Valerie in all her glory (shame) on the night that Kev collected her from Bristol!
Kev enjoying Valerie's warm insides...
Valerie used to shake that Booty until Paul tightened up the rear drum that was hanging on by a thread!
Kev's handywork - Valerie went from a convertible to a pickup truck!
Team First Gear! Oh Right!! Nobody was on hand to take a picture of both Paul and Kev, so they each took it in turns to take a pic of the other, and Paul craftily Photoshopped them together!
Valerie "uni-struttin" her stuff!
Paul doing the honours and peeling the backing off of Valeries new "Team First Gear" stickers.
Valerie gets new prosthetic legs and shiny new shoes. 2" spring spacers go in to give her a little more ground clearance and some nice shoes that Paul spent a week refurbishing!
Orange spring spacer fitted to front suspension
All done! Valerie fully lifted with 4 new boots!
Ain't she purrrty!
Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep Valerie away from Mongolia baby!!
Jerry cans and water tank fitted and strapped down
Kev's industrial DIY bracket!
Spare wheels bolted down
Finito!
Sorted!
Kev got the hole saw out and went crazy!
... So we now have a gaping hole in the wing.... But what for I wonder....
Final preps - Kev tying the jerry cans down for the last time before we leave on the 5th July!
Another bracket added to help keep the spare wheels strapped down and in place.
Paul refitting the arch liner and arch cover after kev took to the wing with a hole-saw!
Speakers wired, just need to be fitted
STEREO FITTED!! Woohoo!! A month without music would have been unthinkable...
There she is! Looking like a proper rally car what with the stickers now stuck on
1st Gear MTC - Teams main sponsor
Everything fitted and tied down. Valerie is ready to rock!
