phil_far
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| posted on 23/3/05 at 12:54 PM |
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How do you mount the bodywork?
Gents,
I got my GTS body work. What is the best method to mounting it on the chassis?
Any pictures would be appreciated
Cheers
Philip
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DarrenW
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| posted on 23/3/05 at 02:26 PM |
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I started with side panels - ensuring suspension cut outs were good first then bonded it to chassis.
next i fitted back panel.
Aligned nosecone to chassis / fron panels (did a bit of this for part one as well to work out how much to shorten fron panels by).
Scuttle
Bonnet (Mine is trimmed to fit by design - some arent so be careful).
Rear arches
Front arches still to do.
Think at least twice, cut once. I used Rotozip tool to do cutting and PU adhesive for bonding. My bodywork is all GRP.
Is this what you are asking?
Cheers,
darren.
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phil_far
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 09:53 AM |
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Yes partially though!
What I am really looking for is the actual method of fixing i.e. brackets, rivets to the chassis etcc. rtaher than the sequence!
Cheers
Philip
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irvined
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 11:58 AM |
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Hello
I've used 6 (m6) rivnuts for the scuttle, and 6 rivnuts for the nose cone all going down into the top rail.
I'll try to take some pictures tonight.
cheers
David
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craig1410
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 01:00 PM |
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Hi,
I've got some GTS bodywork too and am kinda in the process of fitting it. Regarding the nosecone, do you intend to bolt it only onto the top
rails or were you planning to bolt it at the base of the front assembly as well?
Also, regarding the scuttle, how have you aligned this with your chassis longitudinally? I can't seem to decide how far forwards it should go.
This is made more complex by virtue of the fact that I had to cut my bodywork in half to fit my +4" chassis before GTS started doing the wider
stuff.
Thanks,
Craig.
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James
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 01:20 PM |
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Craig,
Is the rearmost (dash side) of the scuttle not meant to be in line with where the cockpit starts to taper inwards?
I hope that's right? Otherwise mine may have probs fitting! 
Cheers,
James
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 01:49 PM |
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From this picture (from the GTS website):
It certainly looks like the dash side lines up with the start of the cockpit taper. There are a couple more pics in the bodywork secion that show
it.
David 
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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DarrenW
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 03:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Craig,
Is the rearmost (dash side) of the scuttle not meant to be in line with where the cockpit starts to taper inwards?
I hope that's right? Otherwise mine may have probs fitting!
Cheers,
James
thats how ive fitted mine James. Its a Mac#1 body but that seems to be the norm.
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phil_far
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 04:41 PM |
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Thanks folks, I do appreciate some pictures
Craig: I also need to widen mine as my chassis is 3 inches wider. Do you have any photos showing the process of widening the bodywork?
Philip
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phil_far
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| posted on 27/3/05 at 06:10 PM |
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David,
I send u2u as a small reminder for he body mounted pictures
Cheers
Philip
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Triton
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| posted on 27/3/05 at 08:08 PM |
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Rear of scuttle starts at taper in top rails.
But making it wider is not as straight forward as you would think, it's one thing to go out and buy the materials but totally different bag of
onions to do the job.....If you have already cut it you have made your job that much harder....
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craig1410
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| posted on 27/3/05 at 09:50 PM |
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Triton,
Yes it isn't easy, you are right but unfortunately +4" wider bodywork was not widely available when I bought mine...
What I did was, before cutting, placed the scuttle on a flat surface bulkhead side down, and carefully drew the outline of the scuttle. I then slid
the scuttle along the required distance (using a clamped down straight edge as a guide) and drew the outline again. I then carefully joined the two
outlines to form an outline of the widened scuttle. I then cut a piece of aluminium to form the bulkhead using the outline created above as a
reference. In fact the same outline was used to form the outer edge of the aluminium but with 0.5" reduced all round.
Finally I drilled a number of holes in the GRP where the aluminium bulkhead was to be attached and then again by sliding the still standard sized
scuttle along the straight edge I marked the corresponding holes in the aluminium. Once the GRP was cut in half I just had to align the two halves
with their drilled holes and fix with some rivets. I then made up a small piece of aluminium to hold the front edge of the scuttle in place until the
dashboard is made up. I will use GRP and resin to bridge the gap in the GRP at a later date.
It should be bourne in mind that the scuttle will naturally sag under its own weight giving the appearance that it is too wide at the base for the
chassis rails. As a result you should expect to have to pull the base inboard to some extent when fixing it. My question earlier was to try to
establish how much to pull it in by. The rearward edge of the scuttle where it meets the chassis rails is radiused a bit which makes it less clear
where to align it with respect to the start of the taper. I have decided to allow the scuttle to only just cover the taper as this nicely hides the
cut in the aluminium on top of the chassis rails.
Cheers,
Craig.
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irvined
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| posted on 6/4/05 at 09:52 AM |
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Some pictures of the mounts
http://www.irvined.co.uk/gallery/Arches/cimg0247
http://www.irvined.co.uk/gallery/Arches/cimg0248
http://www.irvined.co.uk/gallery/Arches/cimg0246
http://www.irvined.co.uk/gallery/Arches/cimg0269
HTH
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