Drilling, drilling, drilling...

I've been busy drilling holes. LOTS AND LOTS of holes.

I've removed about half of the factory installed aluminum panels so far and I'm drilling the mounting holes as I go. I'm using 3" spacing in most places. The floor pans are getting 2" spacing since they have to support weight. And I recently saw a post on FFCars that said to use 1" spacing where two aluminum panels meet so I'm doing that as well. That all adds up to lots of holes. I haven't killed any drill bits yet but they're begging for mercy.

And my homemade rivet hole spacing marker works just great.

Since we had a warm day I also did a bit of prep work on the brakes. I taped of the friction surface to protect it and shot the rotor hats black. The outside edges will be done in silver after the black cures completely. I also painted the caliper brackets black. Once I get the calipers cleaned and taped, they'll be done in red - hopefully this weekend.

I also got the spindles and spindle adapters cleaned up. Those got a coat of Hammerite Silver to match what will be going on the frame.