16th of May 2004

Last pre-registration test and inspection by appointed tester (he gets to drive the car).

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1. Ready for "pre-inspection" before registration.

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2. Mounted rusty "spare wheel" as mock-up (I won't use this later, it's only to add more weight to the car as it has to reach a certain weight/power ratio of 15kW/100kg)

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3. Interior looks really nice now with the center tunnel panelling in place. Also mounted second-hand passenger seat and side panels to hide some of the structural profiles on the sides.

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4. Rollbar is high, but better functional than just being cosmetic. The common-sense rule to get the height right, is that it has to be higher than a line drawn from top of rollbar to highest point at the front and this has to clear the head incl helmet by 50mm.

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5. Mounting of wheel. To spread the force, I used two 12mm MDF boards on either side of the glass fibre. Seemed to work well. It hurt to drill that hole in the middle of the back, but I will cover it later on with the registration plate.

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6. Inspector taking it for first test drive on some gravel to test the brake distribution.

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7. There he goes.

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8. I think he's enjoying it a little too much :)

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9. The car looks mean.

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10. Here we are, on our way to a restricted asphalt area to do more serious testing.

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11. There he comes.

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12. Making the turn. I really like the looks of the car!!


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