26th February 2012 – Footwells respray
We decided we'd like to repaint the white on the footwells as while we were fitting the throttle linkage and accelerator pedal we had managed to scratch it in a few places. So [...]
28th January 2012 – Fitting the pedal box and throttle pedal
We started today thinking it was about time we fitted the pedal box. As we had already cut the hole in the footwell ages ago, its a job we could now do as [...]
5th December 2011 – Engine Bay
Once we had got the body back on it was really late into the evening, but these are some pictures taken the next morning in proper daylight. We are delighted to finally have [...]
3rd December 2011 – Body goes back on!
After the final bits of painting and polishing, finally it was time to get the body back on the chassis. By this point we had been working on the body all day and [...]
3rd December 2011 – Fitting Inner wing heatshields
We fitted the remaining side panels heatshield next, which would also neatly fit over the top of the new well section panels. As we had with the other panels we used a metal [...]
3rd December 2011 – Engine bay – extra metal panels
We decided after a little discussion to make some extra aluminium panels for the well sections connecting the inner wings inside the engine bay to the pedal box and footwells. Originally we had [...]
3rd December 2011 – Fitting side vents
We managed to get another day set aside to do some kit car. Today we were determined to finally get the body back onto the chassis and in the garage before winter and [...]
29th October 2011 – Fitting Heat shields
We started fitting the heat shields today. We started with the bulk head panel, carefully positioning before marking up the holes, drilling and finally riveting into place. We used 4.8mm diameter rivets. The [...]
15th October 2011 – CAD heatshields production – Part 3
After the final computer drawings were complete, Dale sent them through to Mark to do final full size print outs to double check they all fitted perfectly. We had to make a small [...]
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 [...]