This work started last weekend - Last Friday night actually - Started like this
A rough cut out around thearches - so I added some closer fitted panels glues and expanding foamed in
I then added a mounting board for the amps and test fitted the batteries
That was saturday morning - The rest of saturday I was at my cousins wedding (Congratulations Simon!) so didnt get anything else done until sunday
Out came the batteries
A blank canvas ready to carry on
Got the wife to paint the inside black -
While she was working on that I needed to get some bits out of the company car - For those of you that didnt know - I was testing a Ground Zero Nuclear 15 with a GZNW 1.2500 in my company car but I need The amp and the epicenter - so decided to take it all out
Thanks to Rik@RMD Audio in Wellingborough for the sub box - if anyone needs one they can have it!
Back to Big Black - I needed to route the signal and speaker cable around the door opening so used some 40mm pond tubing
I also added some tubeing as protection around the chassis rail were the 0 awg turns up into the engine bay
with the inside painted - the batteries went back in - The aim of the weekens work was to get everything ready to send Big Black off to Paul Richardson @ A1 Audio Design to allow him to build the rear amp rack - he is a busy chap as it approches show season and we had a long standing appointment for Big Black
so we got everythign mocked up
Front face of the battery box in place
lid cut into two section to allow easy access to the battery box
Started fiting amps prior to taking it to pauls
This was my simple design for the amp lay out - i dont 'do' fancy so was a little plain
So that is how it was left at Pauls last sunday night. - He started work on it on wednesday - and called me to ask if he could 'get funky' with the design layout - my idea above didnt allow Paul to but much personality into thebuild - it would have looked a bit flat so i gave him free reign and he didnt disappoint
And before anyone mentions it - yes the amp covers on the right are the wrong way round - they will be flipped in the final install
Rear speakers will be mounted in the roof here
After getting it back i needed to strip it all down again to finally seal the rear wall - there wasnt time last week
amp wall came down so that I could get to the wall proper
Lots of fibreglass filler
While the back was off I also added some M12 threaded rod ro tie front to back nice and securly
I also made a start on cladding the port radius with some pvc piping
using expanding foam to glue it on - screwed i nto place just to hold it but they will be removed and smoothed
Sunday I will finish the port and hopefully have the front face painted in a stone fleck finish
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