15th October 2011 – CAD HeatShield modifications – Part 2
As mentioned in the previous post, having seen Andy Gordons FIA Cobra at Silverstone, one thing we really liked with his car was the way he had fitted the metal cladding in the [...]
15th October 2011 – CAD HeatShield production – Slipstream Design – Part1
The metal cladding heatshields for the engine bay is something we've been working on for some time. Fortunately we have brother in law Phil Wilson who has an engineering, design and CAD (computer [...]
24th September 2011 – Extra fibre glass on the pedal box
Mark decided to add some extra fibre glass to the floor where I had made the cut out for the pedal box. He cut a piece of fibre glass matt to bridge from [...]
10th September 2011 – Painting engine bay footwell white
It’s perfectly OK to leave the engine bay as it is, although the original Cobras had white footwells inside the engine bays. We are taking an educated guess this may have had something [...]
10th September 2011 – Extending the pedal box hole
Due to the modification Mark had made to the pedal box by wielding a new flange around the edge, we had to spent a couple of hours cutting and extending the hole. The [...]
20th August 2011 – Pedal box adapted with new flange
After seeing Andy Gordons FIA Cobra at the Silverstone show, Mark decided he would like to make a modification to the pedal box by welding an extra flange around the edge. By cleverly [...]
22nd July 2011 – Cutting the hole for the pedal box
After cutting the side vetns, next was the pedal box hole. This was a little more fiddly due to its position at the end of the foot well. Again the position for the [...]
22nd July 2011 – Cutting the side vents
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 [...]
22nd July 2011 – Starting the body
As we have now got the rolling chassis to a reasonably finished state, we decided to put some time into starting the body and getting it ready to put back onto the chassis.. [...]
21st July 2010 – Detaching body and chassis
In order to work on the car and get all the bits in and built up, Mark unbolted the body to reveal the metal chassis. This is the main component everything bolts onto. [...]