With a title like that it better be a good post right?
Well, after a lot of unfortunate setbacks at MEV with the chassis being built the day finally came where it was collected from the powder coaters and I got the message it was ready for me. Unfortunately I have been so busy at work that I couldn’t find time to go and get the kit and so Stewart was able to deliver it down to the Basingstoke (for a fee). I am disappointed I didn’t get to see MEV HQ and will make sure I pop by when I’m anywhere near the area in future.
At just after 9am while I was standing in the driveway waiting like an excited school boy, a van pulls up with the registration BO55 EXO and a coffee fueled Stewart at the wheel. On opening the back up the same thing kept playing over in my head, “that colour combo is exactly what I wanted it to be”. We got it all unloaded into the garage, with only a couple of bits to follows for later in the build (flyscreens and braided lines), chatted for a good 20 minutes as you do, and Stewart headed off back to MEV HQ. Working from home that day there may have been a few trips to the garage during coffee breaks to have a cheeky look at it. At the end of the day I went back and started adding some protection to the chassis ready to start work.
148 days of waiting and it’s finally here in all it’s glory ready for all the work that lies ahead, the excitement alone feels worth the wait.
*FYI the orange colour is RAL 2004 pure orange, while the blue is RAL 5017 traffic blue.