Roadster: - Cheers, ever since bonding the body shell, it does feel like every little job is taking me one step closer to the finish line.
Especially when compared to spending so many hours doing lots of work just to reach a point where I could
start building the car.
The fact it now actually looks like a car, not just a collection of huge jigsaw pieces, really does make a big difference to morale.
As for my "To Do" list, the next large items I need to tackle are:
- Re-profile all 4 wheel arches
- Switch the bottom sections of the bonnet to the sides of the body shell
- Finish "sealing off" all the gaps between the
Moon Rover and the body shell
- Add final body shell support panels
inside boot area
- Fit the internal cockpit panels
I am sure there are quite a few other things on the list, but the above is more than enough for now.
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Still Chipping Away:
Started the day painting/treating some plywood panels.
Next I jacked up the front end of the car.
While this did give better access to the area around the bulkhead, it was still a tight squeeze.
Mixed up the first round of bonding paste and started to bond the top corners panels in.
Also did the outside edges of the cockpit floor panels.
Covered the gap between the lowered floor pans & front bulkhead from underneath.
Note:
I've already sealed this gap from above inside the cockpit.
The second batch of bonding paste covered some of the same areas above on the driver's side.
Plus the first horizontal bulkhead panel on the passenger side.
This was held in place by a bit of wood pressed into place by my car jack.
While I left that to set I marked up the cardboard template for the rear cockpit wall.
I then cut the holes out and test fitted it.
The access hole looks big, but I want to ensure there was more than enough room for my arm to go in.
And my fingers to reach the petrol cap with ease.
These holes were then transferred to the plywood panel and cut out.
( There was no point trying to keep the seat belt mount holes
within the panel. )
This slotted into place like so.
End of Part 1...