F40 replica aka "operation turd polish" (Page 25/62) 2.5 SEP 28, 01:20 PM Shem did you used to be a sea farer? I've never heard of a gauge cluster or gauge pod called a binnacle before. shemdogg SEP 28, 03:17 PM No but im a wannabe pirate! Gar! Went to the renaissance faire last weekend, pirate weekend. And I have this by my front door gar matey im off to the lake shem boostedbird SEP 28, 04:38 PM Fiero F-Farrghty You do some great work, love watching the progress. shemdogg OCT 05, 09:51 PM Gar thanks for the praise, it looks good from far but far from good gar! Had an awesome lake trip last weekend, not much traffic either way n no headwind on the way home! Had a good turnout for my bday trip! last thursday was a biotch! I had to pull both wetbike engines out and do some mods to spare motors, and swap parts to the new motors. I was beat! But both bikes ran flawlessly! Hit the machine shop yesterday n cut my window tubing. Went back today and manned some machines while my buddy cut em w the plasma. Got home n cut the ends off. Now I reek like cut steel lol. Friggin hands cramping up holding the grinder Installed my fauxrrari door handles. Kinda big but theyll work once painted. 308s n fiat x 1/9 have the same door handles, guess which ones I bought? lol Should have a lil time this weekend to make the pass window frames n as always theres a wee bit o fb left to duu yawn shem shemdogg OCT 09, 05:22 PM Busy busy. Started the sanding and bending and welding of the c channels saturday morning. Sanded em flat a lil bit, then knocked off the major slag inside the channels w a hammer, then put an end mill in the drill and cleaned the inner edges. What a pain lol. By end o day sunday I had the frames for the side n back window ruffly made. Also pulled the back window to remove the rear clip and put some fb on the wheel well edges. Ran outta welding wire sunday so installed some new pullout towing mirrors on the truck. The next day I saw the same cheapo ebay towing mirrors on another silverado lol Got more wire today, did a lil more welding and put some glass on the inside of those rear vents that are turning out to be a real pain. Almost done really lol. Put some glass on the window edges to make a smoove line. Tried to bend the side window but it was crazy windy and the wind was taking the heat from the panel getting closer to being done lol shem shemdogg OCT 09, 10:15 PM Got windows made n almost bent enuf for driver side heres a current shot of the udder side where I moved the hood back a bit. I think it looks way better cut the quarter window for that side n a yuge glob of liquid hot death/plastic went onto my toe. Yowza! I took the side mirror off, u can really see the nice door curve now. Some of these have the side mirror on the quarter window, think ima go that route bondo n paint coming soon to a passenger side nowhere near u! Then onto windows! Then windows that roll down! lol wuchall think? shem andreww OCT 10, 02:45 PM For the rear vents, would it be easier to create a mold or just the vents, produce the pieces and cut them in? shemdogg OCT 13, 10:31 PM I thought about that, but im trying new method n its working good. Picked up some chopped fb and mixing that w cab-o-sil, its strong and tacky enuf to fill the vent voids. Filled em this morning! Filled in the door lock hole and the door handle hole since i have the new handle/locks. Did some final bolting of the side paneles and smoothed the gaps. Ditched the side gas door and smoothed it over, getting 2 ss cupholders to go there, ima make em look like gas doors. Should have this side wrapped up tomorrow, I bent the rear window this morning. Need to fill weld some areas on the frames then a dab o bondo to smooth em n good to go. Previous owner came by today to see the car and was beyond blown away w the mods. He could see everything had been moved. He just kept walking around the car in shock. He said the car looked proportional lol. Kept buggin me to sell it back lol shem shemdogg OCT 14, 10:57 PM Everythings wrapped up here minus the side and quarter window, had to babysit the latter half of today. Should get more done this week. Have to make door rods n brackets for the new handles n get the rear quarter window to fit into the frame. shem RCR OCT 15, 07:22 AM Bob