West Mids Group

[Guest bluelewis]

I was just wondering if there was a local group that get together in the west midlands as I could do with some advice on my 2b+

[theduck]

Yep. See events section for malt shovel. Next meet is Wednesday.

[Guest peter2b2002]

or a bit further north @ Stone 2nd thursday

peter2b

[MarkBzero]

I live in Telford in the final stage of a zero build. If you need anything just ask.

[Guest bluelewis]

Well after about 6 months of doing nothing to the car as had a few family issues,i have decided to carry on but seem to have lost the confidence in doing it.I just cant figure out how to cover the sills area what to use and how to cover it,also my steering rack seems to catch on left lock think maybe I need a new rack.Just wondered if somebody would consider looking at it to give me an honest opinion.

[Guest bluelewis]

would just carpeting this area be ok Edited June 24, 2013 by bryan lewis

[Guest bluelewis]

is it ok to put a cover over here and still have fuel filler in same place the paperwork doesn't say I cant Edited June 24, 2013 by bryan lewis

[richyb66]

would just carpeting this area be ok

 

Yes and no. Carpet will make it look nice and tidy but ideally you need to make up some sort of boot cover so the whole area is covered over. If the boot area is left open then it's tested for sharp edges the same as the interior of the car.

[richyb66]

is it ok to put a cover over here and still have fuel filler in same place the paperwork doesn't say I cant

 

From the photo it loks like a fuel tank with the filler directly in the top of it. You could have a removeable cover over the top of the chassis area and access the filler through that but I think getting the pump nozzle down inside the body might be tricky and a removeable cover means faffing around when you fill up.

 

A better option might be to have the cover over the chassis and make an extended filler pipe that lifts the cap up to the level of the cover.

 

If you can possible get to the area meeting tomorrow night then it would be time well spent. The weather forecast is good (at the moment) so we should get a good turnout of cars which means you'll be able to get plenty of ideas and free advise.

[theduck]

Second richs comment on getting to the meet. I'm also still building and its great seeing the other cars and talking with other owners.