First real job was to cut the holes in the glass fibre body for both the side vents and pedal box. We started with the side vents. The body arrived with the vent shape and position already embossed from the moulding, so first we ran a marker pen around the edge of the emboss to get the line to cut to, then making smaller drill holes to use as a guide for a bigger hole cutter tool. This left us with a the rough hole, which we then  filed and dremelled back to the marker pen line. This took some time but this is not something to be rushed. Having got the holes reasonably neat and tidy we decided we would stop there and leave the job of getting them A1 perfect to the professionals when we finally get the car into the paint shop. This decision was confirmed the right one by a number of 289 Register members we spoke to at the Silverstone classic show on 22nd July, who said they did much the same when doing their builds. We next need to fix and fit the side vents in place. We’ll do this later.