I spent some time re-arranging things in the garage to give myself more room to work. The big question was where was I going to put the main piece of bodywork, the tub, so it didn't get in my way. The answer was to suspend it from the ceiling. Westfield give you some pieces of wood with which to brace the tub, otherwise it apparently has a tendency to distort itself. After putting these on I hoisted the whole package up to the ceiling, suspending from the rafters. It took some effort to get it there, but it's now out of the way, and there was really no other place to put it.
With that done I started to think about putting on the aluminium panels. I started by laying them out on the chassis. This led to some interesting discoveries. Chief amongst these is that Westfield have cheekily added an extra piece of bracing to the chassis, which is not there in the build manual, and I haven't seen talked about in other build diaries. It's probably a good thing, but it does mean that seat back panel needs some material cut out of it to fit. The offending bracing is shown circled in the picture below.
I'm also pretty sure that Westfield didn't include the seat pans, and the GRP piece for the drivers side panel. I can feel a phone call coming on to the factory. I'm also wondering about how best to fit the main panels on the inside of the chassis. You are supposed to put a return fold, but this means the pre-drilled holes at the front are in the wrong place. It could be a long phone call.
But on a positive note I was able to split the wishbones from the uprights, as shown in the picture below.
With the aid of this little beastie:-
It's a ball joint splitter, and was recommended by the ever helpful chaps at the
Westfield Sports Car Club
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