MadaboutKitcars

Quote: "I get copy address not link"

Tim - I guess that is the problem, but I'm sorry I have no idea why you are not getting the 'Copy image link' that I get when I look at your photos.

I get a 'No Entry' sign when I looked at photo codes in your latest posts.

Whereas, at least these links bring up the photo.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/eeQP7KSMTvE6yyvz5

Anyway, keep chipping away at your build, good luck, Paul.

Hi Tim,

Great to see the progress you've made, it's all coming nicely together. I bet you can't wait to drive the car finally after all this time (me too :-))

I like the rear lights placement, they look great in that position. Also, white gauges look great too.

I can see that fitting the bonnet and the doors will be the challenge, but hopefully it will all work out at the end.

Could you offer some advice and information/pics on bonding the body to the subframe, please?

As Paul L said, keep chipping away, you're so nearly there.

Cheers, D.

Thanks Deni, I think its coming along ok. I have not done much recently except to finish the passenger door. on with latch and looks OK. it took too long and was too hard! The drivers door, unfortunatey also needs reskinning. what i plan to do with this is different if I can get away with it. I will cut the door skin off completely, trim the door to fit, and try to stick the door skin back on to the cut down door. If this does not work, I will lay new fibreglass on the door skin like I did with teh passenger side.

For attaching the body, I had discussed this with my certifying engineer and he recommended expanding "foamfix+" (i think it was selleys?) what i did first was to drill through the fibreglass body and countersink, and tap into the metal frame in several places - over the rear cross member, 3 down the bonnet each side into the body subframe, 2 each in the door sills, and some in the back too. these were held in with stainless hex head bolts (of varying lengths). These bolts held the body in place while the foam expanded. I coated them with moly grease first so that if i want to, i can remove them and fill in the holes - but I think I will leave them in. Being stainless they are likely not contributing much to the strength of the glue.

I now need to trim the over expansion and seal those bits. No Pics as I cant really be bothered fighting with this at the moment.

Let me know if theres any points you want me to expand on.

Best,
Tim

Hi Tim,

Thanks for your advice. I was thinking about this, and I also thought a few guide screws here and there is a good idea.

Are you sealing the expanding foam by fibreglassing over it?

Cheers, D.