After fitting in the wheel arch ducts I changed my mind over the previous panel for the dash. Instead of the curved panel, which would have required a couple of other panels to fill in the lower area of the dash I have decided to make a new panel which fits between the wheel arch ducts. This means less work AND less weight, so its a real winner! First, was to get the profile of the body where it was going to fit. To do this I stuck some cardboard onto the front of the spider section and just traced over it with a felt marker.

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Next in the seemingly random order of assembly were some more internal panels. In fact its not really random, but often I have to jump around whilst I wait for parts or paint to dry etc. The next major milestone is the centre body section, but before this I wanted to get the ‘tunnel’ in as its just easier to not have to pass it through the door openings!

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The fuel tank panels were next on the list. Obviously these need to go in before the engine, which was the main focus, in preparation of sorting the wiring out.

The ECU, GCU etc all need to be mounted pretty securely, after all they are the most expensive/fragile bits! I had toyed with the idea of not making this panel, weight saving after all, but I decided in the end that I would feel like a complete plonker if they got damaged! However, as this panel is not really adding any extra stiffness, I made it from some thin ally sheet, the same stuff as for the duct bucks. Everything will be velcroed on with that manically expensive stuff, although it is actually quite good! Again this was then removed, keyed, glued and then riveted on.