Disaster Partly Resolved, Seat Holes Drilled

OK, back from work and the back of the car was a mess.  I spent the first hour or so drilling out all of the rivets at the rear of the car and removing the aluminium / tadpole trim.  The photos are too embarrassing to post.  I'm going to clean it up and try again on this one.  Watch this space...

I want to have the seats in position before I drop the car down, so I've drilled the holes using the following method:

1.  Tape cardboard to the floor pan.

2.  Put bolts into the bottom of the seat and put it in place.

3.  Using a heavy weight (my bum!), push the bolts into the cardboard.

4.  A quick check of the measurements and then drill the holes.  Check the seats fit.

It is worth noting that the sides of the central tunnel are not parallel, so I aligned the front and rear edges of the seats with the rear panel.  Next job is to remove the seats and fit the carpets / seat belts before the seats are bolted in properly.

First Mini Disaster

I attempted to glue the tadpole trim onto the back-end finishing strip today and it was an unmitigated disaster! 

I cut the strip into shape using a craft knife:

But gluing it to the aluminium was a nightmare.  I used the same bonding agent as I used to bond panels to the chassis, but it went everywhere and refused to hold the rubber trim in the correct position.  I thought that riveting to the car would make things better, but that's when things actually got about 1,000,000 times worse.  I will make an assessment tomorrow and form a plan...