1st Drive!

Went to the car in the morning, took the tintop to the street so that I could drive out the kit car. Connected up the battery, sat in and turned the key. Started quickly and now it idles without needing the foot on the throttle peddle. Kept it going for a bit while playing with the gear stick trying to understand where was 1st, 6th and neutral.

Tried to make it move on its own but stalled. Another try, this time very odd! I took the foot off the clutch and the Digidash would still say "clutch down" and the car would not move. Turned it off, slackened a bit the clutch cable and went for another try. The car seemed it was going to move but stalled twice. And suddenly it would not start again! Lost the remaining of the morning trying to get it to go (even put more fuel in) without success. In the end, the battery was too low on juice to keep trying. Packed up and took the battery to charge.

In the evening another attempt with full battery. Conscious that I made a stupid mistake when trying to go with the car... The hand brake was pulled... Oh, boy...
Battery in, car would not start. Starting to feel lost... Went for another round on the car and... The fuel pump cable was disconnected! I usually disconnect it as another safety measure. This morning I forgot to connect it and the fuel the car ran on was that stored in carburators or something, but not coming from the pump!

Pump connected, car starts after some hesitation! Handbrake down, softly taking the foot from the clutch... The car moves a bit! Went up to get the wife and kid.

With them, 1st movie is driving the car for some 50 meters.

2nd movie is using the MNR reverse box to reverse and then moving back to roughly where I started.

3rd movie is the car going up 2 floors on the garage, to a borrowed spot, so that my spot can me washed (it really needs a wash!).

Tires squeal like mad partially because they probably have some break fluid on them, partially because the suspension geometry was setup by Gaudí. Need to work on that later... Also on the breaks... They sssttttoooopppeeedddd the car. Calmly... Taking their time...