StreetSafari's Valhalla Run event this August.
You will need to have a good sense of humour and be a team player.
Valid passport and Driver licence essential.
Able to get time off from work between 17th (sign in night) - 22nd August. Add a few days either side of those dates for travelling time to and from the event start/finish. The Run is scheduled for August 18 to August 22, 2008.
Entrance fee has already been paid. You will just need to chip in with rest of the adventures costs.
See http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30596
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The Valhalla Run
In Norse mythology, those who fell gloriously in battle passed on to a magnificent place called Valhalla. In bangerese we call that a scrapyard. If Valhalla has a car park, we're sure to be adding to it before this route is run.
Valhalla Run is StreetSafari's 5th European Banger Rally.
We've gone in every other direction: East through Europe; South to Africa; West to America.
Nowhere to go now but North...
The event starts in Copenhagen on the 18th of August.
We cross into Sweden, and then on to Norway to do the impressive Trollstigen (Troll Ladder), before a night in Kristiansund.
For anyone dipping their toes in the various seas and oceans around the world, this is your chance to see the Arctic Ocean.
From Kristiansund we travel all the way to Umea on the Baltic Sea, cross by ferry to Korsholm and then head towards Helsinki for the final night, 22nd August.
The distance is around 1,700 miles, through terrain unlike most people have ever seen before.
This is more different than any other StreetSafari event to date. You can also bet it's more desolate than the other European countries we visit. Norway has less than 5m people in a country nearly 50% bigger than the UK!
Valhalla Run is StreetSafari's 5th European Banger Rally.
We've gone in every other direction: East through Europe; South to Africa; West to America.
Nowhere to go now but North...
The event starts in Copenhagen on the 18th of August.
We cross into Sweden, and then on to Norway to do the impressive Trollstigen (Troll Ladder), before a night in Kristiansund.
For anyone dipping their toes in the various seas and oceans around the world, this is your chance to see the Arctic Ocean.
From Kristiansund we travel all the way to Umea on the Baltic Sea, cross by ferry to Korsholm and then head towards Helsinki for the final night, 22nd August.
The distance is around 1,700 miles, through terrain unlike most people have ever seen before.
This is more different than any other StreetSafari event to date. You can also bet it's more desolate than the other European countries we visit. Norway has less than 5m people in a country nearly 50% bigger than the UK!
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