Well i now have my chassis. Apart from painting it where has every body made a start??

May sound a stupid question i know...

After painting the chassis I started by fitting the floor. I did this with the chassis upside down to make it easier and then flipped it back over. After that I fitted suspension, diff, driveshafts, steering, brakes and so on

HTH and good luck!

Nick

I have the floor already fitted. Im planning on making it a rolling chassis first i think.

Fit your brake pipes, master cylinders and pedals, also your fuel lines. follow the build manual as it is a pretty logical sequence

I would advise fitting as much as possible while it is on trestles or up a height.
I dropped mine onto its wheels too early and regretted it - aching back and sore knees!

I dont think there is a right or wrong sequence. Just consider what the next few steps are so you dont make other jobs more difficult. Most jobs however can be undone so its not the end of the world - just frustrating (unless you end up with the engine sticking thro' the nosecone etc as somepeople have found!).

Fit front O/S internal transmission tunnel panel before you fit the pedalbox.


Clive

as Shaywez says follow the manual it's sequence isnt far wrong. only bit of advise would be to do the clutch pedal assembly early on. In the manual you do it after the side panels are and and its a bit of a pain to get at by then

My tactic was to keep the car as high as possible from the ground to avoid stooping over, once it was fully welded and floor installed, I put the engine/gearbox in, then rear axel, then front suspension, then steering, after it was on its wheels.

I just put as much on as I could to make sure everything fits, then stripped it back down painted the chassis, and am now on the final build. Its worked pretty well - i know i wont have to worry about re-positioning anything etc. (I hope)

Things which were more fiddly than expected:

Front suspension brackets - involved lots of measuring, re-measuring and head scratching.

Steering - where to route the downlink etc

Pedal box - couldnt decide which one to use - my perfect scenario now would be tilton floor mounted.

I'm using a hacked up mgb one which is reasonably good but required more effort.



Good luck



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right side internal transmission tunnel ali pannel, pedal box, brakepipes,