The Holey Daytona

Great minds think alike Matt.
I telephoned the FOC this morning, to warn them that i will not be coming, not unless the weather forecast improves, as it says, rain all day today, rain on Sat. and rain heavy and light all day there on Sunday.
They told me they are thinking of canceling it for the first time ever. They also said if they had to rearrange it, it would probably be early Sept.
Grant

 

Will do Armen, when I get the car on the road.

 

The engine ran in the car for the first time today.

Matt. FOC say Sunday is still on.

 

Great Photo Peter.
The blue makes a great contrast with the background.
PM sent.

 

CH.
Sorry I did not take my car in the end.
I had to make a decision on Friday, and based on the weather forecast I decided not to take it. It has not be waxoyled in the doors etc yet.

When I got to the concours it was dry, but it did rain hard for a while, so I was glad I did not take it. But it was not as bad as the weather forcast said it would be. It rained all morning in Cambridge and that's only 35 miles away!

Lots of nice Daytona's there though. Pic's posted in Paul's thread.
Grant

 

Thanks for the info HG.

Latest update:-
Rob found the the new hoses Ferrari supplied to connect the fuel tank to the transfer tube started to weep through the material. The special yellow hose also supplied by Ferrari that connects the transfer hose to the pump started to disintegrate within a week of having unleaded fuel in. Which as you can imagine, I was not impressed with, and will be sending all back to Ferrari, for them to investigate. The yellow hose was an easy fix with a modern hose, and then Rob wrapped the new hose, in the yellow cover from the old hose.

The transfer hose was more of a problem, and has been talked about in other sections on F-chat, it is hard to find something to do the job, that will take be immersed in petrol constantly. In the end I found a company in the UK that makes hose on special order, for all sorts of cars including F1 cars, and they came up with a what they called a pro fuel solution, of a silicon hose that they line with a green rubber liner and then wrap the out side in another rubber layer to make it look old, they then bake it all together. This was made on Tuesday this week and fitted yesterday.
Because of this hold up, the carbs still need to be set up and a few other electrical jobs need to be sorted out. We will get there soon I hope.

Pic. attached of new hose and cable ties which should be correct for the car as far as I can tell. [ or as near as possible].
Grant
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I could not buy the hose direct from the people that make it, [Samco] but I did talk to them first to make sure it would do the job, their agent is http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/
It is called Samco pro fuel classic [ with green liner] 35mm ID. The cost was £80 inc. post etc for 0.5m so its not cheap, and its normally sold in 1m lengths! They bake every two weeks on a Tuesday.

The ties came from
http://www.voltimum.co.uk/fullSearch.jsp?mode=simple&fullsize=yes&leftnavi=no&universe=fullsearch&keyword=+Colson+cable+tie+0319+16# again you cannot buy direct and they are sold in box's of 100! Also very expensive.

 

Hi Kevin.
Thank you for your kind words about the car.
Yes I did get to drive it when I first got it in 2007, mainly going to restorers in it, trying to find one I thought would do the best job.

My intention is to drive the car, to the extent I have just sent another e-mail off to them saying don't worry about any small unimportant little things, as we can do them in the winter. I will show the car at displays if asked, but I have not done the car for entering concours, but I may get badgered into it buy the local FOC club members. It would be interesting to see what they make of it being a conversion.

As for the finish date, I am hoping within a month from now, as long as nothing else goes wrong!
Grant

 

Caught testing this week, driven 10 miles testing this week. One of the benifits of being on an old airfield.
Sorry Kevin, I have not had chance to ask the question, but i think it would be ok as the head judge [ I think he is the head judge, Nigel ] has asked me a few times if i will be entering it.
Grant
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Thanks Guys.
Collecting the car today, going in a taxi, so no going back.
The weather looks good for today and also for Sat. so i will be taking it to Silverstone on Sat. for the world record attempt. I will try to take some photos with, the other 1000 Ferrari's supposed to be going [ that is if i am not smiling too much ]!
Grant