In the week before the start of the season, we rebuilt the shale car, and finished it off in the pits just before the meeting.
![Stripped and about to be taken to the paint shop, the Sunday evening before the season started.](https://i0.wp.com/wainmanracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_14142.jpg?resize=590%2C440&ssl=1)
Stripped and about to be taken to the paint shop, the Sunday evening before the season started.
![Back from the painters](https://i0.wp.com/wainmanracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_3095.jpg?resize=590%2C440&ssl=1)
Back from the painters
![Phoebe mucks in to help](https://i0.wp.com/wainmanracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_7718.jpg?resize=590%2C440&ssl=1)
Phoebe mucks in to help
![Can't remember where this bit goes...](https://i0.wp.com/wainmanracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_2281.jpg?resize=590%2C441&ssl=1)
Can’t remember where this bit goes…
![The engine is lowered into place.](https://i0.wp.com/wainmanracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_1327.jpg?resize=590%2C441&ssl=1)
The engine is lowered into place.
![Complete and ready for action, with hours to spare. [Photo: Paul Greenwood]](https://i0.wp.com/wainmanracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/885377.jpg?resize=590%2C442&ssl=1)
Complete and ready for action, with hours to spare. [Photo: Paul Greenwood]