Kit and donor parts safely stored in the Cellar

After a very long trip to Kent the donor parts including tyres were collected Thursday morning and then spent 2 hours with Peter in the afternoon checking off all the kit parts and loading them in the trailer. It's a shame that the fibreglass parts weren't bubble wrapped as there is some damage but they can be touched up later.

The 9 cubic meter box trailer was great but there was no good way to

stack parts so the roof box and back of the Mondeo came in handy too. The

engine was placed over the trailer axle but was still too far forward which

made the Mondeo very light on the front wheels.

Engine out and ready to load, I forgot to take the battery

and some parts aren't needed.

The engine was a bugger to get down into the cellar but a rope tied to the engine mounts, a 2m long scaffold pole and 4 happy helpers solved it.

Spent today emptying all the boxes and placing the parts neatly on shelves. I did notice that perhaps I had made a slight miscalculation with the width of the opening I need to cut in the wall to get the car out; I'm going to have to remove the door as well. That and put a driveway across the neighbours garden!

This step 0 of 80. I've put the GKD key ring on a hook

hanging from the ceiling; the last stage to complete!