RCR #010 Build Progress

[Bill D]

It's been awhile since I had any news to report. But this past weekend I drove up to see the painter to discuss the door latch issue. While there, I took some pictures...

The rear clip is now mounted and aligned, They had some issues which required re-drilling the pivot mounting plate on the inner splash panels. Now the clip sits perfectly





I bought some really cool rear clip retaining brackets from Ron McCall. I trimmed them to fit my car, welded them together, and then had the painter install them on the rear bulkhead. They are fitted with hood pins that will keep the rear clip securely closed





I purchased a set of replica rear brake cooling ducts from Bill Hough. They have now been installed, but not glassed in yet



The front clip has been a real bear. Once the front steel structure was moved to make the clip sit straight with the body, the clip hit the windshield on the right side. This was corrected by cutting out 3/4" of the front clip and the reglassing it back together. Now it fits perfectly. You can see in the photo where it was glassed back together



Doors have been hung. The passenger door is finished, but the driver's door still needs tweaking.



We took measurements of the door to rear bulkhead. I'm going to fabricate some striker bolt mounts. Pictures to follow when done.

Cheers
Bill

[Big-Foot]

Thanks for the update there Bill....

I bet you really missed your car!!! I know I would...

I like the clip retaining brackets.. How will they work with your secondary bulkhead walls that you made - any interference?

I'm a good year away from having to worry about that on mine...

[Dean Lampe]

Bill, do you think that all the welding you did on the front structure some how warped the metal? The reason I asked is that my front clip fit very well and it didn't need any trimming. If I would have trimmed that much off the clip it would have resulted in something else not fitting later. I heard you have an excellant body man so I hope it works out. The car will be back home in your care very soon.

[Bill D]

Today, I made a couple of striker bolt mounts for the doors.

I did some searching on the Internet and came up with a really cool solution that accomplishes what I want - functionality and aesthetics.

I purchased two die cast aluminum boxes from Bud Industries (P/N CU-124). The box measures 2.37" wide x 4.67" long x 1.21" deep. Next, I purchased two Bear Claw striker bolt mounts (P/N BCL-2) since the striker bolt mounts do not come with the RCR kit.

So here is what I started with...an aluminum box and a mounting plate



I removed the backing plate and floating nut from the striker plate, drilled a hole in the box lid for the striker bolt, and then installed the backing plate and floating nut onto the back side of the box lid with 4 1/8" pop rivets.



And presto!!



The striker bolt mounting hole is offset to allow the builder to position the striker bolt for variations in door fitment, plus the fine adjustment of the floating nut. The box will be powdercoated satin black. It will be attached to the bulkhead with 8-32 machine screws and nutserts. This allows removal of the nutplate and/or adjustments without having to reach inside the rear clip.

Now it's off to the powdercoater

Bill D

[Fran Hall RCR]

Nicely done...

[Steve26]

Good solution Bill.

Steve

[Rob]

Very nicely done Bill.

[Mark Worthington]

Bill, you keep coming up with these clever solutions to the myriad of little problems that can plague a GT40 builder. That is an elegant solution. Personally, I think the door hardware installation and door alignment process is the most tedious task I've encountered in my build.

Well done.

[Big-Foot]

I like the plan Bill.. Might even swipe it for mine...

The only thing I would do different is to use studs welded to a plate from the back-side of the bulkhead. Nutserts are fine but not for things that are structural or are going to take any kind of abuse (like door opening / closing / slamming)..

My $.02 worth..

Again - you are going to have one very awesome Forty there my friend...

[CraigB]

That is looking sweet, I love the rear 1/4 view!! A site other road users will see - - - - briefly

[Bill D]

Bodywork is progressing nicely...

[Bill D]

Randy-
You bring up a good point. I may rethink the fastening method before I ship them to Ken

[Allen English]

Looking good Bill

[Mike Dozier]

Hey Bill

What's with all the Cobra bodies in the painter's shop ?

MikeD

[Bill D]

He is primarily a Cobra painter.

[Bill D]

Latest progress thanks to a friend who was kind enough to take a bunch of pictures for me while he was at the paint shop to get his FFR Cobra...

I had Ken open up and smooth the two small NACA ducts on the front clip. They are going to be used to direct fresh air to the cabin


I also had Ken add some ducts to attach 2-1/2" AC hose. The hoses are attached the blast gates on the tub, which are activated by push-pul cables


Here you can see the one hose attached


The front clip all fitted


A couple of more






Bill

[Chris Martino]

Looks like your getting close to paint - any idea when? I'd like to have functional fresh air ducts - maybe another spring project...


Chris

[Bill D]

Hopefully they start painting it around the 19th