26th September 2004
Not much going on with the car, but something which I want to do is to make/fit a bootbox. Although it won't be all that huge, it will just provide a little space for carrying helmet, tools, etc. I've grand ideas that I will teach myself how to make things in GRP, and that a little project such as this will be ideal. The issue I have is that my roll bar is welded into the chassis, and so this makes the usual methods of obtaining and fitting a bootbox somewhat tricky. I just want a simple box which will fit in the space I have, and still be able to remove it relatively simply if I need to get in the rear suspension area. So I spend a day in the garage with my cardboard, performing some origami, making a template for what I think the box should look like. It's pretty much a simple box shape, but has some cutouts to allow it to fit around the fuel pipe into the tank, and the rear anti-roll bar.

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