You learn alot through the process of building these, as time wears on I keep finding details that weren't executed well enough.
The wireframe buck around the right front wheelwell was way out of wack, though it only became apparent after fitting the hood structure with better points to measure from. Ended up being about 1" wider and sitting a tad forward compared to the other side, it's been demoralizing to hack that fender part but it'll be sorted soon.
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The sill panels fit and finish just wasn't quite good enough so these panels have been made, they will plug weld over the existing panels. Besides looking a little better they act as reinforcement to the rearmost section that was previously unsupported.(where your body weight lies as you origami out of the cabin)
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Forward and final section of sill has been built, perhaps I'm overthinking things but the idea here is to spread the force of a side impact along as much of the frame as possible. The weight of the car is climbing with all the ancillary metal needed for sealing surfaces, hinges, door latchs etc. I'm considering the sill and all additional frame specific sheet metal as a unibody structure to augment the spaceframe. It would be interesting to see FEA or an informed opinion on how rigid this chassis will actually be, there's no doubt overbuilt and underbuilt aspects, but no way to tell.
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Misc.
Seat mounts are finally built which means seatbelt angles can be figured, cleaned up the engine wiring to the point that it's not spaghetti everywhere, Steering column mounts were redesigned for the third time and final time as they've been integrated into the cages dash bar.
Progress feels slow lately with all the backtracking however the show must go on!
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