Steering Wheel and Wing Stays

Kind of childish, but I had to get the steering wheel on. Attached the steering wheel boss, tightened the nut and fitted the horn wires through an hole. Then bolted the wheel directly on the boss. When checking the boxes to store them, found fitting instructions that stated that I should have placed an adapter plate between the boss and the wheel. Undid it all and tried to fit the plate. It wouldn't fit for anything. Bent the part just trying to get it all to fit. A waste of time. Threw the plate back on the box and bolted the steering wheel directly on the boss again. Unfortunately, the steering wheel bolts were a bit "soft" and the allen key destroyed the inside of one. The bad thing was that the bolt was half-way in. Had to use pliers to undo it. And scratched the wheel. Oh, well... Where will I find a replacement bolt like that?

Grabbed a wing stay and read very carefully the instructions provided by Steve from Aries about how to bend them to suit my wheel size. He said on his message I should take my time and do this carefully, checking how it looks, to be sure it gets properly done. Using two pieces of wood from the crate where the car came, I bent the two stays from the (front) right wheel. I have to say that bending that iron plate is pretty hard! I still feel my arms tired. But in the end I have that stay bent. The instructions stated that I should dry fit the wing to check it but I had the wings at home.

The wife and kid showed up. The kid was all happy playing with the steering wheel and it was picture time (trying to steer and use the pedals at the same time, probably not the best driving position). Then a neighbour showed up for some chat and I ended up packing and going home.

Next steps will be to bend the other wing stay, trim the edges, drill, paint and get them on the car so that I can close the brake circuit. Also put the engine airbox and the exhaust pipes. Finally, assemble the battery, charge it and wire in the ignition key. That will allow me to start the engine and see how it goes. Also need to check what I need to put the drivers seat in (bolts and nuts, I guess) so that I can later on drive the thing.

On a side note, saw on the locostbuilders forum that a MK Indy builder had a fireblade engine with the original airbox fitted and just had to make a small cut on the bonnet. That validates my decision to use the original airbox.