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I thoroughly
enoyed building x11gtr. As someone with no previous experience,
I was slightly daunted by the build but there were four reasons
I succeeded.
Firstly,
the build manual supplied is excellent. It's not totally foolproof
though; v3 did not contain a link to the main wiring diagrams for
example, and more pictures would have helped. But as manuals
go, it's 99% there. The remaining 1% keeps you on your toes
during the build.
Secondly,
the support of the factory. The three mechanics (Andy, Dave
and Geoff) know this car inside out. They also have the patience
of saints, deciphering my jibberish (for example, "I have a
spare lump of shiny metal with a connector on the end") into
meaningful instruction (in this example. "that's the temperature
sender unit that screws into the rad - it sounds like you have the
oil sender unit in the wrong place").
The factory
also handled my snagging list and
got the car through the SVA test.
Thirdly,
my wife and two lads for their support, patience, occasional
spanner twiddling (small kids are great for those tight areas !)
and for putting up with my automotive highs and lows.
Lastly,
the dozens of people below who gave their time, effort and helping
hands, sometimes later at night and always with no warning !
They
are listed in the "heroes listing" page
My
thanks to you all !!
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