Had a bit of tinker time. Finally got all the sealer off the chassis. I got some toffe wheels off eBay, just the cheapest unbranded ones, and I had a few old half cut 3M ones. The 3M ones were so much better. The cheapo's left it all smudgy where it had started to melt itself, but still got it all off anyway.
And a good blow off and clean up
Next I tried the diff and gearbox in to see how much hangs below the the chassis and where the rear wheels will sit. This also confirmed that the prop I have is 2inches too long. So will either have to get a proper GBS one or get this shortened, which ever is cheaper
Next was trying to get the MNR VORTX body to fit. First off the GBS has it' roll cage in a different place to the MNR so needed some cut outs
Check
Next was these curved supports were fouling the inside of the tub. They are only there for the sheet metal work of the GBS body.
And off
It was also fouling on the extra diagonal the GBS has
So a little trimming of the fibreglass
And had to shave a bit more off around the turrets
And whalla the rear of the body is On!
The front though was being held out by the headlamp/shock mounts still
I wanted to see if any of the MNR holes in the body lined up with the GBS suspension, so out came the CAD
with a bit of jiggering you could maybe get one to line up, but not really.
Tried on the rest of the suspension
With the Ford bits from the locost
But the top ball joints are smaller so will have to find what GBS use
Loosely assembled it all and looked at a quick template
I think I'm pretty much just going to fiberglass the whole front and cover it all flush then start again.
Next was to cut out the headlights brackets. I could have cut a great big hole and just slotted it over but I wanted it to tuck in nice and snug.
Out came the CAD again
And that just slides over
And down
Next was to transfer this onto the body. Tricky because the headlamp brackets are slant up, so the cut out is in a different place depending how wide the body will sit and at what height. And you can't get the body anywhere near the chassis to offer it up in the right place
Lots of measurement later I committed
And chopped
And it fits perfectly!
Exactly what I wanted. The only thing it's
done is because the front of the car is narrower than the rear, as the front has gone in over the headlights brackets it's pulled the whole body forward a few mm.
So will need a bit more trimming here and there. But it's nearly there now
I love the one piece body compared to what it should have.