[aardvarcus]

Yeah, as cool as gull wing doors behind a half cap would be, that looks a little beyond my current skill level to pull off.

In other news, I got the drivers side aluminum step/slider/belly pan combo all welded up. Attached are a few photos of the completed product. I have test fitted it, and it fits nicely. Now I just need to drill out some holes for bolts, install rivet-nuts in the steel slider tubes, and bolt it all together.

In other news, I have had a few tanks without the half shell (pulled it off when I was mocking up the full shell) and without the air dam (pulled it off when measuring for the underbody panels). That plus the colder weather has hurt the fuel mileage recently. I will probably be putting them both back on until I get further along on finishing those two projects. Also it is amazing the difference in handling without the air dam, especially at highway speeds.