F40 replica aka "operation turd polish" (Page 37/62) shemdogg JUN 29, 11:15 AM Well lookie what I found! Found an ebay link to a diablo for sale and this guy has the motor setup longitudinally! Pricey but now I know where to get it http://renegadehybrids.com/ shem shemdogg JUL 05, 10:47 PM Poking around for a bit, finally had a few hours in the mornin nd this evenin to work on the car. Got the rear fins cleaned up really good, and laid some glass n bondo on the underside of the bumper to get the fins flush w the bumper. Better but not poifect Fins are pretty damn symmetrical, been working on getting the thickness even throughout. Been having issues w the airbag check valve getting jammed shut. Really shitty design, I made some mods to it and it seems to work consistently(for today at least). Trimmed up around the rear ps quarter window, fits much better now. The sheet metal I put to seal off the cabin took up some space n the winduh didnt like it. Welded up the ps side window frame to the door skin better, and almost got the door handle rod in the right location lol just a 1/4" lower n ill be perfect! Finally met up w the fb guy yesterday, he was really impressed w the car. Im going to meet up w him sunday at his shop and see some of his work. Hes not cheap at $90/hr, so that got me pretty motivated to get cracking on the car lol. He was going off about the gaps and some panels not set. Still a million or so details to do. One I set the panels the gaps will be fine, ill need to add some supports to the rear quarters in the area above the tires and find a way to attach the back and sides of the roof securely. Thinking of fbing some plumbers tape to the areas I need held down. It was nice to chat w the guy while I could, my kid was running around everywhere. shem shemdogg JUL 08, 04:26 PM Got crackin on some gaps on the side now that everythings bolted down snug n added smore fb in the gaps hyah coming out good! Ive done it a million times! Got the ps outer door handle working good! Finally! Took a shot o the back while the driveway was clear Looking pretty friggin good! I cant beleive I did all this work. I cant believe I spelled believe wrong either! I figured out a way to attach the rear of the roof to the car. Ima fb some angle ern to the underside o the roof, then I can bolt the angle to my roll bar n cover w the headliner. The rear of the roof being loose is making the roof to trunk gap totally yuuge, its really like an 1/8". Went to open the new box of latches I got for the car and theyre super small wtf?! lol I really only need 2 and just got em on ebay right now, guy accepted my lowball. Schweet. Cupla mods to the front wheelwells and a little more cleanup and itll be ready for the finish guy. shem shemdogg JUL 08, 04:29 PM I forgot, tons o window frame cleanup. I got the ps rear quarter window shaped better to he curve of the body, welded up and ready for bondo. The ds rear quarter winduh needs some reshaping too. The door windows are pretty good, cupla minor spots. pics to come shem shemdogg JUL 14, 02:01 PM Rear window done, came out great! wifey even said oh wow made a new window outta 1/8" poly, old ones were beat Hit tap plastics for enuf poly or the two rear quarter windows n some fb cloth just in case. Gave me an excuse to roll the stang Welded in some bar to hold the window felt, need new felts but you get the idear onto a lil more cleanup of the fb, pilleed the headliner Thinkin of redoing the roof structure to give smore headroom, nows the time Totally boycotting the dash wiring for now shem shemdogg JUL 16, 11:56 PM I keep forgetting this thread isnt in general chat anymore lol. I walked down to napa yesterday w the kid in the stroller and got a new battery, + cable, oil filter, and a jar of kitty hair to try out. Ive only been in there a handful of times( oreilly is closer), but my mechanics behind their store and they remember the car. Showed the manager some current pics, he loved it. Cars way too low to get the jack under, so had to fire up the bags. Starter cranked over so nice w w the new battery. I havent changed the oil since I bought the car, it was pretty bad for only a few hundred miles tops. The fram filter i took off was short and the napa filter about twice the length. Pretty claustrophobic being under the car that far, I saw the starter and thought wow thatll be a biotch to remove. Glad I just have to swap the cable. The whole underside of the car has at least a 1/4" of fb dust caked onto the engine and cradle. Give the ratchet a turn... snap and the ratchet gives. I knew somethin came loose and it wasnt the nut I was trying to take off. Solenoid plastic snapped. New starter time. Dropped the starter and broke the rest of the wires off w the ratchet. Cut the front wheelwell edges closer n laid glass. More this weekend shem exoticse JUL 17, 08:55 PM Shem you do some killer work ! I could use some pointers. Ever get down to Florida? shemdogg JUL 18, 01:06 AM quote Originally posted by exoticse: Shem you do some killer work ! Yeah the mustang came out great! Thanks! I could use some pointers. Dont buy a kit car! lol Tactical strikes- if youre gonna fb, get as many areas ready as possible and do em all at onceDont be afraid to redo it till u like it. drink till shes pretty Ever get down to Florida? No, had a buddy there years ago I visited once outsideuh tampa. He was the official wetbike rider, if you ever saw a video, photo, or brochure, he was the guy. Took me out riding in the gulf chasing him through reed pathways on the water was cool. Only time I went out there. So much info to absorb from the old pro, I just listened for 2.5 days. Ordered the starter this morning, yuuge job coming up so mebbe this weekend ill get back to the car. shem shemdogg JUL 22, 12:36 AM Man Im beat, Painted and landscaped a duplex w one helper thurs n fri in hunert degree heat a hunert miles away. Had a lil work locally saturday but picked up the starter before work and installed it and the new cable after work. Check out the c500 hookup Ive always had a problem w the right side of the clamshell moving forward, today found the reason. The metal frame that holds the hinge and is glassed into the clamshell is ripping off. I slight push and the side tore off completely. I cleaned it up and laid 6 layers of glass and held it in perfect shape w the hvac tape while rsting on a 6x6 chunk Used some foil hvac tape to hold the rear of the front wheelwell openings where i wanted em and glassed em from the inside. Today I glassed up the outside and had to extend the rear of the clamshell to fit the lower section, used the tape on the inside so the glass had sumfin to rest on was a little thin so I laid more glass to even it out, then got everything perfectly smooth w some magic tape That stuffs awesome, glass came out super smooth a lil bondo to smooth errthang out and l ooking damn good, still gotta sand down the drivers side shem shemdogg AUG 08, 07:51 PM Busy w other stuff, fixing up the trailer and wetbike mods. Squeezed in a camping trip where I had the fattest tailslide ever and I stayed on. Motor died, carbs flooded. Hit start and the gas in the hull ignited n blew me n the seat off the bike lol. Havent touched the car till today. Found a generic splitter i can cut up and fb over to make a good looking one for the car. Then I cut out the headlights where I had marked forever and It looks awesome. Needs some cleanup but the shape is definitely fierrari and makes the hood look much better, very happy need to make the lenses, do a lil work on the A pillars, n starting to run outta stuff to do outside. shem