Mike - Cheers, I know it has taken me a long time to get this far, but I am inching along in the right direction.
Ed - I will be very happy when all of the big pieces are fixed to the car permanently.
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Close, but no cigar...
Tried to make the most of the short amount of time I had available today.
Previously I had cut these two plates from the pedal mounting section of the bulkhead framework.
Now I just needed to mark up and drill holes to match the Spitfire door hinge mounts.
Even using oil on the various drill bits, this was hard work.
But eventually the passenger side plate was bolted into place.
I used some cardboard to get the angles needed for a simple join.
Then I cut the box section to match, but the usual cut out to take account of the different angles.
After cleaning the metal it was time to clamp it in place and start welding.
I will come back and "cap" this later as I was desperately trying to finish the other side before time ran out.
Obviously the driver's side was more of the same.
Although I had to cut off and clean up the semi-circular bracket that was welded on by the factory.
( I never did find out what it was meant to do.
)
I didn't quite finish the welding as I managed to blow up the end of my welder.
But even at this stage, the four joining brackets are going a great job.
It was time to pack up at this point anyway, so I will try to sort that out tomorrow.
My eldest daughter was going to a friend's house for a party and I'd promised to watch some DVDs with my youngest.
We'd watched a programme about Mini Coopers the other day, so she had requested
The Italian Job.
So we have just finished watching both the original and the modern version.
Until next time, take care, Paul.
