Finally fitted body shell

Sammio Builder · #1 31st July 2011, 12:19

Yesterday I finally bonded and glassed the body shell onto the car.

Blog updated here

Great result and now I'm ready for my DVLA inspection.

Trevor
http://www.sammiospyder.blogspot.com/

jmc14 · #2 31st July 2011, 12:47

Congratulations. Looking good!

davecymru · #3 31st July 2011, 18:02

Blimey that went on quickly!

Is this the point where you realise that you've glassed your favourite screwdriver into the floor?

Mister Towed · #4 31st July 2011, 18:41

Well done, you're making really good progress. Have you kept with the dropped floor idea?

Sammio Builder · #5 31st July 2011, 18:57

Hi Mister Towed,

I've got my DVLA inspection soon, more to follow after....

Trevor.
http://www.sammiospyder.blogspot.com/

Sammio Builder · #6 31st July 2011, 18:57

Dave,

Resin is incredibly sticky stuff isn't it, almost glassed my fingers down!

Trevor
http://www.sammiospyder.blogspot.com/

Mister Towed · #7 31st July 2011, 20:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sammio Builder

Hi Mister Towed,

I've got my DVLA inspection soon, more to follow after....

Trevor.
http://www.sammiospyder.blogspot.com/

Hi, I have a vested interest in the lowered floor: I got a pair of rebuilt MGB seats off the bay of e for an unbelievable £39 and, having plopped them on the floor of the garage with the Sammio subframe and body shell around them it's looking like it's going to be a bit of a squeeze. I have the usual ebay option of putting them back on for twice what I paid for them (works for me) but I kinda like them, being quite big 'n' squashy and particularly cheap an' all that. Anywho, keep up the good work!

Sammio Builder · #8 31st July 2011, 20:46

Nice one, get some photos up!

Trevor.
http://www.sammiospyder.blogspot.com/

Mister Towed · #9 31st July 2011, 21:57

Small matter of 'blasting the chassis of my vitesse donor, then seeing if there's any chassis left... then getting someone to weld new front pans into the bulkhead so we don't end up doing the Flintstones thang on the motorway, then make up the floor panels (anyone got a template?) bolt the Sammio subframe to what's left of the chassis, then, perhaps, I can trial fit the MGB seats and post some snaps.

davecymru · #10 1st August 2011, 19:47

What i've found from fitting my seats (quite large Cobra style seats) is that they are a bit of a squeeze, but there are ways and means around the problems.

e.g. my inner side panels have been bonded inside of the top lip of the body tub rather than on the outside, saving me a good 6 to 10 mm each side.
Also i found that as well as lowering the floor, tilting the seats made equally as big a difference!

My opinion is that i need to choose seats i'm happy and comfortable with and then mod the car around them.

Mister Towed · #11 1st August 2011, 21:19

Yep, I'm with you on that one. At my age I can't be doing with squeezing my butt into a tiny, rock hard racing seat. It's comfort all the way for me.

I'll be bonding my side panels inside the top edge too for the following reasons:1/ it's a good idea; 2/ I thought that's how they were supposed to be fitted anyway and was blissfully ignorant that there was any other way to do it.

BTW, the MGB seat frame is angled as standard, the back of the squab pretty much touches the floor while the front rises up about four inches giving a really comfortable angle. So long as I can get them to fit I'll be well happy with them.