Quick Question:
Messing about with the seat belts yesterday reminded me of a question I've been meaning to ask...
Do the eye bolts simply get tightened straight onto the mounting plate?
Or are there any washers, nuts, etc. I should be using as well?
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A Poor Show:
Drilling the 4 holes in the passenger side floor was straight forward enough.
My plan for using just a spacer for the 2 front holes & some extra washers for the rear 2 holes was also simple enough.
But getting the seat into the correct position to test bolting it into position is not a one man job.
I tried taping the bolts in place from underneath...
Guides on the holes...
Guides on the seat...
But nothing worked, so that will have to wait for another day when I can call on an extra pair of hands.
( I'll also jack the car up to give me more room to work underneath the floor. )
So for now, this is just a mock up to give you an idea of what the underside will look like.
Next I re-fitted the bottom half of the steering column.
This was a painfully slow process given the lack of room to tighten the nut up more than a fraction of a turn at a time.
Then I started to fit the bulkhead bracket / seal.
But quickly discovered this is another job that requires two people to complete.
( As there is no way to reach both sides of the bolt & nut at the same time. )
Just to add insult to injury, at this point I felt a drop of rain and had to call it a day.
So not the most productive car session I've ever had by any means.
Until next time, take care, Paul.
PS
Guy Martin
This was a Father's Day present last Sunday and I've already finished it, a most enjoyable read.
One bit of trivia for you:
- Guy's
first crash in a motorcycle race was at Park curve on the Cadwell Park circuit.
- This is the very same corner that I had my
last crash in a motorcycle race.
( Hit by another rider, spectacular tumble, knocked out cold, race red flagged, trip in the back of an ambulance.
)
I've got Cordite kit #7 and always planned to use a variation on Barry Sheene's number for my racing roundels.
So I might find room to include a small Guy Martin logo with my "sponsors" stickers.
The book also includes some cracking photos, including this one.
