I'm getting to the stage where I'm going to have to tackle the rear panel very soon - I've spent most of the day making a bit of an a**e of the side panels/scuttle fitting and rescuing the situation and am feeling a little ominous about the rear panel!

Can anyone who's done it give me a few pointers as to how they solved the puzzle and got a nice finish?

Seen Hellfire's - all very nice, but I'm just not that good at making things!

Cheers

Steve

couple of 12 inch plastic rulers running down each side beam spreads it out another few mm

ie the rulers are acting as spacers

Christ, I forgot about the oversized issue - I was thinking more along the lines of getting a neat transition from the side panel to the rear panel!

I'm also having a bit of a mare trying to get the bonnet and nose to line up nicely - I'm putting it down to the fact the bodywork's been sat around for 12 months and has relaxed a bit where it's been stored and just needs a little pushiong and pulling into it's rightful place on the car.

the scuttle needs a little pushing "out"

put the nose cone in the middle on the car youll have to remove some of it where the two bottom wishbone mounts are

then rest the bonnet in place

Flare out the ends of the side panel to meet the width of the panel.
Spend the time with clamps to get the vertical joint right.
"Adjust" the chassis lugs to hold the side panel wide. choosed your joint heigt and stick to it, ie top of round level with top of sqare section.
Cover the whole sorry lot up afterwards
Rescued attachment boot.jpg

Where did you get the rear boot cover? And is it a full tonnau by any chance?

Looks like you have the full RAC race bar rather than the bolt on type? I was wondering how much of a pain in the a**e it was going to be to cover the boot and get a nice seam around the brace bars - the boot cover looks a much neater solution than trying to get a good join in pieces of ali or ABS!

[Edited on 28/5/07 by StevieB]

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Originally posted by StevieB
Where did you get the rear boot cover? And is it a full tonnau by any chance?

Looks like you have the full RAC race bar rather than the bolt on type? I was wondering how much of a pain in the a**e it was going to be to cover the boot and get a nice seam around the brace bars - the boot cover looks a much neater solution than trying to get a good join in pieces of ali or ABS!

[Edited on 28/5/07 by StevieB]

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So, the general consesus is to frig it until it fits, then cover it up and forget it exists.

That's my level of thinking!

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So, the general consesus is to frig it until it fits, then cover it up and forget it exists.

That's my level of thinking!

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I have to say that the vinyl boot cover sounds a lot better than the ABS/Ali sheet solution because it hides the joint and might also allot me to have some form of useable boot space (even with the proper roll bar).

Here is a pic of mine at:

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=64660

Cheers

Ian

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Originally posted by StevieB
I'm getting to the stage where I'm going to have to tackle the rear panel very soon - I've spent most of the day making a bit of an a**e of the side panels/scuttle fitting and rescuing the situation and am feeling a little ominous about the rear panel!

Can anyone who's done it give me a few pointers as to how they solved the puzzle and got a nice finish?

Seen Hellfire's - all very nice, but I'm just not that good at making things!

Cheers

Steve

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Did someone say something about dodgy panels

The way to do it is how zxrlocost says, pack it out to match it all up as close as possible. I am really suprised MK havent sorted this problem out yet....

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I am really suprised MK havent sorted this problem out yet....

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Did someone say something about dodgy panels

The way to do it is how zxrlocost says, pack it out to match it all up as close as possible. I am really suprised MK havent sorted this problem out yet....

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Liking the new avatar by the way - the last one was starting to worry me a bit, that girl needs more pies!

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Liking the new avatar by the way - the last one was starting to worry me a bit, that girl needs more pies!

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So Flat is that the current girlfriend?

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