Jesse builds another Cobra #11,061 - First body work shots

[Blitzboy54]

I fixed the trunk cover. Was easy enough I feel a little silly buying one pre made. I'll do my own "next time".



I have a bunch of items now in need of powder coating. My plan is the finish the assembly of the car, take pics for the DMV, then break everything down and get it coated. Now with the trunk done I moved forward to the passenger door. The good news is it needed almost no trimming to get a rough fit. I took no more than 1/8" from a few strategic spots and it looks pretty good.





This is where I have had to do some learning. By learning I mean I made a mistake. So I hung the CF dash the same way I did the aluminum one. I left a small gap at the corners. I also notched the edges to better fit the end where it contacts the frame. I saw another build do this and ran with it. Well either my body sits a bit higher or I set the dash a little too low because with the door in place the hinge contacts the dash.



I am waaaaaaaaaaay past the point of making changes to the dash location so I decided to trim the dash in the corner to clear. It's tucked away and not really noticeable but I think what I learned here is the CF is designed to be mounted higher on the hoop than the aluminum?

This just a rough cut. I need to take some fine sand paper and smooth it out a bit but it works.