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DavidA:
AdeV,

If it's any consolation, my BMW hasn't made much progress either.

I seem to either be back at work or there are other things taking priority.

Now the garden is closing down for the winter I may get on with it. But, of course, it is also getting cold.

A guy down the road has just bought a similar car. 'C' reg' . Maybe that will give me the incentive to get back into my overalls.

Stick with it.

Dave. :wave:

AdeV:
Thanks Dave - I've only got 10 months left of my original 3 year plan.... so I need to get cracking with it now.

In that spirit, I've managed a little more progress this weekend...

First, folded up the new bracing box/seat mounts. Then cut the bottom off & did it again as I'd managed to make it an inch too tall (oops).

Pics show the old box next to the new (the old one was chopped up when it came out):

In place, ready to be welded in:

In relation to the original on the other side:

Next I decided to tackle the boot. As we can see, it's a bit frilly around the edges:

After some plasma-cutting, grinding, 3 cutting disks, a bit more grinding, another cutting disk, etc.:

I'll make a nice new aluminium floor for it, but first I need to get hold of the fuel tank I'll be using, so I don't set the new boot floor too high. It'll be higher than the old floor as I plan to leave plenty of room for a nice big diffuser :D

There's still a few holes to fill before I fit the new floor...

krv3000:
and I thort repairing your D.T.I's was a challenge :dremel:

AdeV:

--- Quote from: krv3000 on October 25, 2015, 07:49:45 PM ---and I thort repairing your D.T.I's was a challenge :dremel:

--- End quote ---

Heh - There's no way I could do what you did to my DTIs, they're just too darn small. I end up losing all the springs and tiny screws. The car has the advantage of being nice and big, ideal for my meat hooks. Of course, the downside is, one ends up coated from head to foot in cr*p - I looked like one of those black & white minstrels when I got home this evening!

Manxmodder:
Ade,will you be racing under the name of 'Team Ferous Oxide' (TFO) by any chance? :) :)

It's not yet as legendary as TWR Jaguar but I can see it catching on.
.......OZ

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