So as I said there earlier, I made a new brake line for the front, and had the ends flared.
It's installed, and all brakes flushed. The pedal feel is spot on! I will be monitoring all the joints for leaks at first, of course, just because I'm a bit paranoid.
Anyway, also riveted the popper-bases for the door straps. There are two straps for each door (or side screen, as Caterham calls them, rightfully so, I guess
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Then comes another anxiety inducing job, drilling fresh paintwork. Going to be installing popper bases all around the rear. Masked and marked the positions of the fasteners roughly:
A lot of measuring and test-fitting followed, no pics of that (thankfully). In the end I got all the bases installed for the rear panel, the sides are still a little unsure, as I want to make absolutely sure that roof fits. Because right now it's way too loose.
I've been fighting with that roof for hours today, and I still can't figure it out. I can't make it tight everywhere at once, there are too many free parameters at this point. At least I got the rear and the front fixed, but the cut-outs for the side screens have to match well to make sure water doesn't come inside, and it can't be loose so it doesn't flap in the wind.
Again, this one of those things that sets this car apart from your typical out of the assembly line Caterham. This roof is old, and was meant for a low rollbar (look up pics earlier in this thread). After the higher FIA bar was installed, the roof wouldn't fit, and was modified by inserting a "band" around the rear edge, making it a few cm longer, it's a typical mod (two rows of poppers visible on the pic above). I used the roof once before the accident, and it was fine iirc. Of course, I had padding on the rollbar, so that at least made it tighter. Still, I SHOULD be able to stretch it just with the alu hoops... Bleh. I will tackle this again in few days, for now I gave up.