My boot has finished. Offcourse I don't know the capacity, but it has become quite spacious.
And indeed Mike, with paint it would look so much better
They have to prep the lit a bit though
First a made panels at exact the right size to fit just withing the measurements of the inside of the frame.
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I put them in place and I cut some small pieces in lenghts and put these pieces on the frame/glued them to the bigger pieces. After that cured. I took of the panels which had now the perfect inside shape and lips that support on the outside of the frame with the right angles. I Laminated over them to give it all strength.
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For the bottom I used Aluminium. I had it bend at two sides (front and rear) This bottom plate is attached to the underside of the rear outriggers which is flat..
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With a flat GRP panel in the front, and two layers of Top-coat in the inside and black bodyschutz on the outside you get to this:
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The underside of the laggagespace is done. The upperside is formed by the boxed section that I made into the body as a support of the body to the frame. It works as a lit. This is a picture of it, without the underside of the luggage space.
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I have made a new boot lit, with reasonalble equal thinkness all around, which is neccesary to get a good fit with the rubber seal.
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Then I had to make a gutter for the seal. A bit difficult because it has to be at the correct depth for the seal. I also made a cross bar for the attachement of the bonnet pins.
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Then a multi-adjustable base for the hinge. And adjustment is important I found out...
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A framework for the inside of the lit with a double hinge.
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The result:
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Ooops, it only just goes over the body when opening. I think I haven't made the correct shape of hinge. But on the other hand, it works.
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Michiel