We are constantly encouraged to think outside of the box. Sometimes though we should worry less of the unknown and concern ourselves more with the box itself and (in this particular case) whether or not the box constructed behind my friend Toby's villa would fit through the narrow gap leading to the car port. It needed thought too, because this custom-built box housed the remains of our yellow G7 260.

A carpenter had been enlisted; arrived armed with a tape measure, pen and paper. He later showed up at my apartment, needing money and to showcase his 19-year old daughter. I was not entirely happy to be foraging around for $ 1220 at 5am, for some wood and nails, but more annoyed that I wasn't 10 years younger! Funny thing is, I never saw the box being built, assuming that the box had been built at the front of the villa, or off-site then had the car loaded in. But on arrival I soon calculated there was an awful situation waiting to rear its ugly head.

There have been many reported tales of how people build their kit-cars on the kitchen floor then wonder why the product of six months blood sweat and tears won't fit through the kitchen door. The same situation was now staring us in the face. What to do?

Put it all in the hands of a forklift operator I say. But how he managed to get the boxed car out from behind the villa and squeezed it through such an impossibly tight spot is beyond description. The pictures tell only half the story, seriously. As of now though, thanks to the ingenious forklift man, the Caterham G7 260 is finally off to the menders. Fingers crossed for the outcome.