Progress

#21

The fuel leak was easy, if you don’t tighten a ferrule fitting, it’ll leak even with essentially no pressure.

The car moved under its own power for the first time yesterday afternoon. I took it off the jack stands and around the block. That was partly to be able to get to the front of the garage to unload a tool and partly to turn it around to make finishing the interior a bit easier. Not have to fight the doors makes entry/exit so much easier.

A touch more work will finish up the fire system mounts. Then I can tackle the defroster and come up with something to mount the radio within reach of the driver. After that I’ll throw a coat of paint on the interior and then put the dash back in. That will finish up the interior and I’ll start on prepping for paint.

#22

Three weeks left and alls well with Jim’s build. Hip hip hip!

#23

The defroster is built. A little trimming and the dash should fit in over it. I’ll post a picture of it after I’ve test fit the dash.

#24

The defroster is in. See http://spece30.com/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,94/func,view/id,43428/catid,15/limit,10/limitstart,30/ for a picture.

Mounts for the nets will finish off the interior. Then I can throw a coat of paint on the interior and start prepping parts of the exterior for paint.

#25

I started working on appearance today. A full up cage with rear diagonals makes painting the interior of the car a real adventure. The only build item left is to mount the transducer, install a left rear ABS sensor and throw the car on a set of scales to see how much ballast I need to make weight.

#26

jlevie wrote:

Errr, transponder? :laugh:

Jim - It’s great to hear about all the progress! I hope I get to CMP to see the maiden voyage.

#27

Yes transponder… Dunno what I was thinking about when I wrote that.

Come on up (and bring a Spec E30), it’ll be a fun weekend.