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Peter D · 09-14-04, 10:28 AM

Pete - the champers has been opened & emptied ! With that much on board, sleep came easily !

You have accurately identified the 2 key elements :

- Preparation : if you have a good Engineer, he will go through a huge check-list with you on what is required. At the end of the day, there's not a lot of difference between building it right & building it wrong - the effort is much the same, but the outcomes are different !

- Depression Management : a few times there, I got close to packing it all in (heat of the moment stuff). When I cooled off, I thought "screw this, I've got too much time & effort invested here to let some bureacrat just take it away - I'll just wear them down. Whatever they want, I'll do, because at the end of the day, they'll run out of hurdles & then I'll have a GT40 on the road, and they won't" ! It took a while, but it came true !

Kind Regards,

Peter D.

09-14-04, 10:28 AM	#62 (permalink)
Peter D delaneyp Peter D Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia GT40: DRB #27 Posts: 1,243 Rep Power: 21	Re: GT40 Australia #27 Pete - the champers has been opened & emptied ! With that much on board, sleep came easily ! You have accurately identified the 2 key elements : - Preparation : if you have a good Engineer, he will go through a huge check-list with you on what is required. At the end of the day, there's not a lot of difference between building it right & building it wrong - the effort is much the same, but the outcomes are different ! - Depression Management : a few times there, I got close to packing it all in (heat of the moment stuff). When I cooled off, I thought "screw this, I've got too much time & effort invested here to let some bureacrat just take it away - I'll just wear them down. Whatever they want, I'll do, because at the end of the day, they'll run out of hurdles & then I'll have a GT40 on the road, and they won't" ! It took a while, but it came true ! Kind Regards, Peter D.