Now we've received the correct 6mm bolts from Westfield we set about fitting the radiator. First we fitted the fan switch, then mounted the fan to its frame, then bolted the whole assembly to the lower brackets on the chassis. Other build diaries mention having to bend the brackets, but ours were fine - I guess Westfield have improved them. It was then simply a matter of pop-riveting the top brackets to the chassis - no problem to old hands at pop-riveting like us! With the radiator in place, the car looks even more like it might be on the road sometime next year:
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| Radiator in place |
Whilst fitting the radiator, we also fitted the lower bracket for the nose cone (visible below the radiator in the picture above). It was whilst doing this that we noticed that the chassis rails below the steering rack seemed to make a shape simlar to a mystery piece of trapezium-shaped aluminium we had sitting on the side. Sure enough, it was an exact fit - even having holes to fit over the nose-cone bracket. Once fitted, this solved the outstanding problem of how to mount the battery tray - shame this wasn't mentioned in any of the manuals or by the Westfield helpline when asked where the battery should be fitted!
On a roll now, we used our newly acquired "rivsert" tool to put a rivnut in the chassis for the battery strap to bolt into, a couple more pop rivets to hold the back of the battery tray and job done:
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| Battery tray and strap in place on top of the "mystery" piece of aluminium |
To finish the afternoon off, we fitted the hinged plate for the ECU above the passenger footwell
(another missing part recently requested). Based on other build diaries, we cut it down by about an inch to leave more space for the heater:
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| ECU Mounting plate |
The list of pre-body jobs is now getting smaller (but still includes the engine wiring!)
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