maybe we can convince them to do some soon in 4x108.
15x7 or 8 with deep offset would be great.

Ok, so here's the panel I made from the CAD pattern, gotta say it wasn't a drop in fit. The folds are similar to square to round which is good for radius curves , a bit of guesswork and some flexing it went on fine..

Once satisfied where it will sit, I marked out it's outline and then about 20mm inside just in case something needs adjustments.



Looking underneath I hammered the floor to meet the new tunnel and stitch welded it on

And this is it all plug welded, I turned up the heat on the welded so the metal would melt together

After that was done I got the seats bolted and welded nuts to the floor. The drivers seat is electric so I used a battery charger to power it up to move back and forward, a bit annoying but hey, luxury at a minor cost. I'm still planning the rear seats install as are just too wide and the inner wheel house is in the way... I'll work a plan to make it an easy mod without butchering them to much..

I'll do small jobs for people, engine conversions, LSD installs, fitting arches, seat mods, strut strengthening and the occasional floorpan or front panel but am time poor to do a full resto for someone. I also do the odd fibreglass part when required !

I've been wondering how you guys over there have been fairing. Not much better in the West, fires and constant 40 degree days, I haven't been in the garage for weeks.
 
Fire, floods and plagues, maybe someones trying to tell us something

Hey drewdog, my fat thumb accidentally did a 👎 and I can't reverse it, sorry there😞.
Been off this post 2 weeks doing an impossible task of trying to make the Veloster back seats fit and work in an Escort , and the answer is no but they can almost..

The first job is measure the width of a stocker seat and see what is the best approach to tackling it without making yourself cry and throw a tanty . The base seat is similar straight forward, just peel back the cover and trim 40mm from each side and refit the cover taking up slack, no brainer there... But there's the mounting which I'll get to in another post as I've only used straps to locate it's approxed position for now.

As you see the backrest is ginormous in there as it sits resting there. So I pulled the backrests apart to work out a plan of attack and to keep the pattern flowing to match . The seat is made of 1in round tube.
I'm lucky they didn't need any width removed, only height and a slight mod to go around the arch. I removed about 80mm from the height and welded it back together keeping it all straight. Next I fitted the foam and trimmed that to about where I guess it needs to be, of it's wrong I can glue some back on . This is a trial fit with cover which now needs cutting and stitching. The back board will also require cutting to match


Today I had modified the other piece to match and made a crude centre hinge just for testing. Later I welded both sides together as it's easier to work with one than muck about one side at a time. I re fitted the foam with zip ties as temporary to see how it all goes in..



Once happy with the placement I'll weld strikers and locaters as in the donor car. I'm thinking I'll notch the diff tunnel so the seat base will sit lower this allowing the backs to also go lower as an not quite happy where they hang right now and they do have headrests so I don't want the back view being compromised..

Small Ford Sunday 27fth at Birdwood hoping to get there to look around and chat to people

very clever Marty. 
As usual you make it look and sound simple.

Welcome back me !!
I decided to purchase a 6sp box on the cheap from a Toyota 86/ Subaru BRZ, not sure why but I came to a strange coincidence.
The first one is a old Toyota Celica yoke fits perfectly which is handy to know, and plenty other Toyota makes.
The second one is the gear cluster casings are virtually identical to a RX-8 one ( both made in the Aisin plant) , as I had the both parked together, drain plug and stuff, some bits are different but wouldn't affect anything.
The third one is the belhousing bolt pattern is the same meaning that an RX-8 bell can bolt up if needed making the adapter plate to zetec or duratec more easy.
The ratios in the 86 box are better than RX-8 and can take more abuse, up to around 350bhp , I'm yet to know if this is correct or not..
Only drawback with the 86 box is the extension shifter arrangement where some engineering will need to be done to bring it forward to be inline with the other shifters positions..
Clutch spline is Subaru obviously..
Here's some pics, shiny box is gt86 , dusty one is RX-8..

BRZ/ 86 box
Rx8 box

Both