Continuing to work on the side skirts. Design of the filler panel behind the front wheel is almost done. The tilt front will have a plate with tapered pin riveted and fiber-glassed to the rear end. That pin will locate into a metal tube in the filler panel to keep the tilt front body from flapping. The driver’s side door does not have the box section, but even without, you can get a good idea of the side profile which looks good with the side skirts. Continue reading Update 5/19/12

I decided that the car looks better with the side skirts than without. I need to laminate a flat filler panel and attach it to the upright piece behind the front wheel. Afterwards I’ll cover the back side of the side skirts with CSM to fully encapsulate any exposed wood core components. I fabricated a lightweight bracket which is attached to the engine cradle to support the rear of each side skirt. Continue reading Update 5/14/12