Firewall Mock-Up
Today, my wife and I lifted the body off the chassis and set it aside. The light weight of the body was surprising. It’s not structural in any way so I suppose it shouldn’t have been too surprising.
After separating the body and chassis, I trimmed the body in the area of the firewall (using flat and round files) so it would fit nicely around the chassis. Trimming is probably optional, but I wanted it to be perfect.
Next I decided to mount the firewall in a perfectly centered position and then later I’ll trim the edges of it to perfectly match-up with the body. After that step, I’ll send it out to be powdercoated black.
I marked the area on the firewall in which I will be drilling holes for the rivets but couldn’t proceed because I didn’t have the proper sized drill bits. I considered using a size that was “close” and that would probably work, but in the end I opted to mail-order them and wait so it will be “just right”.
