With the aluminum work all-but-done I turn my attention to putting the car together. The build manual says paint the whole thing first but I plan instead to dry-fit everything first, then disassemble, block sand, paint and put it back together.
But before we do that, there’s still a little surgery. Take this tonsil-like stalagmite thing under the dash:
As previously discussed, that’s gotta go. Continue reading
My hands hurt from turning the screwdriver and squeezing the rivet gun. Also, turning the 1/4-20 tap. Rivets, and also screws now adorn the Spyder’s bottom. Now the old adage “keep the shiny side up” is pointless.
Having got the brake and clutch pedals roughed-in I turned my attention to the go pedal.
Most Spyder replicas use either the VW pedal set or individual dune buggy style pedals and a Neal or similar pedal, like this:
When we left our pedal project I’d gotten the clutch and brake pedals basically made and was pondering the accelerator. I am still pondering the accelerator, but I have managed to rough-install the former two controls in the tub. It took a bit of fettling.
Along Came A Spyder 