Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[J. Robinson]

After installing the hood sides I took a few minutes to bond the reinforcement/ battery box mount to the friewall inside.

I started by putting a piece of masking tape over each of the countersunk holes so they wouldn't get body filler in the threaded T-nuts. Next, I mixed up enough body filler to coat the back of the reinforcement piece about 1/8" thick (no pic of this - ya have to work fast with body filler). Then I put the reinforcement in place, pressed it firmly against the inside of the firewall, and braced it there with a piece of 1 x 4 lumber wedged between it and the seat back. After about 20 munutes the body filler was solid enough to remove the brace. Later, when I have the aluminum firewall off, I will put some countersunk screws through the fiberglass into the wood.