30 May 2012

Hooray! Front springs are in. Enough rocks work miracles. The ride is going to be very very hard, but tough: this is a prototype. To the left (out of picture) is a plank (and two more rocks) that were used to leverage the front end up, in order to get that rock (bottom) under the disc brake.

Bodged an install of the rack and pinion steering assembly, just to get something there. Used up some offcuts to raise it up. Will have to do a proper job later. Also, will have to get some decent spanners because the steering alignment is out by a looong way, and the locking nuts are *not* shifting.

With all four hubs on, it's now possible to consider concentrating on things like the actual passenger compartment, position of seats, and getting the steering and pedals in. Even at this point it's still unclear where the mirrors are going. The most likely place is directly behind the front wheels, level with the top of the suspension. The reason for this is because due to the bodywork design there will be a clear view to the rear from that point, even with the mirrors *inside* the perimeter of the car. That's the theory, anyway: it's going to be necessary to set up a mini MSVA Testing Station, get a nice big tape measure and some big sticks and all that.