Build sequence and construction of the car is very much personal choice, hence no two cars are ever the same. This theory very much applies to the fitting and mounting of the cockpit panels. You may recall from an earlier post I was in a dilemma over panel overlap.
Ultimately this became self-evident when the decision was made to make the transmission cover removable as this started to determine other panel overlap. Couple this with the fact that the complete cockpit area will first be covered with thermal and sound deadening material before being carpeted means that any panel seams will be covered. Areas which are visible include the outer splash panel areas in the wheel wells, thus I decided that these should have the cleaner look by having all mounting tabs overlapping in the cockpit.
It needs stressing again that care must be taken to center the rear cockpit wall, I am less than ¼” off center but the difference was enough that adjustments had to be made to every filler panel.
The order of the photos show, completed cockpit, inner splash panel (transmission drive shaft filler), outer splash panels (cockpit), outer splash panels (wheel well).
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