Robin was back round to give us a hand with some fiberglass today; one hole needed patching from when we got the shell, the other hole we made removing some of the old parts when we dismantled the car.
Floating Body
We started by lifting the body up onto the rack we used for the floor pan welding and a work bench so that we could get underneath it and so that we didn’t have to bend over onto the floor to work. Simon and Robin scrapped most of the old rubbish off the inside of the shell and around the holes to be filled, following this they patched the holes with wire mesh and repaired the fiberglass.
While Simon and Robin worked on this I started work on a technical drawing for the dashboard following the graphical design Simon made last night to show what we wanted it too look like. I have started building it in CAD so that we can produce accurate plans. The reason for this is that we are looking at getting the plate stamped out instead of trying to cut it out ourselves, this will be a quick and easy way to make it look professional and get everything in exactly the right place.
Here is the cutting diagram as it currently stands, it may well need some adjustments before it can be pressed but i will work on them once i get a response from the companies I have approached to do the work.
Technical Drawing
Here is one of the patched holes: (Better pictures to come tomorrow when it’s light)
Patched hole
Next steps:
- Build a basic boot (wood only no treadplate for now)
- Get the wiring loom in place suspended in the shell
- Clean the body up some more
