Monday, September 28, 2009

Updates from Captain Vogler

In a blatant attempt to keep people from voting for him in the "who will park the car last" poll, the senior team member has been sending out what appear to be factual updates on a nightly basis. I will publish these here:
Adeline and Olivia touched up the car with a Picasso style paint job. The number ‘20’ on the roof is ½ complete.
The Kalis Beam was installed between the rear shock towers. We will put the OEM tail lights on the beam. This way the lights will be protected from damage when Eric drives too slow and people rear end him.
The hatchback/liftgate was removed. With the Kalis Beam in place we should not need the liftgate’s structural benefits (if there were any) and removing the liftgate significantly improves rear visibility.
We realized we have a new problem – we have no rear driving lights. When we removed the light switches with the old steering column last year we also removed the ability to turn on all the driving lights. The rear lights will have to be tied into the front low beam power.
Dave finished replacing the rear left brakes and is almost done with the rear right brakes.
The fire extinguisher and mounting bracket was installed in the car.
Tonight we are having a special guest appearance by Marty Reckker. Marty built alternators for years and hopefully can shed some light on how we wire the kill switch and allow the battery to charge at the same time without frying the alternator.
And how could I forget – Eric took a die grinder and removed the right door inner panel for a phenomenal weight savings of 3.4 ounces. Somehow he created mass from nothing, since he left about 5 pounds of metal filings on the garage floor.
Yoda Pug flies in on Tuesday. I’m sure he will know how to wire the kill switch if we haven’t figured it out by then.
Brian flies in on Thursday, just in time to sign some autographs and hit the track.

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