I expected the build-up of the car, and most of all the build-up of the interior and engine bay, to be one of the hardest parts of the project. Looking back it was not. Most important is knowing where to put what, in which order. I started with putting the main car wiring loom roughly in place. Next I installed all the parts running through the firewall, and then built up the dashboard.
Every part in the engine bay not made of metal or aluminium was cleaned and put back. The engine wiring loom was freshly taped in, the connectors cleaned, most hoses and every nut replaced by new ones. Everything under the hood has to be new once finished.
Things would have been a lot harder without the use of my laptop. I made a lot of digital photos while stripping my car, which I looked at during the build-up. This made things really easy. Every time I didn't know which part was located where in the interior or engine bay, I looked at the photos of these parts.
The floor carpet was installed here, as well as the bigger part of the dash. In fact everything just fell into place.
While the interior was still this far stripped, it was easy to reach everything. An excellent opportunity to neatly build away my alarm-unit and wiring. Alongside the ECU there's plenty of space to install the unit.
The air filter will be housed in the location of the battery, so that has to go. The battery will be mounted in the trunk, so the plus-cables had to be extended. These cables have to be sufficiently thick because a lot of power is transferred when starting the engine. The two red cables in the picture run through the wire wall, the right side-sill, along the rear seats, to the trunk. I used extra isolation to protect the cables against possible damage which could result in short-circuits. Also, right behind the battery the cables were fused.
As soon as the rear seats were installed, it more and more began to resemble a car.
