With the body on and the front end in I was able to setup my pedals. I am unsing under slung Jamar X series with 3/4 bores on brakes and clutch. They are a big pedal set and I had to do some mods to the under dash section to let them fit, oh well cutting fibreglass is fun.
With the pedals in you can see where the steering column will go. I am using a modified Subaru Legacy unit so I can retain the steering controls for turn, lights and wipers etc.
Haven't figured out how I am going to get to the gold rack yet but I am sure something will work out when the time comes.
So while I think about the steering I headed off on a little side project .... yeah I know like I don't have enough real stuff to do without making up other things.
Anyway ... no point laying out all me great ideas / failures so I will just post a pictures and see what people think of it
I have PRP in there cause they are legends and doing the customs seats for me without hassles and they are PRP Seats so I thought it was a night touch ( and made it weigh less )
All up they still weigh less than the front PRP Seat
As for the seat design, it actually allows them to tilt forward and backwards to access the storage underneath. By doing it this way it means when I am packing I can tilt it back and get full access and then when the behind the seat is full I can tilt it forward to get access. Another nice feature is that I can pull them in and out with no tools meaning it is a very quick thing to do if needed.
I thought long and hard about using Mini Boosters instead of seats but there ain't enough room back there fora real adult anyway and it means I don't need booster seats in there for a the next few years.
Not a real good picture but you can see how it tills backwards, although the other half of the hinge and catch mech aren't in the picture.
Ok so the rear seats are done and on their way back to PRP to be covered.
You can see how much smaller they are than the fibreglass buckets
The rear hinge and harness point are also done and in place. When I made them I also added some tie down points as keeping loads in place is always a PITA on fibreglass.
The front seat mount bar bolts down with the body bolts.
The steering column is in place and steering is all hooked up.
It looks a bit weird as you have to put it in on a very funny angle to get the u-joints lined up to go on the splines.
Pedal Cluster drops in place and has about 30mm of adjustment back and forward.