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Work has continued on the tub. The seat and spine structure is nearly ready to be riveted in. This has taken a bit longer than anticipated but is getting there. Under seat ribs connect the spine to the floor that should help to stiffen things up. The seat belt mounting brackets also have to be...

Randy, keep tuning in...:D

Completed the rear subframe fire wall. Ended up skinning it with 2.5mm. The rear seat back rest is nearly complete. A bit more drilling and riveting and that will be done. Been mucking round with the seating position and foot pedals. More stuff arriving . QA1 proma duals coil overs. The holley...

Finished drilling, deburring, bonding and riveting the subframe and rear sidepod bulkheads. The Side pod template fits the top nicely. Will skin the subframe with 3mm as bit of protection from engine mishap.

The rear sub frame/bulkhead is nearly done. Some more drilling, keying up surfaces to be bonded and a paint, then final rivet. Hadn't tig'ed much lately so it was nice to get back in the swing of it.

I little more progress, The Side pod bulkheads have been made, bonded and riveted in place. I haven't fixed in permanently the front side pod bulkhead yet as the steel suspension mount points have to be installed first. Also fashioned a couple of temporary front upright mounts to position them...

Hi Mesa, End of Month..:D. My body's being made right here in little ole NZ. He might be able to get back to his build now..... I'm also widening the rear tub Cockpit 50mm as I'm not a massive fella but the bum area on the original is quite narrow. I've also beefed up some panels, the side...

Hi Andrew, A fellow Wellingtonian, and do intend to race it.. I've just completed a 4 week motorcycle tour with the wife in Ladakh-Himachal, Northern India which was a real blast, but now spring is here(cough 6DegC today) will be putting some hours in to progress this along. On a side note...

Mocking up front suspension. I want the upper shock tower further out than the original so mount points will be different to original.

Hi Lee, Rivets are inserted with a rivet gun and bucking bar. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/to/rivet_0guns/rivetkiteconomy.php They take a little practice to get right but not to hard. Theres lots of Youtube clips. Hello Neil - I'll be using a heavy wall 7075 tube with 5/8" x 1/2" rod...

Hi all, I’m looking forward over the next year +, constructing what I hope is something I’ll be proud of and a blast to drive. The garage has been cleaned and the build table has been made, parts have been acquired and a start is underway. My build plan is a McLaren M20, an Aluminium monoque -...

Hi there, I'm Andrew from Wellington, I've been lurking and reading the builds here for many years and are finally are in a position to begin a build of my own. I've been into drag racing, quad racing, mx, hill climbs, fishing, diving, beer, built an alu boat, and now its time for a new...