Time to check whether the new exhaust system fits.
After dented one of the crossbar the muffer fits fine. When I stripped the car many years ago I thought this was an accident. Today I know that this is necessary and all Acecas have these.
I also have to check the clearance to the pedal box. Unfortunately, I don't have a working pedal box.
In the middle you can see my old original pedal box cutted from the main tube. On the right side you see my original pedals already modified in a way that the bent is vice versa to a right-hand-drive car. On the left side is a pedal box of a 289 cobra. It's not my pedal box (and not my car
).
But the 289 pedal box wouldn't fit. Well, at least not the pedals with their bent.
My pedals have a stronger curve after modification and this fits perfectly.
The space below the foot box is quite little but it should by ok.
So, the next task will be the construction of a new pedal box.
As expected the Aceca tank of a AC/Bristol car does't work together with a Zephyr 2.6 engine. The tailpipes hit the tank.
Without tank everything is fine.
Time to cut the left side of the tank.
And closing the tank. Leak test pending