Roll Bars & Escutcheons fitted, along with Horn, Bracket to support Clutch/Brake Lines, plus Fuel Filler Cap and Fuel Pipe

I've found the roll bar escutcheons a bit of a pain, 2 out of the 3 on each side are fine however the outer ones need bending so they follow the contours of the body and sit flat. They are now on and I'm fairly happy with them. I decided to screw and bolt these in place rather than use self tappers, my main reason for this was that there were a few screw holes that ended up being within the rollbar hole, this meant I could add a washer and nyloc and hold it in place better. A bit of a faff but it's turned out as expected.. After completing the rollbar escutcheons and getting the rollbars fully in their brackets I decided to run clear sealant around where they enter through the body into the boot area, hopefully this will stop any water ingress. I also drilled and tapped in to the rollbar brackets and added bolts/nylocs, just to ensure there's no chance of any movement.


I had received my new horn, which I am pleased with. It's a lot smaller and lighter than the previous one purchased and sounds fine. There are limited places for the horn to go and the best place I could come up with was bolting it to the body/chassis bolt on the drivers side. I had already fitted spade connectors to the cables from the wiring loom so it was just a case of plugging it in..

I also had a job left over that I didn't get time to finish prior to my Cobra going to paint. I had drilled a couple of holes through the drivers side wheel arch so as to place a bracket in the engine bay to hold the clutch and brake lines in place. I made up a bracket and added some sponge in between before securing it in place. This will hopefully satisfy IVA requirements..


I then refitted the fuel filler cap and fuel pipe. There was still a very small corner of the filler cap that touched the body when opening/closing so I filed it down slightly and now all is fine...







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