Sunday, 9 December 2012

Nose & Bonnet fitting

A minor change in direction, I need to get the garage completely cleared for some maintenance on the ceiling/floor of the room above.

The car needs to be in as few pieces as possible so I can temporarily roll it out into the drive while work on the garage happens over the next couple of weeks; therefore - I thought fitting the nose would be a good idea.

First up, peeled back 5mm of plastic coating from the bonnet and installed the chrome 'like' edging to try and prevent excessive scratches. The bonnet also needed a little adjustment on the front end return edge to allow it to sit up tight against the nose:


Then offered the bonnet and nose up to the chassis to check location. The bonnet fit seems pretty well even thought it doesn't have its catches or locating pins yet:

Once I was happy, marked up & fitted 3x rivnuts on the bottom chassis rail with appropriate bolts/penny washers to attach the nosecone:

The radiator, indicators and nose edge trim are not installed yet; its a simple job to remove it now though 5x bolts and its off.