Carpets & Seats

[Iain]

Been on a pretty good roll recently. Progress is slow and steady but all positive. The carpets are now in (the cockpit anyway) and I've even managed to get a seat fitted tonight too.

It's off to the DVLA for inspection on Friday (and yes, that is before the SVA)

One worrying point is that the "jobs to do" list does actully appear to be getting smaller!

[Clive]

Hi Iain,
It's looking great. Good luck with the DVLA on Friday. You'll need to alter the gear lever for SVA though!

[kevchard]

Hi Iain
Quality looking job on the carpets. On the drivers side footwell (on the inside edge of the bodyshell side), i tapered the vertical panel so as to allow for more room around the throttle pedal.
Looking very good. How did you manage to get to DVLA before SVA? When i phoned up DVLA they were adamant that is not a feasible thing to do.
Good luck.
Cheers
Kevin

[Toddy]

Are the top seat belt mounts OK ?

[Iain]

With regard to the gear stick. I must admit I hadn't even thought about that as being a problem for SVA. I take it that it is the fake lifter for the reverse gear that is at fault there... Not sure what easy fix that will be at the moment... Bugger!

I asked Paul Jepson to arrange my paperwork for me (and well worth it too). The SVA application is in the post today so we'll see how that goes!

As for the top seat belt mounts, GD do theirs that way so I can't see why there should be a problem.

Cheers...

[ldtopham]

Looking good Ian. The top mounts although similar to a GD require triangulation ie a third leg mounting from the top centre down to the chassis. I think the triangulation is requested in the SVA notes somewhere.

[ldtopham]

Regrading the gear lever, I made a lifter style lever too but made a plain one for the test without the lift HTH.

[tonym]

looks good Iain, amazing how some carpets can transform the car from when we saw it a few days ago

[Iain]

Originally Posted by ldtopham

Looking good Ian. The top mounts although similar to a GD require triangulation ie a third leg mounting from the top centre down to the chassis. I think the triangulation is requested in the SVA notes somewhere.

I've just had a look through the SVA manual I have and I couldn't find anything regarding the triangulation of the upper mounts. If you have any further info on this or maybe you could point me in the direction of the section of the manual that you found this in it would be helpful. This may be a serious issue for me to resolve if this is true...

Cheers...

[dingocooke]

If the gear lever is a Europa/Hawk/Finish line one (all made by the same manufacturer, just different prices LOL) you can undo the gear knob, and perr down the hole in the threaded top there is a screw, undo that, and you can wiggle out the sharp lock out lever and spring, pop in a bag and alls well, screw the knob back on get it sva'd then put it back in.