Saturday 4 July 2009

In the beginning of July

The work continues and our days go more and more full. As I mentioned in my previous article, we have really busy days.
During last weeks, we have worked and further a lot the main body mold and the chassis.

The main body:

On the 15the of june, we had just painted the nose. The next step was to finish this part (lesson by a specialist).
To do so, we made a precise sanding with really fine sand paper (380 grid). We then put the final coat of painting on and finished by polishing the hood and the junction with the buttom part.

The next week, we had focused on the roof. We used the same approach we had for the other pieces with Foam supported by wood and covered by fibreglass and epoxy skin. Lot of work was made to make it (priming the foam, sanding, etc.).
In parallel, the windscreen and its support on the car has been made.


Windscreen mold (ready to be sent)


Windscreen junction

Result is quite nice and we are planning this part to be finished on next wednesday.


Roof grey painting

The chassis:

You sure remember that after having made the last roll bars, the next step was to weld them together. So we did! To link them, we are using lighter steel (20/20mm). That is why every steel bar have to be machine. Here are the first results!


Chassis welding

The suspension:

The front suspensions have gone. First master pieces has been made and put together. Then they have been welded to the main chassis.


Front suspension on the chassis

I must admit that we are starting to run out of time. All this work is really demanding but we are putting a lot of ourselves in this project...that is why we hope to be able to finish all of this before leaving this fantastic country!
Next weeks we will finally finish the roof (the next week) and hopefully start to build the mold. On the other hand, we will continue the weld the chassis and will finish the suspension.