18th February 2001:

Trimming has started - the inside is being trimmed in a dark leather-look material. Its not quite black, more a charcoal colour. The theory is that the outside of the car is bright enough, so the interior is going to be more sober. The seats are light grey, the rest of the car will be charcoal inside. In this shot you can see that trim panels have to be made to fit over the bodywork - cannot use any original rear trim as there is now a pair of turrets sitting inside the boot that were not originally there.

And in the best tradition of Blue Peter - here's one we prepared earlier! This side of the car has the trimming completed. It has been decided to leave the tops of the turrets visible to give some colour to the interior, and also to save bolting the rear strut brace over the material as this would introduce a small element of 'springiness'. Somehow a child seat needs to be fitted on this side, behind the driver's seat, so my son Geri can share in the fun.

A dashboard shot - only the bare framework of the dash is in place. The dash had to be shortened to fit inside the Y10 bodyshell which has cost the outside vents. But note the way in which the roll cage goes through the dashboard to the floor. As the dash is brown in colour at the moment, something will have to be done to change the colour to fit in with the rest of the interior.

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