October 18, 2003
Day 24 - interior
Went to the Formula Ford/Caterham festival at Brands this morning. Had a great few hours watching the final two 2003 Academy races and meeting up with Steve (Grubbster) and Dave.
Spent a few hours once home doing bits and pieces on the interior ready for 'the first drive'TM. First job was to fit the alu transmission tunnel place which needed a bit of modification in order to clear the plumbed in fire extinguisher tubing.
There sure are a lot of rivets! I guess if the propshaft/diff bolts ever let go then you would be glad of them.....
It was then simple to drop the leather transmission tunnel cover on and attach the handbrake handle and gear knob.
I started to work on the wings, gluing the Bigheads fasteners onto the underside from the front wings so that they could be cable tied to the supports rather than bolted or glued.
3 hours today, 80 hours total.