After the snow, came the sun. Sadly, the car wasn’t on track yesterday because of the cancellation, but the overnight rain and the sun all day today meant that I could get the car off the trailer, fiddle with a few bits and pieces and, more importantly, have a small blast around the mean streets of West Sussex.

Firstly, I fitted the Longacre rear view mirror. Others have had a problem fitting the clamp between the roll cage and the windscreen – I guess the tolerances on my car are the right way around, as I had no problems..

The clamps are too large for the roll cage on the Caterham, so you need to pad out the clamp to ensure it can grip properly. I added a strip of sticky back foam, as used on the bonnet padding, all around the inside of the two halves of the clamp. I also added 2 strips of the rear wing piping to one half of the clamp. This was just enough to firmly grip the roll cage.

I looked to see whether I could add my Racetech mirror easily to the drivers side. Hoever, I couldn’t figure it out… It may need some sort of fabricated clamp to hold it on somewhere –  or perhaps a drill taken to the door. I saved that headache for another day.

During the week, I ordered some plastic window polish to try and improve the visibility through the side screens. This hasn’t arrived yet, but I did take a closer look at the doors today and am fairly happy that polishing out some of the wear and tear will make things better.

Finally, I also adjusted the brake pedal slightly. I wanted it raised up inside the foot well so that when the brake is pressed, it remains higher than the accelerator. I moved the pedal as far as the threads on the adjuster would allow and things are better, but it’s not there completely. I may need to take a crow bar to the accelerator to lower it slightly. I may also use some washers to move the accelerator closer to the brake.

It was also good to have a quick blast around to blow out the cobwebs. Slowly, I’m beginning to understand the car a bit more and I really just want to get out on track again now to really start pushing on.