First I painted the inner wings with black high temp POR-15 that I had left over from the donor parts. This was to ensure that the stainless cladding had a better reflection once the film was removed. I couldn't think of anything worse than seeing the grey fibre glass in it.
Then final prep jobs.
First to remove the T56 gear shifter and cover the hole to ensure nothing gets in the gearbox. Easily done (six bolts and just pulls off). I wanted to do this so I could decide where to locate the shifter at a later date.
Next; ensure fuel, clutch and brake lines are out of the way. Enough said on this.
Finally cut holes for fuel filler ....... Worry time!!!
This is the first time I have cut a hole in the body and getting this wrong would be a disaster, both for the car and my confidence going forward. My brother was on hand today to ensure I had two minds on the job; so measure 20 times and cut once then hope all was ok. We decided to go with a hole that was just large enough with the plan to open up the hole later.
Next up was to attached the pedal box and servo so that brakes could be connected to help manoeuvre the car on and off the trailer at AK. I decided not to peel off the protective film from the stainless cladding as the body was going to come back off later for the heater fitting so I figured I just remove the servo at that time.
And now time for the fitting which is a 2 minute job once you have managed to round up 4 of your friends to help lift. A few beer bribes and I soon had the lads around and on it went.
The hole for the filler did need a little adjustment but not much - luckily.
I'll bolt up the body later but for now I have something that is starting to resemble a car
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