This site is a diary of the build of a very special bodied Caterham 7, panelled completely in "Carbon-bits.com" carbon by Richard (RiF) for his wife Henrietta.   

Pictures of our build:

Internal panels, footwells, dash and floor.

Please note: I have gone to extreme lengths to seal all the seams, finish off every edge, comply with SVA regs, etc. If you are thinking of paneling in carbon you don't have to do all the work photographed here!!!!!!

 

Back panel in	Add a tunnel side skin	Inside of left hand foot well
And another of LH footwell	Outer panel of footwell added	Sealed up and finished
Sealing around the chassis and back panel	Looks ince	Masking off and cutting holes in dash
You can see my original sketching onto masking tape	Tape cleaned off with alcohol, switches added	Mix and guess!!!!!!
Turn upside down	Lets take a few pictures while upside down	And from the back
Pedals upside down	And the other footwell	Floor being offered up
Angle for attaching side skins cut to size	Using an ally floor to pre-drill the floor and chassis together with the angle	Floor and front footwell from underneath
Floor and front footwell while chassis is upside down	Down tunnel	Floor and angle sealed
Floor with U sections	Floor with seat U's fitted	Back panel and floor
Seat U's	LH footwell sealed	RH footwell sealed up
Another of the RH foot and floor	The chassis so far	Fuel tank floor, taken with chassis upside down. Placed to stop all the dirt entering the underside of the car
And another	Wow a beautiful carbon floor and rear panel	Sealing around the floor U
Sealed	Sealing around all the footwells too	And also where the chassis meets the internal side skins down the tunnel
Sealing back panel to chassis by the diff	Looking good	Preparing the side skins
Side skin preparation	Holes cut for front suspension	OK that was a taster. Skins off
Back to footwell shots but from the right way up	Last one! Sealed and ready	I lied!!!!
That's it.	Well that is really the scuttle horizontal but the footwells got in the way!	The chassis complete so far, the right way up this time
Floor and internal side skin	It is slowly coming together	RH floor and internal tunnel sides
The lower boot floor	Starting to look more like a Caterham	A close up
Back panel, Tunnel side skin and Floor, prior to tunnel top	The other side	Don't I just love these footwells? LH with floor
RH with floor