Ferrari 288GTO build (Page 24/64)
dobie1 JUN 14, 12:09 AM
A bit of a update, I have been working on the build in-between family obligations.
I'm taking a bit of a break on the dash build ,letting my brain do some thinking on the design.
I did a mockup of the proposed instrument gauge placement before I build one of carbon fibre.


I was never happy with the fitment of the fender and hood from the original 308 kit ,I never thought it covered the front compartment toward the windscreen far enough. It worked for the fiero and the original 308 kit’s hood was glued onto the fiero hood ,but I thought it should have covered the rubber seal at the base of the windshield. During my break I decided to work on extending the fenders and hood to cover that area. I added 3"s to all three panels and at the same time adjusted and leveled (added bondo ) to the overall fit .I’ll get the gaps cleaned up before I prime. And get the front end panels ready for producing the molds, and ultimately producing new light weight ones.



I'm happy with the fit and length ,and they all lineup!!!



I will take the Dash out again and get to the wiring to get all the runs completed and bundled and try to clean up the rats nest.

Wayne

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RCR JUN 14, 07:51 PM
Wipers??

Bob
dobie1 JUN 14, 10:11 PM
Hi Bob
Yes , I’ll modify if It needs similar to to cuts in the real Ferrari hood.
Thanks for the feedback though, much appreciated.
Wayne
RCR JUN 15, 07:07 AM

Do you have a before picture? I'm curious if your fenders/hood were that much different than mine.
My hood sets back like the original Fiero hood, but the fenders go up to the A-pillars.

Bob

PS: what ever happened to that other 308 t-top you bought? I was looking back at your posts and noticed it.

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dobie1 JUN 15, 10:57 AM
Hi Bob
I sould have taken a pic , I’ve looked through my pics and I never really took one of that area??? If you go to page 2 there is one shot when I’m doing the fender vertical trunk supports that sort of shows the where the fender ends at the beginning of the big rubber moulding. I’ve just covered it to the end more like OEM, which I may have to do the OEM cutouts if there is.a problem.

As for the T-roof 308, a supposed friend Frank Dunlop that had been working on my car, was going to install the T-roof in my car in return for rescuing a bunch of Lamborghini parts for him in North Carolina on top of that I paid a lot of money to him seems to have ripped me off. Keeping the Troof 308 and equipment and has gone dark!! Enough said

Wayne
dobie1 JUN 19, 10:46 PM
I have been back at work on the dash and after a lot of head scratching and a couple drinks come to the final design. Don O has gave me his input on the design and I think I'm happy with the final rendition.



the next series is after a couple changes to the centre consul area, once the design was finished I
tried a procedure that I've seen on Youtube called Rondel ( Resin and Bondo ) mixed together
into a milkshake consistency and painted onto the foam . It is great way to protect the substrate that I then
applied light weight body filler to come up with a great even finish, to which I will next add a layer of fibreglass to .






Wayne

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dobie1 JUN 28, 11:33 PM
The build on the dash is going well, the actual construction is now completed . I have taken out all the foam and cleaned up all the lines and fibreglassed two layers of glass making everything one unit.
I added 4 layer in the glove box door area to give me some thickness .












I sanded the whole dash today and will be spaying the dash with a epoxy primer which will give me a good base for the final finish.

I'll post some pics soon of the primer dash.
Wayne
dobie1 JUN 30, 11:46 PM
Priming the dash sure gives it a completed look, I'm quite happy with the look!!
I started today doing a final fitment check of the dash in the car, everything fits as it is supposed to so on to installing the HVAC system into the dash.













I'll post more pics of the HVAC install in a couple days
Wayne
MinnGreenGT JUL 01, 08:19 AM
Wow! Yeah... that primer really pulled it all together!
shemdogg JUL 01, 09:57 PM
Bro that looks awesome!

shem