Sunday, 12 July 2015

Drivers Side Panel

After discovering that the inside crescents aren't part of the standard kit (seems a little daft - what does the carpet attach to?) I decided to crack on with the Drivers Side Panel.  People say different things, but for me I am going to put both panels on now.  I am not too bothered about how difficult it makes the rest of the build, apparently it makes it fiddlier to put the engine in - more of a challenge!.   Anyway, decided to put some selective rivets at the front, rear, underneath and on the top:



The panel fits perfectly already apart from a small piece I needed to file down at the top because I have already fitted the pedal box, easy enough with my new files:


The glue is horrible stuff, its easy enough to work with but impossible to get off your hands and clothes (although Coke seems to work well).  Once on I used lots of clamps, a ratchet clamp as well as some ingenious use of electic cable, screwdriver and a old hover cable - that's right, organised as ever.  Did the job though:

There's enough pressure all over to ensure the panel touches the chassis and its now sat for 24 hours till it goes off.  I will need to clean up the chassis where some of the glue has squeezed out, that should be easier to do once dry (I hope!).






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