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RCR
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JUN 23, 08:53 PM
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A few more pics from the week.
Bob
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Bozzie
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JUN 24, 09:52 AM
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Hey Bob ! Love that Illuminated panel up there ^^^^^^^  ALLLLLL those lil pieces your putting together and bonding to the car is really looking GREAT. Very Tedious stuff but Im liking the outcome. Keep up the good work !
Boz
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RCR
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JUN 25, 07:13 PM
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Thanx for the comments, Boz. I hope you don't mind if I borrow your Sprint Car wing idea.
Speaking of ideas, I brought out the black duct tape and started playing. I saw this on a race inspired 458 and thought, doh, that would look cool, so I had to mock it up...
I think it flows better with the door inlet. I don't know if I will do it anytime soon do to the amount of work redoing the existing vents, but it will probably get done eventually.
Then I taped up the front spoiler to get an idea on how I want to modify the spoiler.
The pic also shows the extensions added to the sides of the front nose to even things out with the lights. I still need to add the slots.
Bob
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dobie1
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JUN 25, 10:20 PM
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I like it!,
So question for you on the blue tape in front of the fender lights. Are you planing on opening up that area as well? And are you still do ting the pop up head lights?
That new thinking chair really seams to be have inspired you 😄😄
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Sage
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JUN 25, 10:25 PM
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RCR
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JUN 26, 07:54 AM
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Hi Guys, Thanx for looking...
Wayne: The blue tape was there only to help line up the location of the turn/fog lights to the headlights. What's not visible is the lines drawn on the tape. I'm a little afraid that the sharpie will bleed through if I draw directly on the body. I had the same thought, though, when I saw it in the pics. I'll leave the integrated headlights to Boz, as I started down that path once before (Still have the bucket molds), unless some nice 458/488 or Corvette lights pop up.
Ted: Thanx for the encouragement. With your new undertaking, I'm sure what little time you had for yours is being eaten up. Hopefully between Boz, Wayne and others, we can inspire you to take up the sand paper. 
Bob
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RCR
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JUL 16, 10:04 AM
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Time flies too quickly as it's been a couple weeks since last update. I did go on vacation for a week, but there has been a lot of work when I'm home. Again, it doesn't show well, but it is progress.
I've started looking at the front spoiler. It's a mess. It's broken in three spots and held together with sheet metal and screws. Looks like it met a few parking barriers. So, I lopped it off. I also fixed a crack in the lower fascia.
I'm going to ponder on how to replace it for a bit.
In the mean time, I chose some HHR running lights for the front, so I integrated them in. I moved the original location I chose from vertical below the belt line to horizontal above the line.
First I made a cardboard template of the lamp. Then traced it onto the fender. Then cut it out. A little fine shaping to fit the lights into the fender. Afterwards, I taped the lamps up and created the pockets in the fender.
Then it was back on the nose. I needed to finish the air inlets to the side of the lights. This required a small panel to close out the inner fender. To make this and ensure both sides were the same, I made up a quick mold out of some scrap wood and aluminum flashing.
With matching pieces for both sides, I glassed them in.
Again, it doesn't look like much, but it was about 20 hours of work time. Next step I think will be tackling that spoiler. That's going to take a little while, I expect.
Til next time...
Bob
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RCR
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JUL 16, 06:11 PM
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My work weekend is over, so here's what I did today.
As mentioned previously, the spoiler was next. So after looking at it for a while, I thought I might use the existing pieces to use as a mold for a new piece. But, as things usually do, plans change.
Once I started piecing it back together, I didn't think it was too bad, so I decided to use it as is.
Here are the pieces glued back together, along with a couple of cracks fixed.
Exciting stuff.
Once it was solid again, I mounted it back on the fascia. I moved it forward about 1.5". In doing so, it became about 1/2" too wide to line up at the bottom of the fenders , so I cut 1/2" out of the middle. Once everything lined up, I glassed it in from the back. There's still a lot of work to do, but it's back as one piece.
On to GoT tonight.
Bob
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Neils88
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JUL 16, 08:01 PM
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Looking awesome!  
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355Fiero
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JUL 17, 03:46 PM
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Mods are looking really good Bob;
I remember having to piece my front air dam back together like that as well..... All looking really good.
Looking forward to more updates.
Don
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