Hey thanks and thanks for asking. The leg is pretty good. I'm done with doctor visits and almost have full use again. It's amazing what they can fix with titanium these days.
I think I've hijacked your thread.
I drove hobby stuff. 24 Hours of Lemons (86 Mustang) for a couple years then we sold the car and moved to Chump (89 Miata). Both are national circuits for low budget racing. Basically each is an endurance race. 9 hours Saturday, 7 hours Sunday. Cars are supposed to be no higher value than $500 excluding safety equipment. Non stop except for gas and driver change.
Actually they are pretty competitive. Tony Stewart drove a car one race.
It was fun and the team is still strong but I wanted to build an airplane and racing is expensive.
the hardest part was drilling from the rear towards the front to remove the rivets that hold the 404 and 405 together. I used a 12 in 40 drill, flex with a rag holding the bit perpendicular to the flange 3/4 the way through, drilled the manufactured head slightly with a 30, took a sharp wood chisel to remove the head, took a 16 nail turned down to fit in the 40 hole, taped to the rivet gun on 20 psi, taped a nut on my tungsten bucking bar for the back stop dolly and pulled the trigger ever so slightly. Clean holes! I got the procedure idea from Walt's post but had to come up with an idea to do this single handed.
