Slow Progress - Part 1:
My wife & I actually started painting some fence panels last night & by lunch time we had made good progress.
So when my wife had to go out, I was given time off for good behaviour.
She also helped me put the body shell back into position & this highlighted a problem with the hump.
Yes, my OTT seat belt anchor plate mounting was completely in the way.
This was
Mac's equivalent...
So I decided to simply cut off some of the excess box section.
I will tidy the cuts up when I take the frame off, but there is nothing in the way of the hump now.
Note: There was yet another round of tedious testing and trimming before the hump finally sat nicely.
I also remove the excess box section on the other side.
You might remember this bracket was also in the way, resulting in a notch in the fibreglass.
Next I trimmed the cockpit edge on the passenger side.
This allowed me to mark up where I am going to cut and re-attach a section of the body shell.
( This takes account of the curves of the rear arch. )
I also roughly laid out where the filler cap needs to go and an option for my boot opening.
I will need to make a final decision on where this is going before I fix the hump in place.
As I will be cutting across the two humps and don't want to hit a fixing bracket when I do.
And the hump fixing brackets were the next job....
End of Part 1...