It's self supporting!

The certifier was happy with how I had the pieces lined up and the stringlines I had put in place so it was all go for welding it together! I had started with one of the floor joints and regretted it as I kept burning holes - it was almost impossible to tell where the metal was Ok and where it had rusted from underneath (what used to be between the cross member and floor). So took some time and a bit of welding wire to fill some of the holes I had created. The roof welded up well and folding the roof of the middle section into the sunroof opening made it much easier as it only required one full weld across the roof and spot welds to the folded in roof section to the sunroof frame. It is now off the blocks and sitting only on blocks at the front and back. Feels really solid inside when you jump/walk around which is good as I am still to add some stiffness into the walls when I plug the two extra doors (will only have one sliding door directly behind the passenger seat). There is still plenty of welding to do - removing some bits of rust and plugging the doors etc and then it's on to the engine and suspension (which will be the next big milestone!) Not that many weekends left this year and with christmas quickly approaching the weekends I do have a re quickly filling up with other events so quite possibly not much progress until next year! Watch this space! :-)