On monday the 15th

We still worked a lot on the car during the last two weeks. We were continuing the main body shaping, the chassis designing and welding, the steel jig and at the same time, the suspension.

The main body:

Final coat of grey painting has finally been put on the nose. In parallel, we did a lot concerning the roof mold part and the rear part.

Nose last grey painting

These parts are a little bit tricky as we want to have the most accurate shape, we need to make lots of adjustments. Sometimes, it is frustrating to be forced to go back but it is necessary to have a perfect symmetrical shape. That is why we had to change some of the back slices.

On the other hand, we worked on mullions and the first ones has been made in wood.

Wooden mullion

The next step will be to finish the roof pre mold by putting some foam and sanding it to get the shape. To do that we already made the pattern for the roof curves.

The chassis:

We are really proud of our work, because we have finished every roll bars. This work was not really easy because of the main body modifications. As you know, the main body has to fit with the chassis as a skin. Every modification on the main body had an impact on the chassis. Because the wood slices of the car were set for good, we were able to finish the roll bars.

Now, the next step will be to join every one of them thanks to the jig.

The jig:

In parallel with the roll bars welding, the jig has been continued. Using the main body to have the correct sizing, we were able to go on.

Buttom part of the jig

Main back supports are now welded. Then we will finalize upper support and starting to weld the whole chassis thanks to that.

The suspension:

As we mentioned in the last article, after finishing the back suspension, our next move will be to make the front suspension. So we did…

To start with, we finished the back suspension and fixed the engine has planned on these suspension. Then after some design, we started the front suspension! We will continue to work on these by finalized the welding and putting the spring.

Front suspension first pieces

As a conclusion, we must say that we had really busy days these 2 past weeks…and we know there is still a lot to do!