Some pictures of my new chassis

starting on a sheet of 19mm MDF the bottom frame was laid out and built up as per the book except that the frame is 50mm wider and 25mm higher

cockpit side rails are 25mm ERW tube to give a nicer rounded edge

those open tubes in the bottom of the transmission tunnel

round tube at the top and the bottom of the front section

An auto requires a large opening

the battery will sit at the bottom of the frame for a lower the centere of gravity

an extra cross tube for strength at the bottom of the picture

looking like a seven frame now

from the front

seet belt retractors will fit inside this 100×100 RHS

the cockpt scuttle is part of the frame proper rather than being bolted to it.

engine bay bracing

making the corners rounded

windscreen frame is made of 2O x 20 RHS and it fits into sockets in the scuttle

hand brake location on the top of the transmission tunnel is awful in practice as it gets in the way of the drivers elbow while driving. My solution is to move it to the passenger side of the transmission tunnel

to ensure the engine/trans will go in the right place I had to allow for some postioning adjustment so the gear box mount will be apiece of 3mm sheet that bolts to these tags

looking forward and you can see that the rear bulk head is higher and drilled fro the head rests

rounding off the corners

the trans tunnel is made of folded 1.6 mm steel this makes the whole kit and kaboodle much narrower than in the book .Also it is lower at the front.

being an auto there is no need to have the shift lever that far back

Roomy! for a seven

rather than re use my fiber glass bonnet/ hood I am going to use alloy sheet to cover the engine also I have decided to hinge it on the drivers side using the over center clips on the left to hold it closed this requires a frame which I have made from 13mm RHS

The bonnet/ hood frame in the open position I will have to make some kind of folding retainer

the section of the trans tunnel under the dash has a removable top for acess and mountying the shifter to

I went out and bought a spare master cylinder so that I can set up the brakes this time I am ditching the booster and the lpedal is to be set up to give the best possible lever ratio

this shows all of the little bits added to give the right shape to the scuttle

Rather than have individual mounts for the rear suspension links I made each side from one piece of 50 x 50 x 3mm RHS

reinforcing gussets for seat belt mounts