It is some time since I posted an update. House DIY and other things have been taking a higher priority but I hope to make much more progress in the Spring.
The week before Christmas, I got my Stage 2 Body parts. (Scuttle, dashboard blank and nose cone). So today, I slopped off for a couple of hours down to the garage for a trial fitting.
You can see pictures of my afternoon playing with the bits here....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/
As you can see, I will have to re-think my AFM mounting which is a tad too high. (This is one of the disadvantages of not buying and fitting the bodywork first). I think I can drop the AFM mounting by about 25mm, but not sure yet where to route the air intake so that it gets cold air.
Other than that little problem, it was great to see the first body parts on the car.
I've got quite a long list of jobs now to tackle:
* Shape and fit the dashboard
* Re-mount the AFM
* fix floors
* fix seats
* layout dashboard and cut holes for gauges
* install all dasboard instruments, switches, etc
* wire up dashboard
And then on to the rest of the bodywork......
happy building...
Peter