The new seats are carefully positioned in place. It was a bit tricky to get a good driving position, without hitting the roof, especially with a helmet on. Most racing seats are a bit too upright to be ideal. If I am going to raise the floor in the future, as was discussed initially, I will either have to buy single seater type seats, or make my own. Also, the "bat wings" of the seats barely clear the doors.

The sheet metal work on the roof and the door on the passenger side is also finished here.

The beam making up the lower part of the windshield frame is finished.

Here's a front view of the beam. You can also see that I have started cleaning up the cowl area.

Due to the front cross bar of the cage intruding on the dashboard area, the stock dash can no longer be used. As I like the look of it, I plan on making a similar looking dashboard out of glass- or carbon fiber in the future. For now, a temporary wood and masonite dash will do. The new dash is attached to the cross bar.

The layout of the instruments is sketched on the dash. I concentrated on the visibility of the dials more than the aesthetics of the layout.

The top of the dash consists of a bent piece of masonite that will be removable, for easy access to the instruments, wiring harness, etc.

The instruments are being put in.

I covered the dash with grey vinyl. Looks decent, doesn't it?

In stead of using normal light bulbs for turn indicators and "idiot lights", I used LEDs. In case of the oil pressure light and shift light, I used the high intensity version. Although small, they emit a very bright light, which should be easily detected, even in daylight.