SoftFeet - Welcome to my build thread.
Thankfully I know a lot more about my real work, than I do about car building.
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Wednesday Continued - Part 1:
I've grouped together the various areas I was working on, rather than follow a strict timeline...
Sanded down the remaining sections of bonding paste around the outside of the grille.
I am actually quite chuffed at how well this has worked out, as all the cut ends are now solid.
( I had visions of wires unravelling & the grille looking like a tennis racquet with broken strings. )
So now it was time to see if I could secure it into position…
I started at the top and bottom edges, as the bonnet hoop doesn't reach this far.
The screws went in where the holes in the builder's band lied up with "holes" in the grille.
These first two brackets were enough to hold the grille in place while I went around bending the other 8 brackets into shape.
( Which took me ages to do. )
Eventually, the whole grille was secure.
Which means that after 4 days work, the bonnet opening has gone from this (with the grille held in by tape)…
To this, with the grille fixed in properly and ready for the MOT.
Thankfully, the re-profiled "mouth" doesn't jump out at you.
I must confess I did have two slight mishaps…
The first was where I used a tek screw which was a bit too long.
The second was where I slipped while drilling a pilot hole and went straight through.
So at some point I will repair these holes with some fibreglass filler.
If anything, it was actually too sunny to get a decent photo.
End of Part 1…