Interior Design
Firstly here are some pictures of the underside of the boot floor. All these pieces interlock and leave gaps for cables, screws, brackets etc. The birch ply will be given...
Elephant ears and boot floor
Boot floor - need to see if we can find some under construction photos. This was a lot more work that it looks from the pictures! There is a wooden...
Number plate and SVA proofing
A set of brackets to attached the number plate to. These are held on with body sealer. Will do these again when the cone is off for painting with fibreglass....
Nose job
The front of the car is now completely together: Max checks out the car: And although it's not really complete and the weathers not great today, couldn't resist taking some...
Let there be light!
After creating a template for bracket for holding the rear lights 4 more were made as the final products: Each pod needed to be individually tuned to fit the shape...
Under scuttle and dash wiring
Cleaning up and finishing the internal wiring, a much bigger and time consuming task that you would think! Cleaning up and finishing the internal wiring, a much bigger and time...
Dash & Nose Cone
As promised here are a some better pictures of the dashboard taken in the light: And some better pictures of the heater speed control: And the back of the dashboard...
Dashboard
It was a busy day today, we installed the glove box lock and then proceeded to start covering the dash! Its now very late so better pictures to come tomorrow...
lights & interior
All the lights are now working! Blew the 7.5amp fuses though. The current on the high beams + spots peaks at 11amps (possible spikes higher) so 15amp fuses are going...
FAQ update
Updated FAQ's: Q: SVA Tips & Common Sportster Issues (Updated: 24/07/2007) Q: Wobbly Bumper Fix (Updated: 24/07/2007)
Headlights
Front bumper installation - just like the back the front does not fit so we made some spacers. Spacer installed, with the spacer in the bumpers fit very snugly! Headlights,...
Driver seat
And then there was two! Driver side seat fitting, it was much easier second time through. However the second seat needed to line up the same as the first seat,...
Passenger seat
After many hours of measuring, cutting, getting it wrong and making the holes bigger these steel square bars now fit! Only realising half way that the runners on the seat...
Floors
Step 1 - measure out and drill 40 holes in one floor Step 2 - drill 40 holes in the the floor of the other side. Step 3 - drill...
Glove box
Small amount of progress with the glove box:
down time
Sorry for the down time, site got moved between servers again. For some reason they managed to break the ODBC everytime its done!
Glovebox
Another small step forwards - a hole cut in the dash for the glove box. The fuse box will sit in the back of here.
Bonnet Catches and Centre Console
After nearly a whole measuring the bonnet catches are now install. They really finish the car of nicely. Spent a few hours day creating a centre console out of the...
Parts ‘n stuff
First off the bonnet catches, a price item but look really nice and should go well with the rest of the bright work on the car. These are supposed to...
Dash Trim
New dashboard? Not quite... ...nope the, the vinyl covered sponge for the dash is completely the wrong shape. It was the wrong shape before stretching the dash and after it...
A little bit more progress!
The bonnet now has all 40 bolts, cup washers, washers and nyloc's in place. Some need to come out again as they need a bit more work with the sinker...