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28th January 2012 – Making the Throttle linkage
Once the throttle pedal and pivot where fitted, we moved onto fitting the throttle linkage to the carburettor. This is something we have been thinking about for a few weeks. We had the option [...]
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 the [...]
23rd January 2012 – Fuel pressure regulator(fuel king) & connecting to carb
Happy New Year to everyone. Just a quick update as the last post was a while ago now. The cobra build was put on hold over christmas as I was away in NYC and [...]
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 the [...]
3rd December 2011 – Body Bolt locations
Since writing our post on 3rd December about getting the body back on, we have had a few people email us asking where the 20 bolts for securing the body to the chassis are [...]
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 was [...]
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 folder [...]
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 planned [...]
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 the [...]
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 first [...]
