A sunny Sunday at Bluey HQ aka Damian's shed... Just to prove that Bluey really is driveable, it's facing the opposite direction today!
Up on ramps... today was the day to get the underbody protection aka "bash plates" installed...
Before doing that, it was time for a quick second coat on the rooftop pod...
The front bash plate would be installed using some "nutsert" captive nut inserts... First step - drill the 11mm holes for the nutserts...
Through the magic of the interwebs, three nutserts installed...
The next three hours were spent cursing at the rear two nutserts and the bash plate in general... But then... success!
The rear bash plate (covering the transmission) was still attached to Retro Rock-It, to Bluey was moved out, and Retro Rock-It put up on the ramps...
A native brown tree frog was perched on the bash plate...
After carefully removing the bash plate, the brown tree frog hopped away to safety!
Cleaned ready to go onto Bluey!
But first... how hare would it be to remove the bullbar?
Turns out, not that difficult! Maybe Bluey will have a bullbar before esCarpade rolls around!
Lining up the rear bash plate ready to drill the holes...
Drilling through the plate to ensure the holes are located correctly!
Two bolts installed, ready for the plate to be bolted to them!
Full set of underbody protection aka bash plates installed, ready for esCarpade!
And Damian thought that's enough for one day... Bluey is in nose first today for something different!
Today is of course the last day of the financial year, so you still have just under 5 hours left if you want to make a donation to claim your tax deduction for this financial year... Of course, you can still make donations after tomorrow, but that will be for the next financial year!
Speaking of donations, having had a number of fabulous donations over the past week or so, the tally now stands at an incredible
$18016
Thank you to all the wonderful people who have made donations so far this year - the boys are well on their way to their $20,000 fundraising goal!
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