Part 2
The next job was the gearbox cover join cover.
My original plan was to make this in a single piece.
But the more I looked at it, the harder it seemed to be, given my limited skills/tools.
So, Plan B was a three piece approach…
First job was to put a couple of bends in the middle section.
The neat fold lines quickly disappeared as I tried to turn this into a curve.
But at least I was in the right ball park.
Note – This would have been a lot easier if the gearbox cover wasn’t plastic.
(As I could have simply hammered it into place.)
Next up was the passenger side bottom section.
After riveting that piece to the middle section I was two thirds of the way there.
Driver’s side bottom bracket.
Which gave me the complete cover.
It turned out a bit more ‘lumpy’ than I would have liked, but that will do for now.
Weather permitting, I will take the car for a test drive tomorrow morning.
I will then head down to a B&B near Goodwood trying to dodge any possible rain.
Will post a full report when I get back.
Cheers, Paul.
