JBA Falcon Explaining Your Kit

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The JBA Kit

Now in 2010 we do not have a JBA Factory producing any vehicle that has been evaluated in any articles in the various Kit Car Press magazines or approved by VOSA BIVA testing.

Please note these are the old build pages from 1999 to 2004 when we had a JBA Factory in full production from 1982 that was regularly featured in the Kit Car Press and complied with regulations including passing UK Vosa SVA/BIVA tests and TUV tests in the EU.
A 2004 JBA Engineering Ltd Sports SR kit has passed the new BIVA test in June 2009.

On this page I will try to show you all the parts of a full kit. I will add more of the photos as and when I can get them, all so far are from Doug Philp's build, some I took myself and some from Doug himself.
When your kit arrives you may be at a loss to understand all the various bits and pieces. You will receive a contents list from JBA. Go through it carefully ticking of all the bits you recognise. You will recognise all the main parts but what about all those brackets and other parts. To help you with some of them here are a few photos.

What You Will Need Extra
An extra Fastener pack of various nuts, bolts, washers, pop rivets etc. These are available from numerous suppliers advertising in kit car magazines and classic car magazines, you can obtain them locally, there is also a link at the bottom of the page to Fastener Suppliers. Nuts and bolts should be High Tensile Steel.
Namrick advertise in Kit and Classic magazines and can supply assorted packs of nuts and bolts.
JBA supply all the fasteners for their own components, but additional items from other suppliers usually do not.

Explanation
The Build Manual and all Fastener Suppliers refer to the metric bolts by their "M" size. You may understand it better by using the spanner size.

Spanner Sizes fits on the head of a bolt.
8mm spanner fits M5 bolt
10mm......M6
13mm......M8
17mm......M10

This photo shows the JBA Sports chassis. You will notice that it slopes at the rear to accommodate the sloping fuel tank on the Sports. The TSR chassis is longer and does not slope on the rear, as it uses a rectangular fuel tank.

Above the Windscreen Frame. Radiator Grill. Front Wings and Boot. With the CBU sitting on the chassis.
The Bumper Set is from the JBA Accessories list.

The Boot in the foreground, Dashboard Panel. Boot Lid and Front Wings and Valance panel plus Doors and Interior Panels.

TSR Boot with the Stainless Steel Hinge.

The Bonnet Top Panels and Boot Lid.

Side Louver Panel.

This Oblong Sheet is etched and these have to be cut out to the marks for engine bay panels.

The Scuttle Loop.

Top the Clutch Pedal bottom The Brake Pedal

Nearside Door Interior.

The Battery Box.

The Dashboard Panel

The Windscreen Frame
Showing Hood retaining bar fitted at top and Aluminium channel at the bottom

The Other Windscreen Parts At the top the stainless steel hood retaining bar, next the mild steel top inner bar, the rubber sealing strips, the aluminium bottom channel, the "P" rubber seal.
At either side the black left and right inner windscreen supports, enlarged in photo below,

Showing the offside interior windscreen support

This photo shows some parts from the JBA Accessories list, in the foreground. The Suspension Package which includes the Front Springs and Shock Absorbers front and rear. The Prop Shaft, Wiper Blades.
Other parts are part of the kit and include the Handbrake Cable. Scuttle Support Frame and Pedals.

The photo above shows front spring, steering shaft, brake pedal, door handles, wishbone, bumpers and steering wheel. Note this type of steering wheel would not pass SVA test.