Having packed away the front suspension, the attention turned to the bulkhead. I tend to use photographs to record relevant information, I also write notes onto pieces I know I will be replacing with notes and detail of fixtures.
Jumping ahead slightly, the photograph above shows a few notes on the bulkhead.
Images like this above just serve to remind me which way round a linkage fits, this is the throttle pivot from the accelerator pedal to the carb linkage.
Replacement parts are then made using the originals as templates, the image above shows the aluminium firewall, which is a sandwich of 1mm aluminium on both sides of 1/4" marine ply. holes are drilled for fittings and services, the elongated hole in the bottom right hand side is a direct copy of the original, the wiring loom for the fuse boxes pass through here. The white coating on the ali is a protective plastic, and is removed when all handling is done.
The steelwork behind the firewall - the battery boxes etc are also replaced as the originals were corroded and tired, so each section or component was fabricated, and assembled into the final piece.
Which was then primed and topcoated!
The aluminium side pieces for the bulkhead were bead blasted cleam ready for reassembly as a sub section. I chose not to paint them as there is plenty of evidence on this car that this black paint seems to be overspray from the finishing process...
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All interested comments much appreciated, especially from those who have experience restoring the V12 engine.