====== 6: The Bit In The Middle ======

**[[5_winch|...Continued from previous page]]**

So, front part done with for now, it's on to the rest of the thing!

We've got a back axle hung on some springs, a tub loosely sat on the chassis... and that's about it!

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===== Bulkhead's Back =====

Now, you may recall that the "new" chassis came with a crusty bulkhead... this was deemed to be better than the one I took off (or had it been cut up & scrapped during [[eddie:rebuilds:1st_rebuild:start|phase 1]]? Can't remember!

Aaaanyway, if you're putting a V8 in a Series you need to widen the transmission tunnel which means cutting the bulkhead around - I can claim no credit here because it was done by Vince in my absence - I left the bulkhead in the lab and when I came back the next weekend it was done. Or something like that, it's been a while.

Anyway, here it is perched upside-down with the new transmission part welded in:

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However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G629a_3MkkI|would that it were so simple]]... the bulkhead still needed surgery, as you can see by all the marks around rusty spots here:

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Cue a lot of cutting & welding & grinding...

And eventually we hung the bulkhead on the chassis to see what it looked like:

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Nearly finished, innit! :hysterical:

Here's a pic from further into the future showing the bulkhead / tunnel and gearbox bellhousing more clearly:

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**Onwards to [[7_tub|Tub B or Not Tub B]]**