4th of April 2004

Made one of two seats. Started checking for fit and mounted the dash panel.

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1. Paint gelcoat.

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2. Closeup of gelcoat. It doesn't matter that there are small runnings and an uneven surface.

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3. Wait an hour. Then put the fibres and resin on. This is what it looks like after two layers of 600g roving.

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4. Here's the rear clamshell being made for the racecar a friend of mine is building. It's the rear of an Vauxhaull VX220 / Opel Speedster.

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5. It took about two hours to paint gelcoat on the whole clamshell.

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6. Here's the seat, just fresh out of the mould and the edges trimmed off. The parts where there's no white gelcoat, is where I've managed to "miss" and make a bubble between the gelcoat and the fibreglass. No big deal, just spackle this up before painting it.

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7. From the front.

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8. In the passenger seat (yes it fits).

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9. In the drivers side. Yes it fits here too, but it's much tighter.

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10. Very tight here at the front. Doesn't matter that I had to cut a lot of the edge away here as this isn't a critical part of the seat stability-wise.

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11. The left side of the front of the seat. Also very very tight.

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12. Put the cover on so I could handle it without cutting my hands on the rough edges.

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13. Drilled holes through carbon fibre dash and made holes in the scuttle.

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14. Holes, holes and more holes :)