My 170S Build

A newbie tries his hand at building a car

Category: Preparation

Getting ready

  • Time spent: 4hCumulative time: 66hMain activities:  front wings, engine plumbing, internal trim With the dire predictions about the weather for tomorrow, I decided to get a few jobs done that would allow me to do work indoors most of tomorrow (instead of in the ice-box garage).  Its meant to get really cold tonight. But first…

  • 7 February 2023 Time spent:  6hCumulative time: 9hMain activities.  Going through the boxes and installing temporary protection to sides of car. Installed horns The day started with more rummaging through the various boxes and trying to consolidate things into fewer boxes. Next up was a coat of varnish to the timber section of the boot…

  • 6 February 2023 Time spent:  3h Cumulative time: 3h Main activities:  Unloading and checking the boxes Great day today – the kit finally arrived, almost a year to the day since I ordered it.  The delivery process was over pretty quickly.  It was certainly less than an hour to unload although the driver stood to…