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Thanks Dave M, you are not the only one that has told me a year or more is what they had to wait. John, a pneumatic rivet gun would be too easy. I have had a strong hand shake lately.

So last weekend I pulled out the rivet gun. What does 200 rivets look like? Will finish up the right side tonight and get to start on the other side this weekend. Anyone that has done this can attest that it's not just the rivets it's drilling all the holes. It's getting there.

More work time on the car this last week. Once I had the side windows in, I realized that a door handle was needed, (Da!) so I could open the doors from the outside. I cut holes in both doors and made door handles for the inside. A picture of the original was scaled to locate this opening...

Wayne, See post 73 & 77, it will show you what I did.

Wayne, The attached picture shows you how it will work. We have two fuel senders, two fuel pickup lines and in my case one fuel pump. The wiring diagram shows how in the normal operation the valve is not energized but when you are on aux. tank the valve is and with the right toggle switch when...

Mahlon, My tanks have the sending unit in the rear and I only wanted one fill spout with no gas lines in the car with me unlike the originals with the equalizer line behind the seats. I incorporated a Ford electric truck valve for the tank switch over. The left tank is the main normal...

Made some progress over the weekend. With all the air openings now cut I can now start with making the ducting. I also installed the rear and door glass. Since I was drilling holes in Plexi I decided to move on to the headlight covers. Got the left one fitted and held in place waiting for...

A hole in the door is where I'm going with my build to look original. There is the door louvers and hole for the number lights also that need to be cut in. They may look like holes but will be sealed from the inside. Will post more pictures when I get there.

Did not have much time this weekend to work on the car but I did get the door latches installed on the drivers door. I made a trip to RCR about a year ago and got pictures of the completed Mk IV to see some of the details of their build. The door latches was an area I was not sure how the...

Glad you joined the forum. I live close to you in Cypress. Hope to see you around. Don

I know there was never a Gulf colored Mk IV but it does look exciting. Maybe one of the guys building a replica will do it? Just a thought, Don

It's been over a month without posting something and people are asking what's going on so hear you go John. I have been working with the spider (body work) for what I believe is forever! It seems I made a big mistake by mating the inner and outer fiberglass shells of the spider which has made...

Troy is correct by the way it looks.

Glad to see you join the forum Peter. It's always good to see another Texan on hear. Nice looking car it does my heart good when I see a Cobra with the jack bumpers on right. Have fun!

Drop her off any time your ready. Yes I made all the aluminum panels for the front and rear inner fender wells. My car came with some rear panels but I didn't like the look so I made some new ones. Most of what I'm doing is making it look as close to J7 as I can so if the inner fenders look...

Thanks Jack and John. I continue to work most nights after work an hour or two and find it slow going. These cars have a lot of details and I'm trying to copy what I can from old pictures. Should have an update and more pictures soon.

Very Nice! I applaud you for driving them and sharing these classics. Don

Made some headway over the weekend. I have been wanting to hinge the front clip but had no idea how until someone posted a picture of a CAV GT40 front clip. It appeared that a shaft was used running the width of the front clip. That was all I needed to come up with this design. I wanted to...

Very nice Bob. I too have a model of my car I reference while building the Mk IV. Very useful. Keep up the great work. Regards, Don

Great job Frank! It's always a major milestone to get to drive it down the road with or without the body. All the Best, Don