Thanks to Stu 1 gas bottle was donated for the sandblaster. It turned out to still have a tiny amount of gas in even after checking the valve, but after quickly taking it outside with the valve half removed, that soon went away.
To ensure it was properly empty it was blown out with an airline, left outside in a breeze, and then upside down too ( couldn't remember if butane was heavier or lighter than air), and finally flooded with more CO2 before I dared take the plasma cutter near it. Despite that it still gave off a rather loud explosion 1 minute into cutting holes, with my head right over it! Luckily the only things suffer were my hearing and a stain on the floor from the blast.
Some fittings were turned up to weld on, some feet were added from angle iron, and the rest is plumbing parts or fittings turned up in the lathe. All it needs now is some 15mm bore hose( 3m of coolant or fuel hose I was thinking if I can find a real at a motor factors) and a nozzle making on the lathe from more plumbing valves. A lick of paint and there will be little else to do other than start blasting stuff.
With that about done, time to do something on the car itself. The shell just needs the engine mounts and tunnel fitting before blasting so I need a dummy gearbox adaptor. I finally finished the wood prototype off and got it in place on the engine and box. Everything lined up beautifully so I know the design now works, I just need to make it out of an expensive lump of aluminium next. For now I think I will put some inserts in and use the wood one to get the mounts and tunnel done.
Although the Volvo should be the main focus, the CRX also got some attention and a quick spruce up. I have had some offers on it recently and one is the misses who wants to add it back into the running car collection rather than the growing stationary toy collection. It needed to be moved anyway so she gave it a clean up and if it stays then I will soon start a thread for the upgrading of that toy too. It doesn't need much ( Battery, back box and clutch fork pivot) but it may get treated to a new set of dampers too to make the most of those AO48 tyres and get it to a track this summer.
OK, the Volvo is taking a lifetime but that is probably exactly the way that you like it but it's no real surprise with everything else that you keep taking on. Nutter! 
) At least you have a running car, that you are using. 
