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It's more to do with the fact that the shocker mount were never designed to take the weight of the vehicle.

Now that the coil overs are mounted to this spot I have just added extra bracing to transfer the load back to the original spring pocket/body rails.

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Got some suspension and other bolts zinc plated and picked up some inner and outer door handles. 

 

Sent Bonneville Consulting and email tuesday but haven't heard anything back yet.

 

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Started fitting the back seat, needed to modify the seat base to fit over the skyline tunnel.

I used the seat base out of a UC hatch that I brought for spare parts but it may turn into a future project and wont need a 

back seat. ( S14 front suspension, R32 rear suspension, drift ute, maybe)

The wire frame was a bit bent so it had to be straightened and reshaped over the tunnel.

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Rigged up a hot wire to cut the foam.

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All fitted up, I will probably only register the hatch as a 4 seater as there isn't mush foam left in the middle seat.

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Gave the drive shafts a clean up and some paint.

 

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Removed some of the lip on the fire wall and fully seam welded it.

 

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Added some more strengthening to the front suspension towers to make sure the load is transferred back to the rail where the original subframe mounted. 

 

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Have contacted a few engineers to see if they were interested in taking on the project. I've chosen one, now I have to reassemble the car

so he can see where it's at and where to move forward from here. Hopefully he will look at it in a few weeks.

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Had the engineer, Peter Turner http://www.techedaustralia.com.au/ have a look at the project.

He is happy with what has been done, he wants an extra brace between the rear suspension towers and I

have to have retractable seat belts for the outer back seats. The car will have to pass the IM240 emission test

and also have a torsional rigidity test. The plan now is to get the car ready for the torsional test then 

start the panel work.

Rear seat belts something like this.

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Decided to mount the seat belt reel besides the back seat so they don't stand out as much.

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Ground up a piece of flat bar to match the shape of the panel.

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Will also weld this comp plate over the outside when the engineer gives me the ok.

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Also made up some panels for the back out of some aluminium that i'll cover with some vinyl.

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Started fixing the rust in the tail light bucket.

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First had to get dogs ok on the tail light bucket from the spare parts car.

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Only going to replace the bottom half but had to do a small repair first.

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Had to repair some rust in the corner. 

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Bottom replaced.

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