- Registration
- I made a trip home this last weekend thanks to Spirit’s $75 round trip tickets. I was able to get the VIN plate on the car and have it inspected by a police officer. What I think should be the final piece of paper for getting the title is now in the mail. I expect that I should be recieving the title via mail sometime in the next few weeks :). Then I just register it and get a plate like a normal car! Excited to be able to drive it around soon.
- Finally got insurance figured out. American Modern is issuing the policy and surprisingly the rates came out pretty decent considering my age. My insurance agent almost wanted to quit though because of how much work he has had to put into this policy vs the commission he’ll get from issuing it! It’s certainly not a straightforward process with these cars. I had to provide receipts for everything, a list of all parts on the car, proof of my primary vehicle insurance policy, proof of my 818’s value, proof of my 818’s certificate of origin from FFR, and more.
- Bodywork
- In the time I had at home, I continued the work on the body. Sanded the front fenders a little more, and am still contemplating on how much more I care about them. I began sanding the driver’s side mold seam that runs down the car. Fixed a few other odds and ends that I had left as well.
- Build Website
- Continuing to put a lot of work into improving my website. If you’re curious, I’ve built a new section at www.818coupe.com/the-build that is meant to be a summary of the build and is broken down by category. Thus far, I have added just about all the images and formatted the pages. Even added a comments feature to those pages. I still have a lot to do to add all the text and explanations for everything but I like how it’s turning out so far. I haven’t seen any 818 documentation like this previously.
- Let me know if you’ve got any ideas for website improvements/features/info that you think will make it better!
- Summer plans
- The next time I’ll be working on the car is the week leading up to July 4th. I had been hoping that the car would be basically finished after that but based on how much time all this bodywork is taking me, I’m not so sure. I could leave the body in a so-so condition, but that would require me doing a lot of disassembly in the future to fix it. It may be easier to not rush things and try to do it well the first time. The car also needs all the interior work done. I’m looking forward to working on that part. Have some cool ideas in mind with the Android head unit, radio, cameras, and even a pop-out cupholder stolen from a BMW. This car should have a surprising amount of features when it’s all said and done. So we’ll see how that week goes, I’ve yet to decide if I want to attempt to bring it to Michigan or not for a month.
Thought this sticker was funny
Sanding away
Definitely gets worse before its gets better
Trimmed the hatch edge a bit at the bottom
No idea how I’m going to fix this seam with fiberglass. Might require removing the doors again…
VIN plate installed!
