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Apologies for not updating the blog. It been partly due to the car just being sat in the garage looking sorry for itself, partly due to job hunting, partly due to then getting a job and not having much time on my hands and partly due to partying. Stag weekends, road trips, Glastonbury etc...

Squarepants is right, I have taken the matrix and blower units out of the car. The dash will be smoothed off and then flocked. I want it to look a little like the one in an 05 Focus WRC ya see. A heated windscreen will take car of de-misting issues and a marine blower fan and some ducting...

Everyone says OMP bolt in cages are a #### to fit and it is definitely a two person job to get a cage into a car. I just about managed it on my own, despite getting a bit tangled up at times. After much wrestling and jiggling, I finally got it to sit somewhere near where I want it to. It fits...

I decided to assemble the roll cage and test fit it, mainly so that it looked like I was making a bit of progress! The cage had no instructions but is only is about six parts so it shouldn't be as difficult to put together as I made it. As you can see, the dog was absolutely no help...

I have also managed to remove the remainder of the sound deadening and the seam sealer from the interior. A messy, smelly, time consuming job but one that is well worth it. There are a few more brackets still to remove and a bit of seam sealer in some awkward corners but the majority is now...

I also made a start on the dashboard. I have chopped it down to the bare minimum. I was going to mould a carbon fibre version of it but it doesn't weigh a great deal now so I will smooth it all off, fit it around the roll cage and then it will be sent for flocking. This is about the sixth...

Made a bit more progress in the last week or so. Lack of time (applying for jobs and going to interviews all over the country) and lack of money (no job) means that the bigger jobs may have to wait a while. Frank came over last week and gave me a masterclass in ripping a Micra apart...

They're both black plastic. I also have a washer bottle to add to the list.

Thanks to Frank's efforts yesterday, I now have an even bigger pile of parts taking up space in the garage! The original list, minus the engine and gearbox is still available, plus; 1. 1.0 L flywheel 2. Rocker cover - Silver with red lettering 3. Pair of 1.0 L drive shafts 4...

The car is near Cannock and is an 'L' plate. The engine and box are still most very definitely in the car!

I have few parts available that I have removed from my rally car project. Rather than give them to the scrappy or take them to the tip I wondered if anyone on here would be interested. If not I might take a punt and list them on Ebay. 1. Standard airbox assembly - Great condition 2...

Indeed it is. I have a job interview in Wrexham next Tuesday! We had some good times in Mavis. Especially over Trawsfynydd! She nearly didn't come back from there a few times! I did consider F1000, great entries and great craic and close competition but they aren't really the rallies I...

Does is also have the dodgy turbo restrictor cheat fitted as standard by the factory?!

My daily driver has ABS and a disc braked rear beam. It is a Super S and cost me the princely sum of £240! I don't really like ABS, not good on slippery conditions like mud, ice and snow.

I recently moved back to the Midlands, from North Wales, when I left the rally team. It was a little town called Ruthin. Great roads, no traffic, good pubs, surrounded by hills and countryside and about five minutes from the 'Evo Triangle'. I miss it.

Yeah. I will be welding seat rails which along with seam welding will probably be stronger than the flimsy brace that I removed. Co-driver will be sat right back by the B-pillar and on the floor to get the weight as far back and as low down as possible. My seat position will be similar as I...

You're right. I have broken the list down into categories, with smaller jobs within them. Doesn't look so daunting that way. I intend to do some BTRDA rallies, which are gravel events and held all over the UK, as they have a very well supported rallies for 1400cc cars. And you get to run...

Better to be born lucky than rich... Having got the car delivered from North Wales, at the expense of my previous employer, I have now had chance to have a good poke around it and write a jobs list. A list which is growing rapidly! There is a bit of tin-worm on the car. It definitely needs...

Here she is! Admittedly, it is very gay but according to my girlfriend, every car needs a name. She took it upon herself to give the rally car a name and happily she chose one that sounds like a lap dancer. ‘Crystal’ is quite a racy name but my 1.0 L Nissan Micra is not looking too racy at...

I thought I would start a new thread to document the build of my new gravel specification K11. If nothing else it will give me something to look back on to remind myself that progress, albeit slow, is being made on the car over the coming months. Ask any time served car club anorak who has...