fuel tank

This is a picture of a stainless steel fuel tank bought off ebay ,estimated to hold 129 litres. It fits in behind the rear seats and should provide me with a good range. It had alot of caramelized sugar in it when i bought it which had to be cleaned out using acetone,also the fuel sender and fuel pickup pipe were rusted out so will need to be replaced.(forgot to say that it has internal baffles to stop the fuel sloshing around whilst cornering)

An update from my original plans as my original layout left no room for the battery.  Now the battery sits neatly between twin Quicksilver 25ltr tanks .

Modifications that i have made to the tanks are as follows -- I drilled and tapped the filler caps to take a spiggot and tube attached to an external vent .   I also fitted fuel tank senders that are wired to twin fuel gauges on the dashboard. Both tanks are fitted into a custom made wooden cradle and strapped down with webbing straps.

 Fuel vent for both tanks is mounted externally in the splashwell .

3/16 " fuel line and primer bulb

deck strips

In this picture the deck strips (sapele and maple )are glued down to the plywood sub deck using epoxy glue and long wooden battens to hold them whilst setting.

beading

The maple deck edge beading has been glued to the sub deck ,temporary blocks have been used to hold the beading tight until the epoxy sets.

Splashwell

Showing detail of splashwell frame ,and sub decks have been glued and screwed down.

windscreen

Here is an idea of the design for the windscreen, i am hoping to build a wooden frame to hold clear lexan sheet, the wooden frame will either be steamed into shape or laminated up from smaller sections. The bottom picture shows the laminated ash strip windscreen frame held in place with clamps now but will be fixed permanently with screwbolts through the coverboards , this will give a clean concealed strong fixing .

epoxy sealer

This shot shows the lovely stripey quarter sawn sapele topsides after they have had one coat of epoxy sealer.

floor battens

The battens to hold the flooring are in place ready to accept the marine ply flooring. You can also see in this picture that i have fixed side supports for the seating and made the bench seat slatting,