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A little premature to run it out
of the workshop, but every little step forward makes
me excited. It's nice to get to the rolling chassis point.
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A side view giving me an idea of
how the colour scheme will look. I think the Racing Green,
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Time to do a little more today,
starting with the front grill. The front of the rocket
chassis was measured and marked out on to the perforated
sheet , it was then bent using a piece of box as a guide.
It's worth noting that the sheet has a smooth side
and a rough side, although not a lot in it, there is
deference,
of course I bent it the wrong way round, smooth side
in, not a problem but I will be more careful for the
bonnet and engine covers.
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This picture shows the the grill
painted enamel black and riveted in to place, I wasn't
sure whether its should have been silver, but it can
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The aluminium radiator panels supplied
had markings for the cut outs, I used these as a guide
but not as
a definite
cut out point, with a few trips back and forth to the
jigsaw I have ended up with some nice trimmed panels.
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I have decided that the panels are
going to be painted matt black, this is going to be done
last, due to the brake pedals, wiring loom and braking system
yet to be fitted as I do not wish to scratch the finished
paintwork. |
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A view of the panel work from the
rear.
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Gear lever from a Mondeo and the
original Focus handbrake lever now attached. For the
gear lever to work, I have had to rotate the position
of it 180 degrees and remove the reverse locking latch.
I have yet to fabricate some replacement cable fixing
points as the ones on the gear lever assembly are to
short, these will have to be cut off.
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This shows one of the lower radiator
brackets that I have made. I thought it would be a good
idea to
make it removable using a couple of m6 bolts, this should
aid the removal of the radiator in years to come should
it spring a leak.
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And this is a picture of one of
the upper radiator brackets. This I have to say this
is the mk II
version,
I felt that the radiator was too upright in my first
fitment. |
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The bonnet has now been attached
using a length of stainless steel piano hinge, this was
quite a stressful and time consuming operation as I wanted
it to fit perfectly.
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The passenger view of the fitted
bonnet. I prefer to see the hinge rather than try to fit
it in to the fiberglass, I think it looks pretty classy. |
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Here is a picture of Anthony drilling
out the fixing points for the engine cover, this has
to be done before
the engine is fitted as there is no space to get a drill
in once the engine is in place. |
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Well here we go, lets see if the
engine fits! |
