Tunnel & Seat Back Panels
21st July to 1st of August 2003

The panels were taking a little time but I wanted to ensure that I had a good fit hence sound build quality and weatherproofing. I did not want to simply resort to lots of sealant or off-cuts.  Next was the tunnel fronts.  Passenger side easy as it could just push square up to front footwell panel as the front bent into tunnel and secured on chassis.  Driver's side needed a fold at the front to allow this to be riveted to front to produce a good seal.  Panels as follows:

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Driver's Side

Both Together
As with all panels spend a little time tidying edges up to again ensure good finish.  Did not rivet on at this stage as tunnel sides would overlap these panels and want to rivet together.  Before I could start the tunnel sides had to put some thought into seat backs as these would influence shape of sides.  Decided that would fix from inside chassis (this is what Tiger does) and would place bend on tunnel side to allow tunnel/seat back to form good seal.  This will mean that I will have to tidy outer side with some alloy pieces to ensure good seal but whatever I did, this would always be the case.  Following shows seat back without cut-out for suspension or crease along top edge for final riveting.  However it does show diagonal bend for tunnel side (took long time to figure out could not use straight edge bend if were to produce good fit!!):

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'Rough' Seat Back

 Next it was time to produce the tunnel sides.  Again took a long time to measure up - it was clear the rough Tiger shapes were incorrect for my fit.  Eventually produced following:

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All in the car (not yet fixed)

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Panels In!!
Next it's time for the brakes and back end of car !!