Mother's day weekend - took advantage of my brother-in-law, Kevin, to help me lift the body onto the Cobra. Then we secured the body to the frame at the 14 attaching points.
After the family left I started working on some details. As you can see in these pictures I installed the headlights, taillights and signals. The Aston-Lemans gas cap went on as well; I love seeing that on the car, kinda makes it an official race car! After a bit of massaging to the body holes, the roll bar went on.
You can see the quick-jacks at the front and rear of the car. They're still unfinished steel so they will have to come back off for paint or powder coat or whatever. On the original racing Cobras these were used to quickly jack up the car for tire changes. They aren't funcional on my replica so I may just leave them off. Don't know just yet. Lets see how many times I bust my shin on them and then I'll decide.
You don't get to see it in these pictures, but all the lights came on when I flipped the appropriate switches. (That was kinda important, I felt some relief.) The horns even honked. We'll be driving this thing before you know it.
Whats next? Mufflers and windshield. Then the dash. Followed by the hood, doors and trunk. If everything is still going well we get it insured, inspected, and registered!
I installed the mufflers last weekend. Took a few hours working by myself. Kym came out later to sign off on my work. She says it'll do.
Dad came over to help install the windshield. I really needed his help. Its a two person job requiring extensive patience. As we drilled the holes in the supports the chrome started peeling off. After a week of disscussions with Factory Five they have agreed to replace the supports. We should have new supports by mid June. So, for now, the windshield is back in the box.
So, whats next? I don't know, maybe the doors and hood. We'll just have to see what I feel like tomorrow.
