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21st Sept 2013 – Inner footwell panels
We decided it would be a good idea to make a couple of extra panels around the base of the dash and door support frame to finish things off nicely in preparation for the [...]
15th May 2013 – Front grill arrived.
We received our long awaited front grill from Gerry this morning. Very happy! Hopefully we'll get it fitted soon.
6th April 2013 – Oil temp, coolant temp & Oil Pressure capillary pipes
Next job we decided to do was to connect up the oil temperature, coolant temperature and oil pressure gauges. This involved feeding the capillary pipes from the back of the gauges through the front [...]
6th April 2013 – Fuel tank – final fit
Next job of the day was to do the final fit of the fuel tank. The fuel tank had been in and out a few times and we had a few attempts to find [...]
6th April 2013 – Spare wheel well – final fit
Once the rear wiring harness was sorted out we moved onto fitting the spare wheel well. This is a hexagonal fibreglass section that came as part of the body from Gerry. It is best [...]
6th April 2014 – Rear wiring harness
So... after a few months of inactivity, we got a day back on the build. Things have had to take a back seat for the last few months.We intended to get the boot all [...]
12th January 2013 – Fitting the fuel tank and filler cap
The job of fitting the fuel tank and the fuel filler cap really have to go hand in hand. When we were fitting the rollbar we had provisionally fitted the fuel tank in position [...]
12th January 2013 – Preparing the tank for fitting
We were on to fitting the fuel tank next but before we could fit it we had to first prepare the tank. As advised in the manual, firstly we lined the sides of the [...]
5th January 2013 – Filler cap more modifications
We had seen that there was no seal between the cap and the fuel filler flanges, so we thought there might be a potential for fuel to leak when cornering and also via vapour [...]
5th January 2013 – Fuel filler modifications
We decided to modify the lower sections of the fuel filler cap assembly. Mark was worried that if the O ring seal between the 2 pieces ever failed, with the roof fitted, there was [...]
