The new springs arrived today and i fitted one. it was much much easier than removing the old - way too long springs. the front end already sits much much better. I'll get the second one done and set the ride height then.

I also bought some decorators lining paper and set about making a template for the rear panel. looks like it should be ok.

I've pencilled in tomorrow morning as garage time, so I'll hopefully get some more work done then.

I have now fabricated, painted and fitted the seat back panel out of the 1mm steel plate i had. Although it's quite heavy when compared to an aluminum one, it adds quite a bit of stiffness to the chassis now it's riveted on.

I have also fixed on the scuttle, with 4 M8 bolts right through the chassis rails, it's very strong and won't be coming off again in a hurry!

And, I've welded on ALL the seat belt mounts. All 8 of them! Then pained them and the surrounding chassis to prevent rust.

Yesterday I made a template for the dash cowling from some very thin (0.5mm) aluminium and clamped it on - looks pretty good. the actual panel will be made from 1mm ally.

next couple of jobs on the list are to glass on the titanium mount to the nosecone, fix the now expanded nosecone in place and then make up a template for the bonnet. Also make a template and cut out the ally for the rear panel, then fix that in place. Hope to get all that done this week. Fingers crossed.

As an aside, I bought the front suspension units off ebay last week. When i fitted them, the car sank all the way down their travel - no good. So I have ordered some stiff springs to fit on them, and hopefully all will be well! Fitting them is a doddle.

Yesterday evening I finally got a lttile time to myself up the garage. I'm finding it quite difficult to fit any garage time in between working late, helping around the house and spending time with the wife and our 9 week old baby girl.

Anyway, with the short hour and a half I did get, i finally fitted the passenger side panel on the transmission tunnel. Before i could fit it, I had to fill and bleed the clutch. The pedal is very stiff, I'm hoping it'll loosen up in use, if it doesn't, i'll have to remove and re-design the pedal.

I've also fitted the 2 small panels on the driver and passenger footwell tops. Next job is to fit the drivers side trans tunnel panel, then the scuttle can go back on.

I have unfortunately found that I didn't buy enough aluminium, so to save on buying more, I'm going to have to make the seat back panel from steel. I have plenty of 1mm steel plate haning about to make it from so it's not a problem, but it will have to be painted before fitting.