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Sunday, 14 October 2012

Time passes...

Thorin says "Hurry up!".
(The Hobbit)
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      • Seat runners - trial fit
      • Nearside front suspension & brake calliper
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Popular Posts this week

  • Seatbelt mounting threads
    My 7/16ths tap arrived from Ebay this evening, so cleaned out the seatbelt threads. WD40 to lubricate, care/paranoia about cross thread...
  • Wind deflectors V2
    I Started thinking about doors, but ended up re-working the wind deflector design. The door template ended up being incredibly long so real...
  • New 2.4 Quick Steering Rack
    Steering rack upgrade; Intended to avoid me getting 'behind the car' on those fast/speed change corners which tighten mid way. The...
  • Cooling system - maintenance
    On the way back from Norway the car decided to chuck out all its coolant and peg the temp gauge at best part of 130ºC. After letting it co...
  • Nearside tunnel panels & crescents
    Passenger side tunnels just fitted and drilled, held in place with Clecos for now. The front footwell panel has to go in before the brake l...
  • Engine install
    Next up - installing the engine assembly.  A milestone job & relatively involved one having the engine swinging around for much of ...
  • Alan Lincoln - My Dad 1930-2016
    A significant reason for this blog existing at all, apart from motivating me to complete the Zero build, was to also share the build progre...
  • Cooling system
    At last, allowed to do a little work on the car ! :) Still cannot lift anything heavy or stretch though The cooling system seems a good p...
  • Interior - seats and tunnel top
    Seats I picked up the seats from GBS. Not currently fixed in because I want to try and find some seat rails which lock on both sides. The...
  • Front mud-guards
    Borrowed an idea from  Bill Rees' Blog , for front mud guards / mud flaps. His description of arriving back with grit & road chippi...

Milestones and Events

  • 2026 SOLD
  • 2025
  • 2020
  • May: Head Gasket
  • 2019
  • May/June: Norway
  • May: Stoneleigh show
  • 2018
  • November: RL13's New home
  • May: Stoneleigh Show
  • April: 5 Years, new number plate
  • 2017
  • September: Grossglockner Pass
  • September: Vienna
  • May: Emissions sorted
  • April: Stoneleigh Kit Car Show
  • March: Ireland
  • 2016
  • December: Lands End
  • October: In Memory of Dad
  • June: Berlin and Back
  • June: The Bucket and Spade Run
  • May: Stoneleigh Kit Car Show
  • April: GBS Run out
  • 2015
  • September: Barcelona
  • June: Castle Combe
  • May: Stoneleigh
  • April: Scottish Highlands
  • 2014
  • March: GBS Run Out
  • November: Brands Hatch
  • October: GBS Run out
  • April: Scottish Highlands
  • 2013
  • Finished: Gallery
  • July: 1000 miles
  • June: Road Legal
  • May: IVA Pass
  • May: Drive to Nottingham
  • March: IVA Test
  • March: Wraps off
  • January: Engine run
  • 2012
  • December: Electrics up
  • November: Side Panels
  • September: Engine in
  • August: Rear Panel
  • July: Rolling Chassis
  • May: Delivery
  • April: Order
  • April: Decision

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Reference

  • Bill's Zero Build
  • David's GBS Zero Build
  • Dctough's Photobucket
  • Simon's Build Diary
  • Paul's GBS Zero Build
  • Zach's Zero (Mazda base)

Club Forums

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  • Locost Builders
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  • Spalding Fasteners
  • Staplehurst Tyres (Tyres/MOT)
  • T7 Design (Heaters)
  • Thermal Velocity
  • Treadmark Tyres (Alignment)
  • Trent Plastics (Wind deflectors)
  • V2Sport (Crash Helmets)
  • Vehicle Electrics (Bulbs)
  • Zunsport (Grille)

This Blog...

This web site is the story of how I built, drive and maintain my GBS Zero sports-car.

This blog is not a set of instructions, more a scrapbook of my decisions and experiences. Each each Zero build ends up subtly unique dependent on the builder's preferences, trade offs and decisions. That is part of the challenge!

My day job is behind a desk 9-5, I have some mechanical background, but no pretence at getting anything right first time - it is all a learning curve for me and plenty of learning the hard way... or should that be the interesting way?

The overriding theme is - learn and have a go.

Thank you to the reference sites and other builders for help along the way (see right hand column Reference & Links section).

If you find this site useful, interesting or have questions, please link to it or drop me a line and let me know.

Cheers.

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