Wishbones done

After a telephone call to Peter we managed to sort out the wishbones. I had to push the rear bush further in to allow the rubber washer to compress more. It was still a pretty tight fit but at least no welding required!

I turned the chassis over as I was fitting and drilling the undersides of the panels anyway which made it easier to work on the wishbones

The side panels on the drivers side fitted snugly to the lower and upper chassis but the passenger side there was approx. 5mm too much panel.

The chassis is slighly shorter on the passenger side which meant the side panel was a little too tall.

This was sorted by placing a metal plate along the edge of the pre-drilled holes and squeezing down with a set of 1m long clamps (I just happened to have a set of three from making my work bench 13 years ago). A clamp and plate were also used on the vertical edge to stop the panel bending outwards.

The clamping created a small ridge but as it's the underside of the chassis it shouldn't be noticeable

The claps were also very good way to pull the panel to the chassis before drilling.

Even though the panels are now pre-drilled they still require some de-burring once the holes are drilled into the chassis. The Dremel is great for that.

Now I need to get help turning the chassis up the right way again ...