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Not enough time today to finish the sheet metal patterns and then fabricate the piece so turned my attention to the ashtray insert which also reinforces the handbrake mount structurally was pretty pleased with myself until I realized somethings wrong, who can pick it?

Tomorrow’s next adventure CAD design of the front tunnel section ;)- John

Sometimes you stand back and think, I could have done better, today was one of those days, so a bit more thought, polished up on my metal shaping and sliced and diced before playing geometry on a sheet of metal and then “HAND BENDING” the tunnel ! A priceless day having reached a mile stone. Cheers John

Many thanks to Leon F*cking

I lost a measurement I jotted down but has gone missing (pic is not of mine, used just as a reference) Can someone assist with this? Based on a 2 seater 260Z? Cheers John

Something about that color on a Z, dont suit the majority of cars out there but on a Z it just makes everything pop Great work Jeff

Tunnel sections are still being mocked up so in the meanwhile focused my attention on fabricating the new seat rails. basically because I’m dealing with a flat pan the seat rsils sandwich that pan to the new rails and lock in to each rail i have 2 options, slice them so I can notch in the tunnel or leave them and later install a series of rivet nuts so I can add an aluminum plate enclosing the tail shaft once installed to create a totally flat pan i also received a new addition this week, integrated air and heating HVAC with full climate control, it’s about 25% smaller than the original Z set up so this is going to be an interesting mod once the tunnels in place and I can mount the dash to work out the hanger points and fresh air feed till next week John

And now that the tunnel position is worked out, time to order some sheet metal tomorrow

Today’s effort Both pans now in including the rear tunnel plate, this was all done as one assy so as to make everything uniform and kept square in the process. Next the tunnel will be formed then the pans and rear plate will be cut and trimmed to suit A lot of fine tuning to be done with small mods and fabrication around the pans, plate etc but all in all happiness that this major structural work is coming to an end Even had the first chance to place the AMG drivers seat in place and the smile was from ear to ear Cheers John

I wish I was down 4,000 k’s and enjoying such mundane pleasures

Lol, just trying to catch up to you my Bavarian brother

Well progress is slow but steady Im certain these old Zeds were built using recycled Fosters cans from the 1970's, any how all good Got the first pan trimmed in to the remaining floor sections with much slicing dicing and welding, the result? once prepped, sealed, coated and colored Im pretty sure it will look the goods, Only just managed to sit the trimmed 2nd pan in place before sun down. Until next week......

Many thanks Jeff

Thanks Jeff long way to go still but fulfilling

Thanks Buddy 16 guage

Love it when a proof of concept works out as well as you imagined and planned it So first pan went in today on the passenger side and lined up nicely after I blended the reinforcement beads flat at each end to allow mating the pan to the forward and rear sheet metal. cheers John

Not nuts just a slight case of OCD Well done

Look forward to reading your rating on the fit

Picked up the pans I had fabricated today Fun starts tomorrow

Extremely nice work, pleasure reviewing this thread Well done

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Childhood OCD helps LMAO Thanks Jeff, still a long way to go

Almost there Buddy looking the goods well done

Yes Peter A glutton for self imposed punishment and pushing the boundaries is what it’s all about at this stage, but to be honest apart from some ill conceived parts which ended in the trash I wouldn’t change the path nor result so far Just hope I can make it to the end thanks Pete cheers John

That’s all she wrote for this long weekend Added some additional gussets at the horse shoe and sat the rare spares pan in just to get an idea how all will sit with the new pans on order and am satisfied all will line up exceptionally well