Rene - See below for my latest attempt at being a bit more Ferrari.
8 Value Ed - Given all the other over engineered metal I've added, the mirror mount will not make too much difference.
Scottie - Cheers, I plan to use a combination of both internal locating pins and external (lockable) catches.
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Flying Visit:
Did a bit more tinkering this morning, before other chores take up the rest of my day.
I had another think about the mirror pedestal and decided that using square edges & box section was not helping.
I do have some steel tube I could play with, but this might be a bit too big, although I could get a smaller diameter.
I could also use a more "organic" shaped based with a lip to avoid a flat edge "hazard".
I used some thin plastic tube for the mock up.
Looking at the last photo, I could move the top of the two "outside" support tubes inwards a bit, to create more of a cross brace.
But as I said yesterday, I think I might just leave this design to one side for now & get on with other things.
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Then I went outside, where despite being sunny the wind was making it feel bitterly cold.
I tidied up the petrol cap base ring.
Then prepared the area for a bit of etch primer.
Although this last photo has highlighted the fact I need to trim some bonding paste off one of the rivets.
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The final job for the day was to roughly sand down the rear number plate plinth.
Then I added some more fibreglass filler to build up the "holes".
I will finish tidying up the bottom edge of this plinth when I have removed the body shell.
( As it would be a lot easier to see what I am doing with the body shell turned upside down. )
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I didn't think I would get anything done today, so I am happy with a little progress.
But I've really got to go now, cheers, Paul.
