A glorious Saturday morning; finally get the photon out and on wheels:

The windscreen surround is not in its final position.

The front wheel arches should look pretty dramatic.

Steering needs mounting, but packs sit in comfortably.

Workshop looking a touch crowded these days...

Discovered - only after ruining a perfectly good metal bit -that you need to go through the GRP with a masonry bit first.

Arm numbing work. Looks cool, though.

Outside for the first time. Allowed myself a smile.

I'm riveting.

Welded on rear packs.


Now ready to put the floorpan on. I'm using GRP because it's light, I have lots of it, and it's waterproof.

Finally attached. One more side to do.

This has taken me all morning. Lathing through silver steel to 8.5mm and then tapping out to M10. This is the lower rear shock holder. Standard 10mm high tensile bolt holding the whole thing in.

After a day's work...

Rear suspension subframe tack welded



(Both sides will have shocks.)

Oblique View

1/4 view

Documented evidence for those who doubt I eat healthily when spending all day in the workshop:

97mm clearance axles

Suspension jigged and good to weld.

Side view

Oblique

120mm RHS segments for frame surround: the only way I can think of creating a curvy support from straight metal section.












Windscreen surround progress: note the nice beveled edges on the material for the surround frame!

Struggling with the welder which has been apart more than together recently. Still, chassis is coming together OK.

Recent progress: