This week I've been mounting the windscreen washer bottle and preparing the seats.
But first, I cut the access hole in the nearside inner wing and then painted them.
I've painted the inner wings with a coat of primer followed by two coats of matt black enamel. I brush painted them as it was too cold to use spray paint outside and I was worried about getting overspray on the outside faces.
Inner Wings by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
I then had to recover the mx5 seats from my garage loft.
Mx5 seats in the loft by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
The seats were in the loft above the car and I found that my medium sized step ladders just fitted inside the Sabre's body tub enabling me to reach them.
Mx5 seats by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
They needed a good hoovering once down!
The mx5 seat runner mounting points need to be modified to suit the flat floor of the Sabre. I've bent the ends parallel with the floor and removed the spikes. I will be trial fitting them next.
Mx5 seat runners by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
Moving on to the windscreen washer bottle.
The washer bottle bracket became rather complex. It's mounted on the inner wing below the line of the outer wing so that the fixings don't show. I've fixed it with two m6 bolts and PU adhesive.
Washer Bottle Bracket by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
And here it is fitted....just need to run the cable and hose to it.
Washer Bottle by
Sabrebuilder, on Flickr
So next on to fitting the seats....oh, and Christmas, of course.
...peter