How it looks at the moment....

I guess (as I'm uploading it much later than taken) this is about 12 months in I guess.
This was around July 2016

Nov 2016

Now 15 months into the build - pic to follow

May 2017

June 2017

24. Body On

So how to put the body on.....well I think most people get a load of mates around to help...I have a number of issues with this.....

No friends/live miles away from anyone I know and a massive lack of patience!

So I decided to go it alone...Madness? probably but hey ho its the way I roll.

I made a make shift 4 poster ramp to higher the body up and made holes a few inches apart so i could has it up corner by corner bit by bit...hard work but I made it....

I then sorted a few things underneath like the battery cables etc and it was ready to lower.  I decided to invoke some help here as i couldn't lower it right down due to the beams holding it up so this was by hand - only two of us though so front then back.....

The slight fly in the ointment was that I have reaffixed the small section of body that AK remove to get it out of the mould - or so I thought.

So I found out (GEN III chassis only) this part means that the body won't actually fit on the chassis with it in place - and my body will have to come off again to get painted so I left it off.  I think I will put this back on again but move it inwards so that it doesn't clash anymore - at least then I know I can get the body on and off if required..

23. Lights

So lights......I went for the p700 ones as I like the three pointed star....i got mine from SVC as it isn't too far from me - I also bought the other lights here also.

I looked at the LED ones and flatter shaped ons but none looked as nice as the standard ones so some more money was spent.

I used the rubber gaskets to mark out the holes to drill.....unfortunately I put the bloody thing back-to-front so the were in the wrong place...bit more filler required!!!

 As for fog and reverse - well what to do - they have to be 'E' marked so it limits the choice somewhat. No fancy slim line LED ones for me!...well not yet anyway ;)

So I bought the 'attractive' massive square things...I then made up some brackets that go underneath the body  - if I was to remove them (not that you would) then it would leave the car bottom clean of any marks.  So now just to route the wires into the boot from underneath and should be done.

22. Horn

So to fit a horn.....as I work in automotive we were trialling out a selection of horns and thus had many to throw away - so waste not want not one was fitted to the Cobra from the bin.

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So I looked at the AK horn and it was fitted to the body but I thought I would fit mine to the rad bar as it was easier to tap it to screw in and also the horn is quite heavy and will vibrate a lot so thought this was best....so on it went.

I then realised that i have either lost or thrown out the connector from the steering column for the horn - balls!

So I frigged a splice crimp onto it - not sure it will be good in the long run but I am hoping to find the connector somewhere!  
Anyway I tried it (still have old BMW wheel fitted at the mo) and HONK HONK it works so another job done.

21. Seat belts

 So I added the brackets in the boot for the seatbelt top mounts - I had a bit of a faf finding the holes on the cockpit side - despite measuring them I still was a good 10mm off when i drilled through.  I opened the holes up and then left the eyelet in place and filled the sides to make it neater -looks ok in the end.

First eyelet screwed in and was the correct orientation when tight - I did think at the time "that was lucky".....

Then I did the second one, It was about 30deg out of alignment so I added a washer and then tried again - hey presto its pretty much flush also....all good....

Will have to buy some seatbelt at some point -i like the LUKE ones with the large metal clasp but i heard these were not legal in the eyes of the IVA?  not sure need to investigate - i just don't like the big black plastic clasps with the red button (like on all other cars)....but as all cars have that type does make me think this is probably the only type allowed.