This Saturday I did a final days work at MAC#1 ahead of the SVA test on Tuesday the 9th. I was delighted to see that the car had come on a fair way for the past week or so with Colin having cut a transmission tunnel top and rear boot cover. But there was still [...]
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In my other post today, I outlined the disappointment this morning when it became clear that we would need to cancel the SVA test on account of having no engine! I will not dwell on it now but I still had a full day at MAC#1 to get on with some of the other jobs [...]
Not done much to the car this week for two reasons. Firstly, I was away for much of the week on a 900 mile round trip sales trip taking in North Yorkshire, Plymouth and Bristol. The second reason is that there is just not that much left to do! Have not heard anything from VOSA [...]
The SVA test requires that objects on the outside of the car has to be as safe as possible for pedestrians so the traditional metal bonnet catches used in Lotus Seven style cars are out. The solution is to fit ‘kiddy face’ friendly rubber versions. I was a little unsure about how to fit these [...]
This is the final large part of the bodywork to be fitted and if you had two people, I am sure it would be a simple job, but on your own it is a bit of a handful. The rear tub is attached to the chassis by riveting along the rear arc of the [...]
The rest of yesterday afternoon was spent fitting the nose cone which actually took a lot longer than expected. The nose cone is fitted to the chassis using a couple of M6 bolts and rivnuts. The difficulty I had was that once I offered up the nose cone, it became clear that I had riveted [...]
Having fitted the side panels last week, I was able to make a start on a few of the other things to make it look more and more like a car. The first thing to go on was the roll cage. This had been kicking around at work since day 1 and to be [...]
Fitting The Body Panels Part 3 – Fitting And Bonding Of Side Panels
Posted: May 20, 2008 in BodyworkWell I am back from a bad trip to Kenya which involved of the trip being spent ill in bed. Not fun! This did mean that I was off work recovering on Monday and felt well enough in the afternoon to go in to the garage for a couple of hours and continue where I [...]
Things have been really slow on the car front for the past week or so since I picked up the bodywork from MAC#1. In fact, other than trial fitting and testing the headlights, I have not touched the car all week. This may be due to visiting the Stoneleigh kit car show this weekend or [...]
This is the post I have been waiting to upload for more than 6 months. The bodywork has arrived and it looks really great. I picked it up from MAC#1 last night (along with some headlights) and it is now safely deposited in the garage (and pool pump shed, and spare bedroom and our bedroom [...]
