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First job this morning was to fix the drivers side floor panel into place with sealer and another million rivets! Luckily I had taken notice of what people said about bulk buying 3.2mm drill bits, by the end of the day I had gone through about 15. |
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With the chassis the right way up, the triangular engine bay panel was made up for the passenger side and riveted in place. |
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Followed by the drivers side. |
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I was following the build CD that I had ordered from Chester Sports Cars and the next panels shown on the cd were the two footwell panels. These looked like a nightmare to make up, the top chassis rail wasnt in line with the bottom one, and the end strut on the tunnel side wasnt level either. I ended up fixing it from inside the footwell rather than the engine bay as shown on the build CD. This seemed to give quite a good fit, the top and side of the panel was persuaded in place with a hammer and some rivets. The same was done on the drivers side. |
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I then fitted the drivers side tunnel end panel, this was done from the tunnel side. I havent riveted the top yet as I am going to run the brake pipe along the top chassis rail and that will hold it in place. |
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Pedal box and Master Cylinder fitted. The pedal box was a tight fit and had to be spaced away from the footwell with a few washers. I am not sure about the master cylinder rod (too much movement) so I mgiht have to make something up for that. |
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Front brake pipes fitted. |
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This shows the front brake pipe layout. The o/s one runs along the top chassis rail and down the triangular bracing to the lower chassis rail, around the suspension mounting and is left in place to be connected up later. The n/s pipe follows the top chassis rail. |
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Along the top rail to the front of the car, along the n/s chassis rail and down the triangular support to the lower chassis rail. |
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Even had time to fit the lower arms, and top rocker arms. (Badly! - managed to put the top ones on upside down - never mind...) |
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