Enterra "Dark Shadow" Restore Thread (Page 36/65)
Archie JUL 02, 03:27 PM
At this point, we have the Rocker panels, nose, front bumper, hood, front fenders, rear tail light panel, rear spoiler & decklid pretty much ready for the high fill primer. And we are not far away on the rest of the body panels.













Archie

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diabloroadster JUL 02, 11:01 PM
Progress is looking great!
Quick question- Do you use some type of small sander to to get in the corners and crevasses?
Im prepping my Diablo kit car for a respray and need some type of small sander to get in some hard to reach small areas?
Thanks
BlackEmrald JUL 07, 08:06 PM
Wrapping sandpaper around a paint stick or ruler is how I always get in the small spots.

When will the car be ready for primer?
Archie JUL 13, 08:48 PM
After almost another week of sanding, filling & fixing on the car, we finally neded the week by putting on the 1st of the primer coats.

The one body mod or fix was with the 2 triangle sections to either side of the decklid & behind the OEM engine grill covers. When installed, these covers were very loosely held on with the same fasteners that held on the OEM engine covers. When we got the car the covers were in the trunk.

Here are a few pics we took when the car got here.....
Notice the gap at the front end & the fit (or lack there of) to the decklid surface.







We had to fix them to make them look as good as the rest of the car.

We had to modify the fiberglass under the triangles to get them to sit in the right place...





The whole top of the triangles was the wrong shape to match up to the decklid & surrounding panels. There also was a valley in the middle from the fiberglass sagging in the sunshine over the years. Plus there were a lot of spyder cracks in the top surfaces of the triangles.



Here you can see that the gap to the grill has been closed up



With the triangle moved up to the grill, the tail is short, we'll be making it a bit longer.



The trick here is that with moving the triangle up we would have to make new mounting for the triangles & they would have to removed before the engine covers could be removed. with the old setup the engine cover fasteners held on the front of the triangles & a single self tapping screw held on the back end.

Kris had to come up with a mounting method that didn't include self tapping screws & wing nuts.

Here he has fabricated & glassed on 2 pins & one threaded stud. The 2 pics will slide into holes in the body 7 the stud will go thru a bracket & get a nut on it. You can reach that nut thur the trunk area.







Time to fix & fit the panels















All the time this is going on, while FGlass is curing, Kris is sanding & preping for some primer...







Piling up parts.....
Archie JUL 13, 09:01 PM
Piling up parts for primer....



























Archie
85LAMB JUL 13, 10:17 PM
Archie

you n your guys are doing a great job
that is going to be the BEST Enterra by far
I am looking forward to seeing the car all put together and w/ wheels
Keep up the good work

Thanks for continuing to update this thread

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RCR JUL 14, 09:25 AM




Bob

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johnyrottin JUL 24, 03:35 PM
+ for the legend of Troy!
Bloozberry JUL 27, 10:00 AM
Superb work Archie!
akademikjeanius AUG 14, 08:16 PM
ANY chance of there being molds derived from this beautiful piece of work and offered to public as kit?