Friday to Sunday - 3 days of hard labour helping my mate move flats due to the fact he is a "hoarder".
Shame the weather wasn't bettter, as his old flat, on the 10th floor, had a great view of the London skyline.
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Monday - Catching up on domestic chores.
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Tuesday - Hard to believe that today is the 1st of December.
It was the afternoon before I finally had some time available for the car.
I modified the original rear cockpit wall panel I had cut out for testing a while back so it would fit inside the framework.
Then cut out cardboard templates to extend the sides like so.
Together these gave me the basis of a single template.
Which just needed a few minor tweaks before it could be slotted into place.
Then I cut this shape out of plywood.
And again, after a few adjustments that fitted too.
I still need to provide access to the seat belt mounting points, fuel gauge sender, fuel filler hose, etc.
But that will have to wait for another day.
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Instead, I added a skim of normal body filler to the cockpit sides.
Unfortunately, I put too much hardener in, so it set quicker than I wanted.
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Once that was set I sanded it down.
The street lights came on while I was doing the driver's side, so the photos are not great.
Overall, this is a big improvement from where I started.
However, this "smooth" surface still has a few gentle "undulations" in it.
If all of these need to be taken care of before paint, no wonder the prep. work takes so long!
Hopefully tomorrow I will get a chance to spray a coat of etch primer over the top to get a better look at the current finish.
Until next time, take care, Paul.
