Nose fitting

Fitting the bodywork is definitely easier with two people (one to hold while one to mark!) so with Mike up for the weekend it was bodywork fitting time.

First with the nose and bonnet on the chassis then off we aligned the two sections and clamped together. We could then drill the holes through both for the bonnet pins and widen the hole for the grommets:



Next we made cardboard templates round the rivnuts on the chassis. Note the masking tape ready to fix to the nose:


By placing the nose onto the chassis, then taping the cardboard template to the nose we could get the exact location to drill the holes for fixing to the rivnuts:


Next was the lower bracket. It comes straight:


But has to be bent up slightly to fit nicely inside the nose. To do this I just used a couple of adjustables: