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21/07/2008 Mockup of dashboard. Final layout (I hope) although the big hole required for the tacho might weaken the dash. Hmm...	21/07/2008 Another picture of the mockup. After looking at all the variations that others have used, I decided to have the bottom edge of the dash straight across so I had to cut some holes for the stalks to poke through.	21/07/2008 And... The actual dash in place. The machine turned ally was a bit of a bugger to cut. I didn't know what type of ally it is but it seemed very soft. Disappointingly I found a scratch in the finish on one side despite the fact it was covered in a plastic film.	21/07/2008 Seat belt bar in place. Just need to get it welded in now. It's made from CDS tube. I found a program on the Internet that produced a printout in PDF format of the notch profile. Just a matter of filing it to shape once I had stuck it on the end of the tube..

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21/07/2008	22/11/2008 The two different types of torpedo light. The one on the left has a sharper"rear" and is not SVA compliant. Due to a cock-up I ended up with one of each! SVC sorted it in the end and refunded the postage.	22/11/2008 Modified with ex-ABS wiring and connector fitted plus I changed all the screws for stainless ones. The mounting bolts were AF!. Difficult to see but I shaped the foot slightly using a flapwheel so that it matched the curvature of the wing.	22/11/2008 Exhaust clamp used to mount the wing stay. I found that the 52mm ones that fitted the upright correctly didn't have enough thread to fit a nylock nut. So I bought some 55mm ones and squashed them slightly in the vice to make them fit. Also added some heat shrink to help grip the upright. Hopefully this will avoid the problem of the wing stay not staying in position when on the move.


22/11/2008 Difficult to see here but this is the underside of the wing. I bonded on two tiwrap bases with some body filler to tie the cable out of the way.	22/11/2008 Wing stay fitted and wiring for the torpedo in place. I use the wiring from the ABS of the donor car which is tough as old boots and has a waterproof connector. Could have been designed for the job (well I suppose it was really)	22/11/2008 Wing fitted and torpedo light in place. Was it worth the effort - hmm. Well it would be easy for someone else to do it now I have sorted out the wrinkles.	22/11/2008 Something else to polish....


28/12/2008 The stainless mesh that I bought from Ebay for the grill was fairly dull so I thought I would see if it polished up using a stainless steel polishing kit I had bought to play with. On the left is the polished area. Seems to be good!	28/12/2008 I epoxied some ti-wrap bases to the inside of the nose cone.	28/12/2008 Grill fitted using ti-wraps. Simple and easy to remove at painting time. I am not too happy about the sharp edges where the mesh is cut to fit. I might try to cover them with something or I can foresee a nasty cut at some later date when I have forgot they are there!	28/12/2008 From the outside. Mesh is polished although quite difficult to see in the picture. I purposely cut the grill short of the oval holes as I plan to do something else with those. You can just see the crease I put in the centre of the grill to match the shape of the cut out in the nose cone.


28/12/2008 A close up shot of the grill - a bit easier to see the shiny finish.	28/12/2008 I kept the badges from the donor and found that one of them was curved. After a bit of judicious filing it fitted the curve on the top of the nose cone quite well.