[Christ]

I like the stock look of the Festiva. It's /fairly/ easy to make big improvements with it's shape without making huge obvious changes, too.

As always, with every project I try, there's a problem.

The '20HP lombardini' that I was supposed to be getting isn't a 20HP engine at all. It's a 14HP single cylinder, which is a bit lower than I suppose will work effectively without prematurely grenading due to running around at max load for extended periods, which was not in the design plan.

The 18HP briggs was supposed to be used a more of a 'mockup' engine to get things set up and eventually switch over to a diesel, but it's really not an ideal engine to use because it's air cooled /and/ splash oiled [i.e. no oil pressure and huge load on the crank bearings during acceleration]... So I'm having a bit of a moment over here.

Started doing research on a sekrit option last night. Will advise as research continues.