Boot part two

 Not much of an update, I'm trying not to do too much work on the car in case I make the IVA worse. But the boot lining is coming along;

I'm happy with how it's coming along, although the piece of aluminium on the back wasn't quite as high as it could have been. Not an issue though, I'll just reduce the side curves to meet at the correct height. The sides are just wood at the moment, once I've decided on how to fix them in place I'll cut them from aluminium. It turns out I don't have as much aluminium as I expected, I guess I was being quite efficient with the last sheet and the mudguards. I don't remember wasting any either. But I do have plenty of mild steel sheets which probably isn't good. They'd need cleaning and protecting, and they're a great deal heavier which isn't good. So I'm staying with the side panels as aluminium.

One thing I do need to consider is movement. I don't really want things rolling about in the boot so I want to use some partition or webbing to keep things still. I do still have a cargo net from an older car but I think it's too big. As an alternative I may just add tie down loops to the base that can be used as required. I doubt I'll ever be going far enough to actually need luggage, but I do want a small toolkit and some tyre inflator in one corner.

Given the side edges have to be even lower than they are now, that does remove any opportunity for finishing the trim up to the side of the boot. I don't feel like that's an issue, the boot would do it's job and in most cases would be unseen. I've certainly seen worse boots at the kit car show, including some that aren't even lined!

In other news I've printed my phone holder so that's waiting to be fixed in place after IVA. And I've also added a bit of glue to the number plate to make it a bit more rigid on the far edges. It should peel off quite cleanly after the IVA but if it helps get a pass then it's a small price to pay.

I've not yet found a dashcam, it's quite difficult to find a reasonably priced option that gives a decent image. It's not as if I'm looking for amazing night vision capability, after all I would hope I'm never driving at night or in bad weather. Obviously just in case it does need to be waterproof but size is probably the main factor so it can go on the roll bar without being a big blob.

I do need to get the car out and up to temperature, that's the one thing that I'm wary of. It's actually quite difficult to get the car hot enough for the fan to kick in, I guess that's a good thing. But I don't want to be sat in traffic and have it overheat.

As the next 'post IVA' job I want to look at a heel plate for the clutch. It doesn't need to be much, but it does need to be very strong as I'll be leaning against it for most of the driving. I'll have a think about that one. I also want to look at some way of restricting bonnet opening, the normal way is to use a bonnet tie but the ones I've seen don't make much sense on my car. Talking of bonnet, I do want to fit some securing pins but I can't do anything with that until after IVA. Anything sticking out of the bonnet is going to be frowned upon, and it's not worth the hassle for now.