I like a good read and am always keen to read/see what people have been doing. In particular, because I'm building, I like those build posts especially when there are pictures too. Its been a while since I posted an update on my progress so its only fair that I share.
Hopefully the body is on for the last time - or at least a long time while the rest of the car is finalised. In this pic you can see a summary of what we've been doing.
The most obvious change is the addition of the windscreen, it took several months to get the windscreen and now there's just the matter of the wipers etc. Looks like the three blade set-ups are pushing $900 now.
In the above image you can also see the battery in the boot, which has a battery box and sits in its own cradle, there is a battery isolation switch fitted to the rear of the compartment for the quick disconnection of electricity.
The next image is the dash we made up
The dash is fashioned from aluminium checker plate with the smooth side out.
I like the look of it but may strike trouble if it is deemed to be too reflective.
Used the indicator lights as described in other posts (with bulbs rather than diodes) and they look great. I guess it then follows that a lot of the wiring has been done. We used seven core trailer cable to run forward and backward from the dash - still have a little to do.
I call this next image 'contemplation of the cooling system'.
I have mentioned previously that we started the build without a manual, But with several parts, the project having been abandoned by its original owner after 15 years in the shed (my very own barn find(?)) One of those parts was/is the radiator.
To cut a very long story short the radiator was first mounted in the only place that seemed to fit - only to find that it fouled the bonnet(hood) hoops when the body was mounted. After acquiring a manual we found that the radiator is supposed to be mounted almost horizontally going up from rear to fore with cowling to direct the air over it. (No thanks)
So after much removing of excess chassis its now sitting in the 'mouth' although still at a rather raked back angle (cos its a tall radiator) with a fan mounted behind that draws through very well. Also a modern cooling system with remote filler/resevior - you can see this at the back of the engine bay on the RHS. The engine now keeps its cool and the new transparent reservior is turning brown as the 40 year old engine starts circulating all the goop its been saving up. Amazingly after 15 year kicking round a shed as a loose part, being shipped across the continent in a body full of loose parts and then having been in and out of the snout of the cobra at least 30 times the radiator is without (significant) holes
Onto the fuel tank next...
LoBelly