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1 All of the exterior panels are unbolted and cut off
leaving just the lower chassis, inner wings and bulkhead |
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2 Large pile of left overs, some of it will be re used |
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3 Now the box section can be added, shown is the side of
the car which also has steel plate |
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4 This shows some of the metalwork that forms the bottom
of the chassis |
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5 The roll cage was formed in a pipe bender, and is
installed onto the chassis |
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6 Roof and bonnet back in place and looking more like a
car |
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7 Front bulkhead work |
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8 Front bulkhead and steering column from inside |
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9 Rear chassis takes shape |
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10 Rear chassis has plates cut and welded into place |
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11 More work in the front area getting the inner side rails
attached |
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12 Floor all done and side rails are ready for being
attached |
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13 Rear bumper starting to take shape |
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14 Front end has its box section put in with original inner
wings terminated just forward of the strut mounts |
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15 Front end from the other side |
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16 Dummy engine and gearbox are trial fitted while further
front end work is carried out |
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17 First part of the front bumper is attached |
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18 And now with bonnet trimmed to fit |
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19 Front wings are welded to the front chassis and the roof
plate and side rails are all in place now |
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20 Steering column and seat are now in place |
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21 The rear section is now nearly complete |
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22 Another shot from the rear, most of the work inside is
now done and we will be able to fit the upper body soon |
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23 The rear bumper area now finished |
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24 The body is now welded back on, the ride height has been
set, and the front bumper is now on |
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25 The coming week should see all the fabrication completed
then the car will be off to Dales for spraying and the
wiring and fuel lines to be installed
Then the car will be
back over to my workshop to fit the engine and gearbox, as I
write this Dale is picking up his race engine, the gearbox
has already had its diff locked up and ready to fit |
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26 Here we have an unusual pic, this shows the
underside and you can clearly see what remains of the
original floorpan, middle to front and some from each side
rearwards where the rear suspension is attached to its
original mounts |
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27 Its not far off painting now, view from the left
hand side |
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28 And from the right |
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29 And in from the drivers window aperture |
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30 And now from the rear |
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31 Car is now loaded and off to Dales for interior and
exterior paint |
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32 Car now back from Dales while we fitted the engine,
the finish in this pic wasnt helped by the weather and dirt
floating around the place, it was an undercoat too and the
car is goign back to Dales for final painting and signs |
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33 Pic of the engine with bonnet open, things didnt go
to plan and we had to alter and replace a few parts despite
assurances the the engine was "sweet as a nut", its all
sorted now. The passenger side driveshaft was lengthened to
run with the negative camber on that wheel, the exhaust was
made too and its sounding very good. |
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34 Car has now been painted, and is in the process of
having its signwriting done |
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MISSION: completed! see it for real on 21st March |
