Oh well so it's yet again been a month since I last posted.

I wish i could report a whole new wave of progress - but i can't. The truth is I haven't done much at all on the car. There are a few good reasons for this though :-

1. My wife has recently become pregnant with our first child, so I have lots to do to prepare for that!
2. I have been put onto permanent nightshift. ( although this may have it's benefits ;) )
3. I have finally decided to do something about my ever increasing waistline and now spend an hour a day working out - the same hour I used to spend in the garage.

Anyway, the couple of things I have done are these: I fabricated the mounts and fitted the BMW 3 series steering rack, although it isn't actually connected to the wheels yet as I need to design and fabricate some appropriate rack extensions. Also i need to connect the steering shaft to the rack by means of a long extension piece.

The other job i have started is fitting a new steering wheel. The BMW one is unsuitable as it is way too big and has an airbag fitted. (the law says where one is fitted, it has to work, and that's never going to happen). I picked up a nice 3 spoke wheel from an autojumble last Sunday And today i started stripping the BMW steering wheel down in the hope I could re-use the mounting boss in the centre. This may not be possible and I may have to buy one - but as always, persue the Locost option first!