Well, I’m waiting for the clutch and flywheel and it’s Christmas break so I’m trying to find things to do. The original plan was to paint the outside of the vehicle at this time of the year, but the weather is not cooperating and I cannot keep the shop warm enough when it’s below 0 C outside… so installation and modification it is!
I decided we need more storage, and I can gain some nice space under the rear seats. This means cutting a hold under the seats, installing a new box that is 4 inches deep and welding it back in place. It took a few days and a lot of grinding and welding (which I’m learning as we go), but it looks pretty good in the end! If you’re a welder by trade (or just better than I am) you’ll see it’s not so pretty… but it works! Filled the holes will spray foam to keep them dry and they will be sprayed inside and out with a rubberized “paint” to deaden noise and stop rusting.
Pretty happy with how it turned out, and it gave me practice for setting up my battery boxes. With the seats down as they will be most of the time, you don’t even know that under you has been changed at all!
