Yes the passenger door and whole body is really excellent, the more I look at it the more I am impressed by it. The drivers door edges do let it down.
I paid to have the engine bay and undercar painted, as I don't intend to remove the body, nor do I intend to build and then disassemble for engine bay paint.
Here are pics of the front suspension mounts, by eye there is about a 10mm difference between sides when lining up with the cross-brace, but the cross-brace is whats out of position - if you look at the "plate" with the many holes, then both mounts are in the same position. The millimeter positioning of the cross-brace is obviously not critical to suspension, geometrry or anything else, and I suspect Ian assembles/welds that part in without a jig.
LH side front
RH side front
You make a good point about the rear bolts, on my RH side rear if I were to pull the bolt straight out the head of the bolt would clear the body by about 10-15mm
On the LH side rear, pulling the bolt out straight the bolt head touches the body, and I have to angle the bolt, but it does come out easily. In this pic it is touching the body, and basically falling out. Of course when there is an arm in there I won't be able to angle the bolt, so I will swap the direction of the bolt (thanks for the tip). It's interesting that we have this problem on "reversed" sides, I also note the difference between the RH and LH on my car, but then again I guess the body is never going to be perfectly 100% symmetrical.
The fuel tank is from Ian, I would give it about an 8/10 for weld quality. The fittings you can see on it came with the tank. Also the tank comes with the straps and bolts to hold it in, and some rubber strip cushions for the straps.
Given the smallish space for a tank (read, a smallish tank) I have always intended to use an external swirl pot, although I recognise the noise problems of a BOSCH 044 and am going to look at other pump options.
I assume the masked hole in the top is for a fuel-level sender.
If you want to have a closer look you're welcome to look in person when we can arrange a time!
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