An update from Kazakhstan

As i write this i am on my 5th week in Aktau, a remote desolate ex-soviet hellhole in west Kazakhstan, by the Caspian sea. Due home towards the end of next week, and i will have a LOT of things to be getting on with. Some of my purchases i will run through with you all right now. (These have all been made via the gift of eBay or through internet forums. Paypal is a tool that will inevitably bankrupt me.)

7 inch electric polisher/Mop: a variable speed mop and polisher. No real need for this at the moment for any car in the garage, but my Supra has been long overdue a buff down, so this will be handy. And home resprays will be made a lot easier with this

Range Rover 96- 4.6litre sump and dipstick. Not neccesarily a required thing either, but the auction came with a long reach sump pick up, so will make things a lot neater down there. Might have a crack with the 4.6 sump too if i can see any advantage with it. The seller also threw in the 4.6 timing cover which removes the distributer drive. Definitely no need for this so it will either be sold on or i may keep it for a future converion to electronic ignition via coilpack and ECU...

Twin Weber 45 carbs. Definitely not for me. Will be giving these to my bro for his scirocco as an xmas present. If i dont they stand the danger of ending up on my AW11 mr2. Not a good idea as this was meant to be the sensible car while all this monkey wrenching goes on...

A lathe. Very handy bit of kit. More of a joint buy from me and Simon, but will do a more comprehensive write up once i'm back and get the badboy running right.

DTI, micrometer, various lathe tools: See above

A TOMS airscoop for the AW11: Wat can i say, i'm a poser. And it came in the right colour so will be a bolt n toy.

15 inch alloys: 4x100 so will be going on the above. The aw11 is currently running horrific 3 spokes of unknown 90s heritage. Pics to follow.

Thats about it from me for this week. Slow progress indeed due to work, but the purchases made whilst away will ensure some fairly detailed and large jumps in progress!

Stay tuned!