Somebody has commented that the design of the “L assembly” is different to the “book” design.  There are 2 reasons for this:

1.  The “book” design is difficult to fabricate

2. The assembly had to be re-designed to accomodate a Gemini upright as Sierra parts are not available in Australia.

Spot welded the lower chassis rails, but when I removed the clamps one of the rear corners (closest to the camera) popped up about 2mm which means I have to grind of the welds in 3 places and do it again.  The bottom rails are the foundation of the car, so there is no margin for error.  I’ll tackle that task tomorrow. The remainder of the chassis is flat thank goodness.

Cut and welded up the front frame (’L’ assembly) and it was dead flat when I removed the clamps – yippee!

I needed to buy 25mm square section steel for the car. I decided to stop paying outrageous prices to the local steel supplier and to make to trip to Mascot Steel & Tools. This meant I had to devise a way of carrying the stuff in my Subaru Liberty, so I ripped out the passenger’s seat. This allows me to get cuts of up to 2.7 metres into the car. The return trip to Mascot was surprisingly fast and I have now managed to cut and lay down the first 3 rails of the car.