Monty the Rwd R1 engined tarmac eating Minus by Alburglar

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High on fumes at the moment, but the floor is done. Because of all the angles I used two layers of fibreglass tissue to cover the exposed wood at the rear.

So that should be a lot less exposed to the elements

I then put a normal layer of chop strand mat down over the top of the floor pan to cover up the wood, plus I can't hurt to add a bit of strength.

It was bloody awkward doing the stepped edges as there was not much room, but I feel like it was worth the effort.

3-2-2007

I have now sanded the whole inside rear end of the car ready for some black emulsion and re-drilled all the bolt holes.

3-3-2007

To get the Acewell digidash working with the smiths universal fuel sender (from demontweeks), I used a 1k2 and a 200 Ohm resistor in parallel to get 171Ohms, just as you said.

- much appreciated ed by the way.

...And yes still lots of jobs to do. so here's the check list:

-Fill petrol hole, sand rear half of roof interior and paint the lot.
-bolt cage back in.
-make a dash bar that also steadies the steering coloumn.
- strip back grp and restore all metal in front half of interior, then recover in grp (as i did with rear half).
-remove non ltd slip diff and exchange it for semi- race gripper diff and drive shafts.
-fit hoses (waiting for correct 25mm ones from Z's)
- refit tank
- fit dash and console and fix bloody great holes I put in it!
-fit exhaust manifold
-make a steady structure for rear end (body work wobbles a bit) and hang back box off it too.
-fit throttle position sensor.
-modify pedal and fit throttle cable
- fit gear cable.
-finish fitting brake hoses and rear fit clutch cable then bleed em.
- fit (and buy, come to think of it) sump baffle, change filter and fill put new oil in.
-make and fit bottom half side pieces of bulk head and then fit the whole thing.
-fit expansion tank
-make rear number plate bracket and light.
- fit battery cut off and wire instrument panel and rear lights.
-and final note to self...don't look at this list again as it's depressing. LOL.

today I painted the whole rear interior of the car with black emulsion. I'm very pleased with the results it looks great.

whilst doing it I noticecd another bit of fibreglass repair work that needs doing and I also I realised that I haven't filled in the old petrol tank hole yet. Doh!