RCR's body mods... (Page 26/67)
solotwo JUN 29, 10:53 PM
I am amazed at your talents.
Jason88Notchie JUN 30, 12:07 AM
I love how you stick the pics of the cars on the window. Total old school. And great work!
RCR JUL 01, 06:53 AM
Thanks guys. Appreciate the comments and suggestions.

Sage: thanks for the heads up. Let me know when that front spoiler is ready. I'm eager to see what it looks like.

Wayne: yes, the plan is to make it functional, even the back ones. I think I might use the top for the air intake, the bottom ones will be for brakes, and the back will be oil coolers (trans/oil).
At least that's what I'm thinking now...

Steve: thanx, FWIW, I got an A on my paper mache dinosar head back in 7'th grade art class. Maybe that fortold of things to come.

Jason: I don't know if it's old school or not, but it's better than having my work laptop out in the garage.

Bob

PS: Nothing going on at the moment. too much work, then off to vacation again for the weekend.

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RCR JUL 14, 07:13 AM
Not a lot of progress, but I did fix my snowmobile hood (wife removed it from machine last winter).

I did work on the vent a little, doing some sculpting. I'm not really sure how to pull it all together, the inner vent and outer cover. I'm leaning towards two pieces, but not sure if there's an easier way.

I also ordered some fiberglass mat and 4lb 2-part foam. I've never used the stuff, so this should be interesting. I also found a source that seemed really cheap compared to everyone else. I guess I'll see if I got what I paid for...

http://www.carbonfiberglass.com/

Couple pics...





Bob
355Fiero JUL 21, 04:00 PM
Bob;

The project is looking great. I like the door skin mounting solution and the lower section swapping. Great idea to simplify the process.....

Bump for updates.

Cheers
Don
RCR JUL 22, 07:48 AM
Thanx for checking in, Don.

Slung a little glass around over the weekend between other projects.

Here's a couple layers on the internal portion of the vent.


Here's the inner portion of the vent cover. This will be a laminated part (FG/foam/FG) that will cover the vent. I've spent a lot of time noodling how to put this all together and still have access to all of the parts for finishing. I still haven't figured that out yet...


So while I figure that out, I started filling in the depressions left from repairing the broken quarter panel.


Last night I started pulling together plans for the rear. I'm still waiting on the package from iLLStreet Composites with the foam and glass.

Bob
355Fiero JUL 22, 04:16 PM
Bob;

This vent concept is the same idea as what the 355 door vent has. My recommendation is to complete all the body work on the pieces you started yesterday while you can get at it. Makes it much easier than getting small sanding blocks and sanding in behind the outside vent panel. Once you are complete with the shaping and sanding of the inner parts on the car, finish the inward face of the outside panel you show above. Again, the side you have showing in your pic, I assume is your inner side of the outer vent panel. (sorry for the confusing inner outer stuff. hope it makes sense....) Clean that side up as much as you can and finish it as smooth as you can, except for the portion of the panel that will be touching the other vent parts when assembled. Again, I assume that will be the top and bottom areas of the vent panel.

Once all the individual pieces are pretty much cleaned up and looking pretty, glue the outer panel to the rest of the vent on the car. You should now have a completed vent with both inner surfaces pretty much ready for final touch up at the seams and the outer surface to clean up and your vent is good to go.... Not much reaching in a confined space to clean up surfaces this way.

Does that make sense??

Cheers
Don

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RCR JUL 22, 06:13 PM
Perfect sense, Don, and probably the way I was leaning. I'm really mulling over whether I want it to be removable, and how to do it. I'm thinking that maybe finish it like you said and just glue it on.

On a side note, the 2-part foam and supplies arrived.

Bob
RCR JUL 24, 07:10 AM
Got to play with the foam a bit, just as a trial. I was surprised by the consistency of the finished foam. It's more like floral foam, which is harder, but not as dense as the foam board. Should be interesting to play with. I purchased the 4lb foam, which is what Fugazi is using on his creations at Madmechanics.




Then I continued with the rear panel prep. I cut out the portions that did not match my drawings, and I had some repairs to make. So I screwed in a bar to keep it straight, ground down the offending areas, and glassed them back together. I also mounted it to a flat surface covered in packing tape (first time I've used packing tape), and glassed in the new flat surface where the backup lights and license plate were.









That's it for now...

Bob

edit: The look I'm going for

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RCR JUL 28, 07:38 AM
Got to play with the foam over the weekend. It took a while to figure out how to use pourable foam on a vertical surface. Thanx to a few ideas from MM, it turned out to be relatively easy, but it took a little while (like everything else).

So, I re-mounted the rear to the car, and started filling in the open areas with the sheet foam.


Then, using cardboard covered in packing tape, I framed in sections to contain the foam. This is a multi-step process, working my way up to where the foam needs to be.


I think I ended up doing 6 or 7 different pours of foam, about 1/3 of a solo cup each time. The foam expands about 15 times the volume of the chemicals.




Ready to get started with the carving...

Bob