All back together....

The build is now going back together after finishing and painting the chassis. Over the last few days iv welded in the engine mount plates. Rather than using the book spec mouts ive decided to gusset the two front chassis rails on each side to help rigidity with 6mm steel plate. This is at the expence of a few kilos, but a fair trade. All the suspension and steering components have been bolted back on, and are all torqed up to their final build state, just incase i forget something along the way.

Today i built the seat subframes. I welded two 3mm steel straps to the chasssis and bolted two 25mm square box tubes accross them, to which i bolted the seats. For what seems like a simple job it didnt half have me scraching my head! The seats will need to come out over the next few days while i make some interior panels, but these wont be fitted until the engine and gearbox are in their final positions.

Im going to source a steering column this week, aswell as a couple of scrappy front wheels, this will allow me to roll the car about once the engine/ gearbox are in as its starting to get heavy.