Back to paint job Continue with the TÜV inspection 09th of July 2010 - my garage Greased tape at all contact areas of the chassis, two passerbys obligated to lift the body... 09th of July 2010 - my garage ...and with the "topping out ceremony" the final assembly starts. 13th of July 2010 - my garage The construction of the hatch door starts. Here you can see the skeletal structure of the lower half. 14th of July 2010 - my garage Hinches and locking mechanism are mounted and you can see what it will look like. 17th of July 2010 - my garage The panels are welded. 23rd of July 2010 - my garage The mounting parts for the rear bumper are longer than the original ones, because the spare wheel and the registration plate are mounted at the hatch door. 29th of July 2010 - my garage Inbetween I have painted the hatch doors and the remaining attaching parts and I did the wiring needed to start the engine for the first test run. Happy with myself I took a look at my work and found out that I had forgotten to mount the ventilation flap before mounting the dashboard... Hence I will have to loosen some of the screws again. I used the chance to make a step by step documentation of the cockpit installation. 04th of August 2010 - my garage The rear part of the wiring and the fixing of the tail lamps was the work of this day. 14th of August 2010 - in front of my garage I could not drive to the German national meeting this weekend therefore I present you the progress of my handicrafts. The back of my number 2 looks almost complete. 11th of September 2010 - in front of my garage A lot of work lies in secrecy. The locking device of the hatch doors, the attachments for the rear bumpers and the registration plate cost me a whole day of work. 09th of October 2010 - in front of my garage Take a closer look to see the differences... 15th of Oktober 2010 - my garage The put-up hinge... 15th of October 2010 - my garage ...and the locking mechanism in detail. 21st of October 2010 - in front of my garage Almost ready for the journey to the TüV inspection.
30th of October 2010 - in front of my garage Roof, mirrors and aerial installed, front tread width adjusted (thanks Frank) and clear for the jurney to the TÜV. The date of fear and truth is arranged for November the 20th - in case that ice and snow stay absent. Back to paint job Continue with the TÜV inspection |