With the interior of the car painted, today we decided to go ahead and start putting the interior back together. Normally, I’d wait until the exterior was painted, but since we have only 2 weeks until the PRI show, and since I’ll be going home Sunday, we need to have as much done as possible.
I dropped off my sheetmetal at Central Florida Powder Coating in Orlando. We removed all the plastic and Robert blasted some fiberglass resin that dripped onto a few pieces before taking them up there so we could get them back quickly. Silver Vein powder coating was the selected color (to match the existing front trans tunnel).
The owner Jeremy got parts and had them coated, baked, clearcoated, and baked again in about an hour and a half. Great guy, I really enjoyed talking to him and will be sending any future powder coating his way. Which will be soon, because dummy me missed two pieces of sheetmetal that were hidden under the parachute pile and didn’t get coated to match.
We got all the tubs mounted and rivoted in place. The seat was installed, along with the rear end, four link, and front suspension. The intercooler was remounted, and we discovered a new problem. With the seat moved, the pedals are way too far up, and my legs hit the steering wheel to hit the brake. That can probably wait until after the PRI, but add it to the mile long list of “little things” that keep popping up.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, well… stratch that. In 20 minutes its Thanksgiving, and after chowing down on all that Turkey, I’m going to fight the effects of all that triptophan and attempt to keep working tomorrow night. We actually are starting the day by meeting Pabrito to pick up the front end at 9am sharp. That’s way early… the things I do for my racecar!
