Good progress over the weekend, started by affixing the waste pipe as a steering column which gave us an accurate ( I hope !) location for the hole in the drivers footwell front panel and also located the scuttle.
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| Waste pipe steering column ! |
We took a number of careful measurements both interior and exterior of the location of the exhaust prior to fitting the body. Both sides and bonnet and scuttle were then positioned and the bodywork gaps we ensured were symmetrical prior to cutting the exhaust exit hole. I left the cutting to Joe working on the theory that if all went to hell I couldn't be blamed !
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| Joe cutting hole. |
We were happy with the final result, we both found this the most stressful part of the build so far. There is no going back once the first cut has been made !
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Result !!
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Seeing the car looking like it should we got a bit excited and couldn't resist getting the full exhaust for a pic !
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A few more views of things to come :
An enjoyable weekend slow but sure progress and a few beers with the Olympics. Next week I am arranging for the rolling chassis to be collected by a local garage and the suspension and tracking set up will kill a little time whilst we wait for more parts from WF. We are not the fastest builders but doing ok with about 156hrs so far.
Paul,
ReplyDeleteLooks very nice in white -good to see you're back up and running with the build. It would be worth checking the lower bolts supplied with the harnesses on your chassis if they have 8.8 stamped on the head. They are 7/16" but mine were "sloppy" in the chassis thread wouldn't take the final torque.
All the best
Jon H