More Panels

The weekend was very busy so not alot got done but we did some good work tonight.



Both side panels are now finished. The front bulkhead panel is also fitted but not yet held by riv nuts.


I put the tunnel and rear panels in and after some encouragement by Andre (he thinks it will be easy enough to put the wiring loom in after the panels are on) I think they will be the next ones to be riveted.

Still waiting for the correct rear uprights and the wiring loom.

Lots of progress :)

Alot of rivets put in tonight and amazingly I don't feel too sore. I do have metal shavings inside my top from drilling under the car, bloody ichy.





I'm not looking forward to the other side, its such a mission to get it fitting nicely. Maybe it will be easier second time round.

Who says sidies are out of fashion

Getting ready to rivet on the side panels, unfortunately I have to skip the transmission and rear bulkhead panels for now since I do not have the wiring loom yet. Both sides have a good fit with very little alteration needed.

Upsidedown and rivet it insideout!

I forgot to mention that a friend from work lent us some bantam wheels. I kinda like them, only trouble is they are 185 and 14" and I wanted 195/15" but beggars can't be choosers and at least we have something to get the rolling chassis going.



Tonight's work,

The before:


the fuel inlet pipe has already been done but I was worried about the floor panel when it came to the return pipe. So we flipped the car over and I had a bash at drilling and riveting the floor and return pipe (Dad was helping my brother move house, I got away with just carrying the bed).

After:


I hope its not too serious that the pipe runs slightly bellow the chassis, I can't imagine it could be as long as the middle of the car doesn't get wedged on something

TooBusyToBuild

You may be able to tell from the long absence that things are going quite slowly. I did do some good work on the steering and more on the fuel lines. Hopefully we can put them to bed by the end of the week and get started on some ali panels.