Delay... First off, there has been a delay in the development of my project. I’ve been laid off from work now since mid-March. I have been planning to hit the Austin hard during this time, but some family issues have come up. Much of my time has been spent visiting my mother when she got very very ill, and then she moved to a care home, so we have been emptying her apartment and moving her stuff. But that is done now, and I’m back to having some time for the car. Not as much time as I'd like, and I need to be able to drop everything and run on short notice, but time, nonetheless. I have decided to spend that time working on my parts database. Database... I mentioned in a previous post (Starting the Ground Work) that I was programming a database for tracking the parts on the Austin. It is now complete. I can enter in the OE part number (from the Austin Healey parts manual that I have), and sort it by category, which diagram it appears in, number, etc. Then I can select the part and see which vendors sell that part, what their part number is, and how much it costs. I can also see which parts I need to order, which ones I have received, and which ones can be reused and/or rebuilt from the original car. Once I select parts to order, I can track them to avoid doubling up orders, and I can view the parts themselves and also the orders of multiple parts. I can then see what I’ve spent and budget what I need to spend. I’m throwing some screen shots up with this post. I should note that these are just sample shots, and the part image and diagrams don't necessarily line up. I just used random images for the test parts on the database. Those are cleared up now and the real parts are being entered. I’ve also started tearing the car down and doing an inventory (and entering the parts into the database.) More on this in my next post...
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