Beginning Final Assembly

We positioned the door on the body (protected by a little tape) to make sure the color was a perfect match. Since we painted the doors on a different day from the rest of the body, there was a small chance that the color match wouldn't be right. No problem here!

We broke down the paint booth and cleaned up the garage. That was too much fun to stop and take pictures, so no pics to share. ;-)

We uncovered the chassis and moved it back into the garage.

We expected a few issues due to the car being out in the elements under a tarp for 6 months, but we were pleasantly surprised to find just a little bit of surface rust on a few pieces.

Throughout the build we have been fitting and temporarily installing countless items on the car to help us get some other step completed. We've applied and removed some parts several times. There is still plenty to do, but it feels different to be putting something on the car for the last time.

In these pictures you can see that we have the trunk floor and sides mounted. We had to fabricate the "shock houses" on the sides of thtrunk to seal the trunk from the shock mounting brackets. We also cut a hole in the trunk floor and created a hatch cover so that we can access the battery. Two small holes in the trunk floor on the left side provide a place to mount a button to pop the driver's door open (in case the remote fails to do it), and another hole to reset the fuel pump cutoff switch. That hole will be filled with a removable plastic plug once the carpet goes in.

Carpet? In a race car?!? :-)

Until next time!