Thursday, July 2, 2009

Whew, what a month!

So it is July 2 and we set a tentative deadline for ourselves of July 3 (baby's due date) to have the buggy running.  I am proud to announce that we might just make that deadline.  Steve has the day off work tomorrow and a few last minute things to put together but we could actually get this thing running tomorrow!! Woo hoo!!  

Steve has been working very hard the past month and unfortunately for this part of the project I'm not so useful.  As it turns out, a nine-month pregnant woman can't get herself into small spaces to run tiny wires through the tubing of a buggy!  Not to mention, it's just so HOT!

Anyway, Steve has run all the wires in the buggy so everything now has power.  He tells me that once we put the gas tank back on, hook up the fuel lines and bleed the brake and clutch lines, we should be ready to rock and roll.  Crazy how everything is coming together! Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to post about our first ride in the buggy, or maybe I'm just being too ambitious.  As long as this baby decides to wait (which he seems content to do) we are making progress to get it done.  

Wiring photos aren't the greatest to look at but here it goes anyway.


The horn mounted underneath.  Elwood is not a fan!


A whole mess of wires up front.  Blogger keeps rotating these photos, sorry.


A whole mess of wires in the back.   They all look much more put together now.



The battery box behind the passenger seat.



Steve's new toy, a soldering gun for connecting all the wires.



And the headlights work and everything!

We are really excited to move on to the next steps.  Tomorrow should be a busy day and hopefully a landmark one as well.