Mounting the body and door frames

This weekend we took advantage of the warmer weather and began the steps of prepping the body. This first requires that you scrub the body with BonAmi and a scotch bright pad to remove any mold release wax from the panels before doing any sanding or cutting. Once this step was done we mounted the body on the frame. After reading some other build blogs I was quite relieved with how well it fit with tolerances of about 1/8 inch at the mounting points this includes tail lights and windshield frame. Next we marked and mounted the gas cap followed by cutting slots for the door hinges. When it came to mounting the door frames it was discovered that Factory Five shipped us two passenger side frames so one will need to be swapped.

One of my favorite details the Lemans Gas Cap

Nice tight tolerances at the mounting points

SN95 rear with 355 tires

Passenger side door frame

Two passenger side frames